AP Psych Final Exam

to overcome bias, experiments should use ____ .

The inability to distinguish between a condition stimulus and a similar stimuli is called ______.

when using partial schedules of reinforcement, time is to _____ as number of behavior is to ______

The rapid sequence of changes in the voltage across a membrane is known as ______.

According to Freud, the Morality Principle is ____ , the Reality Priniciple is ____, and the Pleasure Principle is _____

He was known for his Multiple intelligences theory

a negatively skewed distribution of test scores would mean that

50 percent of the scores fall above and below the mean in a _____ distribution

Morpheme is to _____ as Phonemes is to ______

Developmental psychologists that conduct research on the same children as they grow up is called a __________ study.

____ only occurs when the condition stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus

split brain patient is shown the word cat to his right visual field. he will identify what he saw by _________.

Deep sleep is associated with what brain waves

Schizophrenia is caused by

The murder of Kitty Genovese was a real life example of the

what is the correct order of the body's adaptive response to stress?

Only being able to remember the beginning of the list of items is known as

experiments must have _______ of the depenedent variable so that their experiment can be replicated in the same way.

The surface plot of a dream is ____content where the underlying true meaning is _____ content

left hemisphere is to _____ as the right hemisphere is to ______

He emphasized that language is innate and we are born with the readiness and brain structure for language development

Challenging the client's beliefs and thoughts when they are irrational is known as

lateral hypothalamus is to ____ as the ventromedial hypothalumsus is to ____

Damage to this part of the brain would be the most life threatening

Having equal chance to be assigned to the experimental and control group is called ______ .

The hippocampus in the brain plays and important role in __________.

This law states that the change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus

In the binet test, IQ is calculated by

Representative heuristics is to ____ as availability heuristics is to _____

Myelin is an insulating layer, or sheath that forms around nerves. Myelin allows nerves to transmit impulses __________.

She criticized Kohlberg's moral development becuase it was more characteristic of men than women.

According to Piaget, Egocentrism happens in which stage of development

According to Freud, the _______ is our sexual energy that is part of the id and is the driving force of all behavior

Kohlberg's moral development states that we are invested in ethical principles during this stage.

All of the following are gestalt principles EXCEPT

______ causes the behavior to likely to decrease while _____ causes the behavior to likely increase

variability is measured by calculating the ________.

Broca's area is to _____ as Wernicke's area is to _______.

the opponent-processing theory best explains what phenomemon

Known for the famous BOBO doll experiment

The Hawthorne Effect is when subjects

depression is caused by low levels of _____.

this theory states that our bodies have a preset weight baseline hardwired into our DNA.

this lobe contains the motor cortex

Competitive, impatient, and aggressive is to ______ as laid-back, easy-going and calm is to _______.

In an experiment on the effects of exercise on grades, exercise would be the ______.

forgetting your new girlfriends name and calling her your old girlfriend's name is an example of

according to research, which is the best parenting style

the cessation of breathing during sleep is known as

James-Lange theory is to ______ as the Cannon-Bard theory is to ______

What is the part of the eye that allows light to enter?

what is the correct order of the stages of grief

Many people are diagnosed with ______ following a incredibly stressful event.

He established the first psychology lab in 1879

stage of sleep that has brain waves that mimic being awake

Major depression can be treated with ______.

According to Piaget, abstract reasoning begins in what stage

Identify the part of the ear labeld as "H" in the diagram?

A study that Zimbardo did to measure the effects of labels on behavior was known as the ______.

According to Erikson, what is his fifth stage of psychosocial development?

Procedural memory is to ______ as Semantic memory is to _______

This perspective of psychology focuses on the thinking and decision making process