According to Kohlberg, in order to reason at the postconventional level, people must

be able to take another person's perspective

A fetus with the genotype XXY will most likely

suffer from sterility as an adult

What is the purpose of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

to help psychologists diagnose psychological disorders

Mrs Jones car breaks down. A woman driving by would be most likely to help her if

they are on a desolate country road

Which two competing theories explain the effects of hypnosis?

role theory and dissociation theory

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1
Approximately what percent of the population scores between 70 and 130 on the WISC?
50
84
34
95
2
Which of the following is an opiate?
cocaine
caffeine
nicotine
heroin
3
Which of the following is a common symptom of depression?
working harder than usual
abandoning old hobbies and picking up new ones
eating more than usual
making a new group of friends
4
Which of the following is LEAST likely to contribute to prejudice?
stereotyping
out-group homogeneity
superordinate goals
scapegoating
5
According to humanistic psychologists, psychological disorders are most likely caused by
learned associations
neurochemical imbalances
unfulfilled needs
unhealthy attributional styles
6
A low level of glucose in Sam's bloodstream is most likely to make him want to
eat a meal
pursue a romantic interest
make new friends
engage in risky behavior
7
People who suffer from major depression often have very low levels of which neurotransmitter?
seratonin
thyroxin
endocrine
acetylcholine
8
Counterconditioning lies at the heart of which therapeutic approach?
flooding
stress inoculation
systematic desensitization
REBT
9
Which part of the brain is the newest in an evolutionary sense?
forebrain
cerebral cortex
reticular formation
hypothalamus
10
Which of the following terms applies to IQ tests?
achievement
triarchic
standardized
projective
11
Which of the following factors impacts the speed of motor development the most?
myelination of brain neurons
secure parenting styles
early gross motor practice and experiences
concrete operational exercises soon after birth
12
Which of the following models of personality is the least deterministic?
psychoanalytic
behaviorist
biological
humanistic
13
Which of the following is an example of an implicit memory?
describing the taste of the cake at your last birthday party
recognizing a celebrity
recalling the name of your middle school math teacher
remembering how to tie a tie
14
Our ability to perceive depth depends primarily on what other perceptual abilities?
binocular and monocular cues
proximity and similarity
size and shape constancy
top-down processing and bottom-up processing
15
Disorganized language like clang associations or neologisms is associated with
schizophrenia
autism spectrum disorder
OCD
bipolar disorder
16
In the nature versus nurture debate, nature is most closely associated with
temperament
learning
family
culture
17
Which of the following is a positive symptom of schizophrenia?
greater sensitivity toward others
reduced deppresion
catatonia
hallucinations
18
Psychogenic amnesia is an indication of which kind of psychological disorder?
dissociative
schizophrenic
mood
anxiety
19
The brainstem is comprised of the
cortex and the limbic system
right and left hemispheres
cerebellum and cerebrum
hindbrain and midbrain
20
Which of the following newborn reflexes help infants find and eat food?
Moro
Babinski
rooting
conservation
21
Broca's area is usually located in which part of the cortex?
right frontal lobe
left temporal lobe
left frontal lobe
right temporal lobe
22
According to Kohlberg, in order to reason at the postconventional level, people must
be generous
be able to take another person's perspective
have been exposed to good, moral role models
believe in God
23
Which of the following is a common way to categorize personality traits?
Piaget's 4 stages
the Top Two
the Big Five
Erikson's 8 triats
24
According to Sigmund Freud, what is the dominant factor determining our personality traits?
positive and negative reinforcements
parenting styles
unconscious conflicts
secondary drives and needs
25
A fetus with the genotype XXY will most likely
grow into a depressed adult
result in a miscarriage
be color blind
suffer from sterility as an adult
26
Which of the therapies listed below is no longer used to treat patients?
free association
electro-convulsive shock therapy
gestalt therapy
prefrontal lobotomy
27
Rhania's therapist believes Rhania is psychotic. Which medication would benefit her the most
SSRI's
neuroleptics
lithium
L-Dopa
28
According to Howard Gardner, which of the following is a type of intelligence?
practical
fluid
naturalist
general
29
During a typical night of sleep, the average adult spends the most time in
stage 3
REM
stage 1
stage 2
30
Which of the following was one of the factors that increased conformity in Asch's studies?
presence of the authority figure
size of the group
placebo effect
level of shock adminsted
31
What is the purpose of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?
to help psychologists diagnose psychological disorders
