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Barron's 2008 practice exam for AP Psychology prep after school session.
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1
What Erikson stage would a young boy be in if he is always shouting "NO!" at his father?
autonomy v. shame and doubt
trust v. mistrust
initiative v. guilt
industry v. inferiority
2
The primacy and recency effects are demonstrated during what memory process?
long term potentiation
source amnesia
recall
encoding
3
What is retinal disparity?
distance from the fovea to the optic nerve
a monocular depth cue
difference in focal length
a binocular depth cue
4
Schizophrenia usually manifest itself in what way?
in women rather than in men
in childhood rather than adulthood
young adulthood rather than childhood
in behavior rather than cognition
5
Which of the following scenarios is most likely an example of classical conditioning?
A rat learning to run throuth a complex maze for food
Child learning to cry if she or he wanted attention
Student learning to study more before a test
Fear of driving after being involved in an auto accident
6
Tests like the TAT and Rorschach inkblot rely on what psychodynamic concept?
subconcious
repression
projection
displacement
7
What do the MMPI-2 and other trait theory tests try to meaure?
motivation
personal attributions
environmental factors involved in personality
personality
8
Which of the following brain structures is most involved in hunger?
amygdala
corpus callosum
hypothalamus
cerebellum
9
Which theory supportes Harvey noticing his racing heart and then feeling anxious about a date?
James-Lange
Shacter-Singer
Cannon-Bard
Two factor theory
10
Which of the following statements is most true about the sexual response cycles of men & women?
they are the same due to biological similarities
largely unknown due to difficulty in measuring arousal
they differe due to the refractory period for men
they differ due to chemical differences between genders
11
What is meaured by standard deviation?
frequency
significant difference
amplitude
variability
12
Which neurotransmitter is most likley to be manipulated by an antidepressant medication?
thyroxin
acetylcholine
serotonin
adrenaline
13
Which of the following types of psychologists would most likely use a TAT?
behavioral psychologist
psychodynamic psychologist
structural psychologist
Gestalt psychologist
14
The term
plasticity
refers to which of the brain's abilities?
make neural connections while the brain forms in the womb
reform itself physically after skull trauma
adapte to novel situations by rerouting neural signals
make new synaptic connections
15
Which psychologist could be called the father of operant conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
William James
John Watson
B.F. Skinner
16
Which of the following best describes the authoritative style of parenting?
few rules for behavior, great freedom of expression
rules govern home behavior, greater freedom outside the home
consistent rules for behavior with reasons explained
many rules for behavior strictly enforced without explaining
17
Which is an important basic principle in client- or person-centered therapy?
behavior modification
hierarchy of needs
cognitive restructuring
unconditional positive regard
18
All information coming from our senses (execpt olfactory) pass through which brain structure?
sensory cortex
thalamus
hypothalamus
brain stem
19
Which of the following is an example of a primary drive?
drive for satisfying employment
drive of an adoptee to find his/her parents
drive for liquids when thirty
drive for money
20
Which of the following is NOT part of the process of neural firing?
synaptic jump
neurotransmitter release
threshold
all or none principle
21
A false first impression could easily result from which of the following errors?
matching-hypothesis error
contact-hypothesis error
self-serving bias
fundamental-attribution error
22
Schemata, according to Piaget, are which of the following?
the result of assimilation
rules we use to interpret the world
techniques we use to understand conservation concepts
problem solving methods employed by children
23
The activation-synthesis model states that dreams are what?
memory integration
wish fulfillment
the cortex's interpretation of brain activity
dealing with stress from the day
24
The behaviorist perspective states that psychology should examine only what?
measurable overt behaviors due to the need for specific data
behaviors proven to indicate disorders in clinics
behaviors specific to one species and not others
behaviors based on choice because of the value of free will
25
Which of the following is most likely an example of divergent thinking?
using progamming language to create a web page
choosing one of three possible formulas in a math problem
thinking of ten alternate new designs for a lightbulb
following a recipe to make an Asian-style noodle soup
26
Delusions, hallucinations, & disorganized speech are all what type of schizophrenic symptoms?
negative
paradoxical
positive
undifferentiated
27
What type of test is Nadia taking to determine if she learned any carpentry skills in class?
standardized
functional
aptitude
achievement
28
Which is the division of the peripheral nervous system responsible for voluntary movement?
sensorimotor nervous system
somatic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
29
By the attibution theory, how is Jackie most likely to explain her failure in the b.ball game?
her performance anxiety
lack of practice in her spare time
bad luck
poor basketball skills
30
What does the validity of a test refer to?
