AP Psychology: History, Research and Methods

Question 1

Which approach studies how the natural selection of traits has promoted survival of genes?

Accepted Answer

evolutionary

Question 2

Participants in an experiment who are exposed to the independent variable make up the __ group.

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experimental

Question 3

Which approach focuses on how we encode, process, store and retrieve information (Memory)?

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cognitive

Question 4

Which of the following is not a goal of psychology?

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to eliminate free will

Question 5

Which of the following professionals is required to have a medical degree?

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Psychiatrist

Question 6

The major perspective in psychology that views behaviors as directed by unconscious desires...

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psychodynamic

Question 7

The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake is called

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basic science

Question 8

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it is called

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hindsight bias

Question 9

Researchers compare the differences and similarities among people.

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cross-sectional study

Question 10

The science of behavior and mental processes is the definition of which field of study?

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Psychology

Question 11

The famous psychologist that conducted research about the influence of authority figures.

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Stanley Milgram

Question 12

The group that receives the treatment is __, and the group that receives no treatment is __

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experimental; control

Question 13

The humanistic approach to psychology focuses on

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self-fulfillment, altruism, and personal growth

Question 14

Wilhelm Wundt is associated with which historical perspective of psychology?

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functionalism

Question 15

Professor Bryan has suggested that as study time increases, grades increase. He is describing

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positive correlation

Question 16

The method of observation that compares difference and similarities among people is called

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cross-sectional study

Question 17

Shows relationships, not cause and effect, between two variables

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correlations

Question 18

What method of observation studies a group of participants at intervals over extended time

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longitudinal

Question 19

The variable that experimenters measure

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dependent

Question 20

Which perspective would help explain how people from different countries express anger

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social-cultural

Question 21

The more TV you watch, the lower your grades - is an example of a

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negative correlation

Question 22

The cardinal rule of naturalistic observation is to

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avoid disturbing the participants

Question 23

An intensive study of a person or group

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case study

Question 24

Self-reflective introspection about elements of experience best describes a technique used by

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Structuralists

Question 25

Which of the following is required when doing experiments with humans?

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all are required

Question 26

Who established the first psychology lab?

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Wilhelm Wundt

Question 27

A hypothesis

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includes all of the above

Question 28

The most commonly used measure of central tendency is the

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mean

Question 29

What is the purpose of including the control group in an experiment?

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to determine if the independent variable influences behavior

Question 30

According to the behaviorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?

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observation

Question 31

The variable that experimenters manipulate

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independent

Question 32

Shows cause and effect between two variables

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experiments

Question 33

Who would have been most likely to ignore mental processes to influence the study of behavior?

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Edward Titchener

Question 34

When neither the participants nor the experimenter known who received the treatment

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double-blind study

Question 35

Psychologists who use psychological principles to solve immediate problems are practicing

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applied science

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