AP Psychology Semester 1 Final 2022

Difficulty typing smoothly on a keyboard is most likely due to damage to the

The first psych lab was established in ___ by ___

Occurs when information is captured with no conscious effort.

After an accident, you have trouble understanding what people are saying to you. You have most likely damaged your

A child who fails math tests and assignments repeatedly & feels they can't control it will often give up & stop trying

Those who train to do a task, recall them much better after sleep than those who don't sleep. This suggests sleep

An investigation seeking to understand the relations between cause and effect that manipulates variables

Fear is mostly associated with the

The group of people a researcher draws his sample from are known as

A sample that fairly represents a population because each person has an equal chance of being chosen is

Which of the following psychoactive drug causes hallucinations

Being drawn away from a conversation whenever you hear the word "exactly" by a nearby person is an example of

Circadian rhythm refers to

Being unable to see after a car accident is most likely due to damage to the

Talking on the cellphone makes you slower to detect & respond to a traffic light. This illustrates

Chomsky's theory of language development suggests that children have an inborn

Fearing spiders after a bite and then developing anxiety when seeing a picture of one is an example of

Realizing the answer to a math problem that you learned the year before demonstrates

Rewarding a rat who successfully runs a maze every third trial is what type of reinforcement schedule?

The pituitary glands is controlled by the

The rhythmic bursts of brain activity that occur during Stage 2 sleep are called

What is true about the sense of taste?

Solving an anagram by rearranging every letter one at a time is an example of

Where does the neurotransmitter dopamine have its effect?

Being able to remove your hand quickly from a hot stove is a result of

Your pupils dilate, digestion stops, and skin becomes cold when you are afraid due to the

Struggling to learn Chinese after studying Japanese in elementary school is an example of

"Where did you goed?" Who would say this is an example of over-regularizing a logical grammar rule.

The tendency for REM to increase following REM sleep deprivation is known as

The experimental variable that is manipulated.

Painting trees at the top of a canvas to show distance is using a distance cue known as

The need to continually needing to more of a drug to feel its effects is an indication of

Semantic encoding is to visual encoding as ___ is to ___

Where do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have their initial effect?

Telegraphic speech is most closely associated with which stage of language development?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sleep apnea?

Failing to draw the front of a penny occurs due to

Having difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep is known as

Gate control theory refers to

Dreaming of going to Mars is just your brain's way to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem according to

"Language shapes the way people think" illustrates what concept?

Some children become more aggressive when watching violent movies. This is an example of the impact of

Our a tendency to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions is

The process of learning that involves the reinforcement of increasingly closer approximations of the desired response is

Occurs when researchers selectively notice evidence that supports their hypothesis.

The neural basis of memory is

Correlation equals causation

A specification of the exact procedures used to measure a variable is a(n)

In a naturalistic observation you would

Smell and taste are ____ senses

Pitch is related to a sound wave's

A mental image of a spatial layout is called

Which is not a law of perceptual organization?

Leading questions and suggestibility leads to

Which is true of visual information processing?

The latent content of a dream refers to

What does the graph demostrate?

Our ability to recall information better when it is personally relevant is due to

Which of the following in NOT part of a neuron?

Taking out the garbage before your Dad yells at you is which of the following types of reinforcement?

Which is most closely associated with the nature v. nurture debate?

Contemporary psychology is defined as the science of

One of the ways memories are stored in the brain is through

Which supports a strong biological basis for behavior?

Believing a person who likes poetry is probably an English Professor is an example of

Research shows these people spend more time in REM.

Evidence suggest we consolidate our memories of recent life events through

The use of a heuristic rather than an algorithm will most likely

In an experiment, the researcher

Should you reward a child for doing something they like if you want them to continue doing it?

Suddenly realizing the answer to a physics problem while listening to music after school is an example of

No longer noticing the smell of cookies when you work in a cookie factory is due to

A subliminal message is one that is presented

If you can look at a knife and realize it can be used to loosen a screw, you have overcome

Our tendency for people to hold their beliefs as true, even when there is ample evidence to discredit the belief.

Memories of well-learned skills, like riding a bike are classified as

Weber's law determines

Sleep deprivation is likely to ___ obesity and ___ memory

The limbic system is closely associated with

The critical period for learning a second language would most negatively effect an

Not being able to smell your pizza when you have a cold is because of

Which of the following psychoactive drugs increases nervous system activity?

Studying for your AP Psychology exam every night for an hour two weeks before the test is an example of

Longitudinal studies

What perspective uses client-centered therapy to help people explore their potential as a person?

 Our choices are influenced by the way they are presented to us.

Judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that come to mind initially is known as

encoding, storage, & retrieval

A vivid, enduring memory associated with a personally significant and emotional event is a

Thinking of a Robin when asked to draw a bird is an example of

What perspective is interested in how unconscious drives & conflicts affect behavior?

Which area of the brain doesn't develop fully until after the age of 3 and therefore explains infantile amnesia?

Damage to a part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in

Which of the following is true about sleep?

Running because you enjoy it and not because the cops are chasing you is an example of

Remembering items at the beginning and end of a list better than stuff in the middle is known as

if you see a bag of candy next to a red bench, you might think about candy the next time they see a red bench. This is

Exercise increases your energy level and feelings of well-being because it