it predicts a change in the dependent variable
does the test accurately measure what it was designed to
if the results of the test apply to the general population
whether people who take the test score similar on retesting
31
Which technique would the psychodynamic perspective use to uncover unconscious ideas?
regression analysis
free association
rational-emotive questioning
MMPI testing
32
A token economy might be used in which of the following types of therapy?
behavior therapy
Gestalt therapy
rational emotive
person-centered
33
If a sleep researcher is examing an EEG readout, which would REM be most similar to?
manic state
deep sleep
night terrors
awake state
34
Most mnemonic devices, such as using acronyms, utilize which concepts to enhance memory?
chunking
encoding concreteness
peg word
shallow processing
35
What has one developed if they need more of a drug after the 1st dose to get the same effect?
tolerance
physical addiction
withdrawal
habituation
36
The therapeutic effect of electro-convulsive shock therapy may be a result of which of these?
the behavior modifications required to receive the therapy
the physical convulsions caused by the shocks
the cognitive therapy required in treatment
pharmicological effects of the drugs involved in treatment
37
Which of the following descriptions best defines the term fluid intelligence?
our ability to process novel information quickly
ability to change problem-solving methods quickly
our ability to manipulate information already in memory
the changing definition of intelligence over time
38
What is an advantage to a partial schedule of reinforcement, such as variable ratio?
the learning in more resistant to discrimination
it defines the stimulus more precisely
the learning is more resistant to extinction
conditioning the subject takes less time
39
The temporal lobes contain which of the following?
the olfactory cortex
the auditory cortex
the hippocampus
the sensory cortex
40
The cerebral cortex is:
dense, inner brain part made up of neurons and transmitters
part of the brain responsible for repressed memories
part of the brain respsonsible for sensory memories
thin outer layer of brain densely packed with neurons
41
For what is a heuristic used?
solve a problem
treating an anxiety disorder
prove or disprove an algorithm
memorize a long list of terms
42
In Watson's famous Little Albert experiment, the loud noise was what?
negative reinforcer
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
43
William Sheldon's somatotype theory relates personality and what?
parenting styles
id impulses
body type
observational learning
44
What is the fovea?
spot in the retina where the optic nerve connects to the eye
center of the eye where the image reverses before the retina
center of the retina containing greatest amount of cones
the focal point of the lens
45
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is categorized in which of the following types of disorders?
anxiety
dissociative
somatoform
mood
46
All of the following are types of schizophrenia except?
disorganized
catatonic
undifferentiated
dissociated
47
Body parts are proportionally represented in the sensory cortex according to their what?
sensitivity
musculature
range of movement
importance to survival
48
Which is true about the occurance of dreams?
when we have repressed a trauma during the day
in any stage, but most vivid during REM
only during REM sleep
more often at the beginning of your sleep cycle than the end
49
An animal with only one eye would not be able to use which of the following cues?
convergence
texture gradient
interposition
relative size
50
What does the term transduction refer to?
effects of hormones in different parts of the body/brain
neural impulses moving from the spinal cord to the brain
neural impulses traveling from peripheal to central nerves
change sensory stimuli as energy/chemical to neural impulse
51
Sternberg suggests that what we define as intelligence actually consists of which types?
crystallized, fluid, and adpative
convergent and divergent
creative, academic, and practical
verbal and performance
52
Hope (4 yrs old) is asked to draw a deer. Why would she attempt to draw Disney's Bambi?
prototype
heuristic
paradigm
archetype
53
Solving a maze by starting at the end and going to the beginning is an example of?
factor analysis
figure ground technique
hindsight bias technique
means-end analysis
54
According to Freud, our unconscious develops primarily as a result of what?
neurosis
displacement
repression
childhood traumas
55
Which of the following theorists was most concerned with social development?
Erikson
Piaget
Kohlberg
Bandura
56
Which are the 2 subscales that constitute the Weschler adult intelligence scale (WAIS)?
verbal and spatial
verbal and
aptitude and acheivement
logical and analytic
57
Aphasia would most likely result from damage to which of the following parts of the brain?
sensory cortex
temporal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
58
What category of disorders does conversion disorder fall in?
anxiety disorder
mood disorder
dissociative disorder
somatoform disorder
59
What treatment view would say, "Depressed patients should change their negative attitudes."
client-centered
cognitive
gestalt
psychodynamic
60
What was actually being investigated in Stanley Milgram's famous "shock" experiment?
obedience
conformity
deindividuation
groupthink