to summarize research studies about psychological disorders
to describe the causes of psychological disorders
to list cures for psychological disorders
32
Wilhelm Wundt's early work led to the theory of
functionalism
repression
trephination
structuralism
33
Which of the following is a somatoform disorder?
narcissistic personality disorder
conversion disorder
masochism
psychogenic amnesia
34
Mrs Jones car breaks down. A woman driving by would be most likely to help her if
the driver is highly religious
they are on a desolate country road
the weather is bad
they are on a highly trafficked road
35
Sperling's partial report technique was designed to test the
duration of working memory
capacity of sensory memory
serial position effect
misinformation effect
36
In studying for the AP Psychology exam, good advice would be to
store as much as possible in your short-term memory
study from multiple sources
rely heavily on the serial position effect
stay up the night before the exam to study
37
Which two competing theories explain the effects of hypnosis?
conscious level and unconscious level
priming and blind slight
manifest content and latent content
role theory and dissociation theory
38
Kate, a newborn baby, probably most likes to look at
pastel colored blocks
her own face
cartoons on television
her stuffed sheep
39
Seeing someone at a store and remembering their name is an example of what kind of retrieval?
semantic
recognition
recall
episodic
40
Which social psychological principle best explains prejudice?
in-group bias
collectivism
individualism
self-serving bias
41
Which structure is located at the most central and protected part of the brain?
cerebellum
medulla
cerebral cortex
Broca's area
42
The somatic nervous system is part of the
parasympathetic nervous system
peripheral nervous system
autonomic nervous system
central nervous system
43
En route to the brain, information from the two eyes' retinas crosses at the
optic chiasm
optic nerve
basal ganglia
fovea
44
The limbic system plays an important role in
processing sensory information
maintaining balance
regulating emotion
monitoring arousal
45
What kind of personality theorist would be most interested in the results of the MMPI?
biological
psychoanalytic
behaviorist
trait
46
What is the principal tool used in all forms of psychotherapy?
somatic therapies
talking to a patient
biomedical/cognitive treatments
cognitive/behavioral interventions
47
An American teenager's prototype of a chair is most likely to include
a desk and/ or table
four legs and a seat
an armchair, a chairlift, and a wheelchair
a feeling of anxiety associated with school
48
Information from the optic nerve is initially processed in what part of the brain?
thalamus
hypothalamus
occipital lobe
hippocampus
49
What area of psychology focuses on the study of subjective well-being, optimism, and happiness?
human factors psychology
health psychology
positive psychology
social psychology
50
REM sleep deprivation generally causes what kinds of side effects?
heightened manifest dream content
decreased sleep onset episodes
sleep apnea and night terrors
Interference with memory tasks
51
Withdrawal symptoms are most directly cause by which of the following processes?
role theory
dissociation
activation-synthesis
tolerance
52
Turning up the volume on a music player changes which aspect of sound?
pitch of the tone
frequency of the wave
amplitude of the wave
energy of the sound
53
Kohler's studies with apes are seen as demonstrating
Thorndike's law of effect
that learning can occur via sight
the apes' ability to communicate
latent learning in primates
54
Which theory of emotion are cognitive psychologists most likely to support?
social facilitation theory
James-Lange theory
two-factor theory
Cannon-Bard theory
55
Research has shown that gay and heterosexual men differ in that
the mothers of gay men are unusually domineering
some of their brain structures differ in size
homosexual men do not make good parents
heterosexual men have more conflict with their parents
56
Which structure is found in the inner ear?
pinna
auditory canal
hammer
basilar membrane
57
In people, rods, unlike cones,
respond more quickly to bright colors
synapse with bipolar cells
are located in the center of the retina
have a low absolute threshold for light
58
Which of the following brain structures is most centrally involved in hunger motivation?
cerebellum
stomach
medulla
hypothalamus
59
Which of the following is most likely to lead to a constructed memory?
brain injury
serial position effect
leading questions
proactive interference
60
The "c" in the word cat is best described as a
holophrase
phoneme
syllable
morpheme
61
Which of the following disorders responds best to cognitive behavioral therapy?
dissociative identity disorder
bipolar disorder
major depressive disorder
catatonic schizophrenia
62
Harlow's monkey experiment illustrated
that shyness is highly heritable
the importance of physical contact to development
that primates can make and use tools
the danger of separating babies from their natural parents
63
Which of the following seems to be least heritable?
religious beliefs
heart disease
conscientiousness
hair color
64
