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AP Exam Review #3
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A basic review over all material covered in AP Psychology used to prepare for the AP Exam.
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1
Which of the following is a mood disorder?
bipolar disorder
fugue
panic disorder
conversion disorder
2
Yielding to real or imagined social pressure defines...
groupthink
obedience
cognitive dissonance
conformity
3
____ measure general mental ability while ___ measure various aspects of people (values, etc).
personality; standardized
standardized; intelligence
intelligence; standardized
intelligence; personality
4
The largely unconscious reactions used to protect us from guilt and anxiety are known as...
offense mechanisms
coping mechanisms
id mechanisms
defense mechanisms
5
A stimulus evokes a response that was originally evoked by another stimulus in...
operant conditioning
observational learning
state-dependent learning
classical conditioning
6
The function of sensory memory is to...
hold information for a lifetime
hold sensory impressions long enough for transfer
hold the immediate perception of what was perceived
put information into long-term memory
7
Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events defines...
processing
attention
sensation
perception
8
Cohort effects are most closely associated with which research design?
sequential
time of testing
cross-sectional
longitundinal
9
The awareness of self, your thoughts, internal sensations and external stimuli is defined as...
sensation
perception
hypnosis
consciousness
10
Conditioned taste aversions represent an unusual or atypical example of...
punishment
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
observational learning
11
The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon can best be described as an instance of...
partial storage
partial retrieval
complete retrieval failure
complete storage failure
12
The chemicals that are secreted from the terminal buttons into the synapse are...
antagonists
agonists
action potentials
neurotransmitters
13
The last area of the brain to fully mature in late adolescence or early adulthood is the...
occipital cortex
prefrontal cortex
hypothalamus
medulla
14
Which statistical method is used to determine the reliability of a test?
correlation coefficients
standard deviation
percentiles
means
15
Which of the following does not belong with the other three?
gonads
thyroid
thalamus
pituitary
16
Free association and dream analysis were held to be major methods to discover the makeup of...
maladaptive behaviors
the unconscious
irrational thoughts
the conscious
17
Dave washes his hands 50 times a day, even when they're not dirty. This is an example of..
a phobia
a compulsion
an obsession
a delusion
18
Jay used to say "mikk", but now says "milk" properly, meaning he has made gains in the use of..
linguistic heuristics
syntax
morphemes
phonemes
19
The minimum length of time between action potentials is determined by...
transduction incapacity
the absolute refractory period
transduction capacity
the relative threshold period
20
The sensory receptors for smell are referred to as...
sciatic receptors
gustatory bulbs
olfactory cilia
smell buds
21
Which of the following is not one of the intelligence types described by Gardner?
musical
spatial
mechanical
logical-mathemathical
22
Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to...
sing a song
tie shoe laces
print letters
fear the dark
23
Learning to crawl is an example of which motor development sequence?
encephalitis
the proximodistal trend
the cephalocaudal trend
the cephalopedal trend
24
What kind of validity do the ACT and SAT strive for?
construct
content
criterion-related
absolute
25
If Jane used an external attribution to explain why her son got into a fight, she would say...
he can't help himself since he doesn't have self-control
the other boy started it and he was defending himself
he always gets in fights
he's just like his father
26
Watson defined psychology as the scientific study of...
conscious experience
the unconscious
behavior
the brain
27
The hypothalamus communicates with the endocrine system by way of the..
sebaceous gland
pituitary gland
thyroid gland
pancreas
28
We often perceive a series of dots as a "solid" line because of the Gestalt principle of...
closure
symmetry
similiarity
constancy
29
Which technique would be most useful for locating specific neurotransmitters in the brain?
magnetic resonance imaging
electrographic tomography
positron emission tomography
computerized tomography
30
Inferences that people draw about the causes of their and other's behavior are known as..
self-serving bias
stereotypes
prejudices
attributions
31
According to the notion of semantic networks, which word pair should be linked most closely?
car-nose
tree-bird
fill-feed
boat-goat
32
An electroencephalograph is used in sleep research to measure brain-wave activity in the...
cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
medulla
hypothalamus
33
The AP Psychology exam is an example of what kind of test?
an aptitude test
an achievement test
an intelligence test
a personality test
34
The gradual disappearance of an operant response that is no longer being reinforced is called..
unconditioning
extinction
spontaneous remission
conditioned forgetting
35
Potty training is a key challenge in which of Erikson's stages of development?
trust vs. mistrust
initiative vs. guilt
industry vs. inferiority
autonomy vs. shame & doubt
36
What is not a characteristic of groupthink?
censoring dissent from group members
dividing the world into the ingroup & outgroup
censoring information that contradicts the group's views
gathering all the relevant information (pros & cons)
37
In Milgram's study of obedience, subjects...
became the recipient of painful electric shocks
were ordered to deliver painful shocks to a stranger
indicated which of 3 lines matched the "standard line"
were put into a simulated prison
38
Which brain structure is most closely related to regulating emotions?
cerebellum
limbic system
brainstem
reticular formation
39
If you were awakened during REM sleep, you would probably report that you had...
not been dreaming
a headache
not really been asleep
been dreaming
40
The assumption of a preoperational child that a car is moving because she is in it demonstrates
egocentrism
reversibility
conservation
centration
41
The most optimistic view of human nature is found in the ________ approach.
psychoanalytic
humanistic
cognitive
behavioral
42
If the occipital lobe is stimulated, the person would be most likely to report...
hearing a sound
moving a part of his body
seeing a flash of light
smelling an odor
43
Voluntary responses come to be controlled by their consequences in what type of learning?
classical conditioning
reinforcement
operant conditioning
observational learning
44
Diffusion of responsibility refers to the...
assumption others will take responsibility;bystander effect
basis for performing pro-social behavior
halo effect in aggression
loss of identity one experiences in mob violence
