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A review for AP Psychology
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1
The two components of Schachters and Singer's theory of emotion are...
physiological arousal and cognitive assesment
instinct and motivation
physiological arousal and behavior
love and anger
2
Prejudice is a(n) _____ , while discrimination is a(n) ______.
choice/ethic
attitude/behavior
instinct/choice
stimulus/response
3
Which research method can establish a cause-and-effect relationship?
naturalistic observation
an experiment
a case study
a survey
4
Visual acuity is best in the...
Cornea
Iris
Fovea
Lens
5
The thalamus processes information for all of the following senses except...
touch
vision
taste
smell
6
Which partial reinforcement schedule is most resistant to extinction?
Fixed Ratio
Fixed Interval
Fixed Variable
Variable Ratio
7
Research has shown that cultural factors can influence people's perception of...
distance
pitch
sensory adaptation
timbre
8
What is the machine in the video clip from Crash Course?
EEG
REM
MRI
fMRI
9
Unlike achievement motivation, hunger and sex have a strong _____ basis.
environmental
cognitive
biological
genetic
10
John B. Watson is best known as the father of...
Rationalism
Functionalism
Structuralism
Behaviorism
11
Which of the following is one of the three essential tasks of memory?
misattribution
elaboration
accuracy
encoding
12
If the variance of a set of scores is 100, the standard deviation will be...
5
10
50
25
13
Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer view emotion as resulting from...
Cognitive labels of physiological changes
Level of arousal
Instinct behavior
Biochemical changes in the pituitary
14
Which of the following is not a Gestalt principle of perceptual organization?
proximity
continuity
intensity
closure
15
The sequence of shifts in the electrical charge of a neuron is called...
Refraction
The Action Potential
Neural Integration
Synaptic Transmission
16
Which concept refers to the structure and organization of a sentence?
Lexicon
Syntax
Phoneme
Morpheme
17
What principle is illustrated in the video?
Arithmetic
Perceptual Blindness
Attention
Intentional Blindness
18
In an emergency situation, you would have the best chance of getting help from a...
group of friends
group of strangers
large group of people
lone bystander
19
About eight weeks after conception, the developing human organism is known as...
a neonate
an embryo
a zygote
a fetus
20
The mean is the...
range
average
middle number
most frequent number
21
Which of the following will not increase behavioral and mental activity?
caffeine
amphetamines
barbiturates
cocaine
22
A test that is valid must...
reveal important information
have scores that fit the normal curve
be reliable
predict future behavior
23
The area of the brain stem that is important in controlling breathing is the
Limbic System
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
Medulla
24
Who is the father of psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
William James
Carl Rogers
Sigmund Freud
25
Imaging techniques allow cognitive scientists to connect mental activity with...
brain activity
cognition
learning
behavior
26
Which sort of personality theory would most likely emphasis unconscious motivation?
cognitive theory
trait theory
psychodynamic theory
humanistic theory
27
Valium, a drug with a high "abuse potential," is classified as an ____ medication.
antihistamine
antianxiety
antidepressant
antipsychotic
28
Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in which of the following problems?
A Loss of Vision
A Change in Personality
Aphasia
A Loss of Motor Control
29
Which of the following is characterized by a periodic appearance of sleep spindles?
stage 4
stage 2
stage 3
REM
30
The psychological effects of alcohol are powerfully influenced by the user's...
expectations
IQ
agility
brain dopamine level
31
The tendency to attend to evidence that confirms our expectations is known as...
introspection
confirmational bias
empirical investigation
functionalism
32
What concept is illustrated in this clip from Crash Course?
Perceptual Set
Culture
Expectations
Context
33
Which area of the body has the largest amount of sensory neurons?
ear
back
lips
wrist
34
What is the difference Hank is referring to in the following clip from Crash Course?
distress
psychological disorder
anxiety
condition
35
What is illustrated in this clip from Crash Course?
Cocktail Effect
Signal Detection Theory
Absolute Threshold
Sensory Adaptation
36
The briefest summary of the concerns and issues of adult development might simply be...
death and dying
love and work
youth and beauty
success and security
37
Which of the following is not one of the Big Five personality factors?
openness
neuroticism
extraversion
intelligence
38
The perceived pitch of a tone is largely determined by its...
Timbre
Loudness
Ampliude
Frequency
39
Which type of intelligence would be most important in answering a trivia question?
Fluid
Crystilized
Practical
Creative
40
All human languages have several basic sounds in common called...
Phonemes
Semantic Units
Pheromones
Morphemes
41
The ____ type of schizophrenia is characterized by delusions.
residual
paranoid
catatonic
disorganized
42
When struck by light energy, cones and rods in the retina generate neural signals that activate
the bipolar cells
the ganglion cells
the parietal lobe
the optic nerve fibers
43
The first area of psychology to be studied as a science is known as...
psychoanalysis
phrenology
classical conditioning
psychophysics
44
Which of the sensory structures does not belong with the others?
retina
ganglion cells
rods
basilar membrane
45
Hallucinations are characteristic of
Personality disorders
Fugue
Psychotic disorders
Panic attacks
46
Sample is to population as...
part is to whole
valid is to invalid
child is to adult
large is to small
47
The brain scans of people with amnesia are most likely to show damage to the...
Cerebellum
Hypothalamus
Medulla
Hippocampus
48
Our vestibular sense is most closely associated with the...
skin
olfactory bulb
semicircular canals
rods and cones
49
Alfred Binet's most important contribution to psychology was in the area of...
visual perception
psychopathology
intelligence testing
classical conditioning
50
What type of therapy is he receiving in the clip from Crash Course?
insight
Neo-Freudian pschodynamic
electroshock
talk
51
Remembering how to roller skate involves which of the following kinds of memory?
episodic
prospective
procedural
semantic
52
Speech functions are primarily localized in the...
right cerebral hemisphere
cerebellum
left cerebral hemisphere
occipital lobe
53
Which of the following isn't a sense?
Olfaction
Gustation
Vestibular
Umami
54
The illusion in the Hermann grid operates at the level of...
perception
stimulation
sensation
figure and ground