Which of the following structures in the eye is most specifically responsible for color vision?
lens
optic nerve
cones
rods
65
Which of the following has been liked to a deficient of dopamine?
schizophrenia
major depressive disorder
Parkinson's disease
autism
66
Which part of the brain is most important in regulating an animal's sex drive?
hippocampus
amygdala
pituitary gland
hypthalamus
67
Which option is most directly involved in the electrical aspect of Neural transmission?
hormones
myelin
terminal buttons
the synapse
68
Milgram's obedience study was criticized based on what ethical grounds?
lack of debriefing
nonrandom sampling procedures
lack of informed consent
risk of psychological harm
69
Learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to
an external locus of control
unconditional positive regard
the Barnum effect
self-serving bias
70
Which technique controls for both experimenter and subject bias?
counterbalancing
double blind study
demand characteristics
single blind study
71
The incidence of schizophrenia in the population is closest to
1 in 10
1 in 100
1 in 1000
1 in 10000
72
Banu scored 130 on the WISC. What is his z score and approximately what percentile is he in?
-2, 16th
2, 98th
2, 90th
-2, 2nd
73
Which of the following is a hormone?
GABA
insulin
dopamine
endorphines
74
Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theorizes that each person is motivated by what?
primary (physical) and secondary (emotional needs) needs
satisfying needs from the next step in the hierarchy
homeostasis needs determined by our inner self
desire to achieve in the eyes of others
75
In the three-box information processing model, what is the first place memories are stored?
semantic memory
sensory memory
eidetic memory
short-term memory
76
Damage to the occipital lobes of the brain would most likely affect which of the senses?
touch
smell
hearing
sight
77
Someone who is unable to encode new memories is said to suffer from
state-dependent memory
retroactive interference
anterograde amnesia
belief bias
78
An extra chromosome on the twenty-first pair is associated with
Down syndrome
Alzheimer's disease
fetal alcohol syndrome
Tay-Sachs disease
79
Eli is just beginning to sit up. Assuming he is developing at a typical pace, how old is Eli?
6 months
3 months
9 months
1 month
80
An "A+" course grade is which kind of reinforcer?
primary
partial
secondary
continuous
81
What part of Phineas Gage's brain was damaged by his accident while laying the railroad track?
corpus callosum
temporal lobe
prefrontal cortex
midbrain
82
When first born, humans' dominant sense is
hearing
seeing
touch
smell
83
A lesson from Janis's research on groupthink is that
unanimity is important
small groups function better than large ones
it is important for people to voice dissent
groups function well under pressure
84
Which type of scan uses X-ray technology to examine the structure of the brain?
EEG
MRI
PET
CAT
85
Which of the following are found in Jung's collective unconscious?
archetypes
complexes
bad memories
fictional finalisms
86
One possible explanation for group polarization is
diffusion of responsibilty
self-fulfilling prophecy
self-serving bias
out-group bias
87
What color are the shortest electromagnetic waves humans can see?
red
orange
green
voliet
88
Which of the following kinds of tests is most likely to be an achievement test?
a classroom test over a chapter in a textbook
an entrance exam for law school
a projective test
an IQ test
89
Drinking alcohol while pregnant increases the chance that the child
will be born with an addiction to alcohol
will have a low birth weight
will grow up to be a drug dealer
will suffer from mental retardation
90
When a newborn baby is sleeping, which reflex will be elicited by a sudden noise or touch?
rooting
Moro
plantar
Babinski
91
The part of the brain most responsible for making decisions is the
amygdala
thalamus
prefrontal cortex
hippocampus
92
Erikson's initiative versus guilt stage is most clearly related to Freud's
anal stage
oral stage
phallic stage
adult genital stage
93
It has been suggested that learned helplessness may be related to
somatoform disorder
OCD
major depressive disorder
paranoia
94
Which of the following terms is most closely associated with creativity?
contextual intelligence
habituation
echoic memory
divergent thinking
95
Of the following, most children will develop which skill first?
say a sentence
clap their hands
turn pages of a book
write with a pencil
96
Delusions of grandeur are most characteristic of
bipolar disorder
conversion disorder
OCD
schizophrenia
97
In order to prove a psychological theory,
it is impossible to prove a theory
you have to prove your hypothesis
you must replicate your findings
you need to run an experiment
98
The typical age of onset schizophrenia is
after age 70
at birth
during young adulthood
during childhood
99
Which of the following kinds of therapies would most likely be used by a somatic therapist?
systematic desensitization
rational emotive behavior therapies
chemotherapy
counterconditioning
100
Light enters the eye through an opening in the
iris
fovea
lens
retina

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