In people, rods, unlike cones,

have a low absolute threshold for light

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

to help psychologists diagnose psychological disorders

Drinking alcohol while pregnant increases the chance that the child

will suffer from mental retardation

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

be able to take another person's perspective

Which of the following kinds of tests is most likely to be an achievement test?

a classroom test over a chapter in a textbook

Which two competing theories explain the effects of hypnosis?

role theory and dissociation theory

In order to prove a psychological theory,

it is impossible to prove a theory

A fetus with the genotype XXY will most likely

suffer from sterility as an adult

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

they are on a desolate country road

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

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