AP PSYCH REVIEW

The best example of a given category is referred to as a:

This perspective would be most interested in studying different stimuli that cause physiological responses

With continued use, a person may experience a decrease in reaction to a drug. This is called:

Which of the following is the best definition of a stimulus?

When studying for psych, which method is most likely to help encode the info into long term memory?

Achievement Test is to Aptitude Test as....

Your brain is using what you know about English to make meaning out of the letters here. This is an example of...

Why is REM sleep considered paradoxical?

Making cookies requires that you carefully follow the steps of a recipe. This best illustrates the use of:

A prefix is an example of:

Which of the following concepts would early behaviorists NOT be interested in studying?

What are the three memory processes of the information-processing model?

Which of the following is the best definition of difference threshold?

Even though her Dr. said the meds won't make her sick she still thinks they will. This is an example of:

"Now Phinny barks whenever she hears anything sounds like someone is knocking on the door." This is an example of...

The words "bus" & "desk" led people to easily recall the word school even though it wasn't mentioned. This demonstrates:

In every example of sensation and perception, either energy or chemicals are turned into neural impulses. This is called

Which of the following allows psychologists to generalize research findings to the intended population?

In order to control for experimenter bias, researchers will often use

Which theory can most easily explain the idea of afterimages?

Researching which types of requests motivate people to donate money, is engaging which kind of research?

Which of the following is limited to holding 7 +/- 2 items for up to 30 seconds?

Which combo would be used to study relationship btwn how we think about events & what we were awarded and punished for?

Which type of conditioning is most like the the common practice of providing rewards for desired behaviors?

A correlational coefficient of +.70 indicates that

Spontaneous recovery can happen only after which of the following stages of classical conditioning?

To a behaviorist, what is the most important difference between reinforcement and punishment?

A researcher studies relationship between age and height for 0-18 yr olds. What type of correlation would you predict?

Which of the following best illustrates telegraphic speech?

In this scenario, which is the conditioned stimulus?

Giving kids raffle tickets to get them to read might decrease their intrinsic motivation to read. This is an example of:

Which of the following is the most accurate example of a procedural memory?

See the image below:

Which two theories, when combined, best explain how humans perceive color?

Freud's perspective on psychology was most dependent on which of the following concepts?

If an individual takes the same test multiple times and the scores are consistent, the test is considered to be:

In this scenario, which is the conditioned response?

Kate is relaxed and is in bed trying to sleep. On an EEG, which brain waves would you most likely see?

Intelligence that is reflected in tests of mental ability, as suggested by Spearman, is called

Answering a multiple choice exam requires that you narrow it down to one right answer. This is an example of:

The closer students sat to the front of the room, the higher their grades in the course seemed to be. This reflects a(n)

Kate says "I heard the best joke from Dan" and then tells you the joke you told her earlier. This is an example of:

Jim is doing research on how people become the best they can be. He's likely doing research for which perspective?

Theories...

Which of the following is key for the replication of a research study?

Which of the following is likely to occur when the conditioned stimulus is presented many times without the UCS?

In this scenario, which is the unconditioned stimulus?

Which measure of central tendency is most impacted by extreme scores?

Which of the following is the only way for a researcher to establish cause and effect?

The words "dime" and "dine" are the same except for the m and the n. These sounds are different:

Which of the following statements describes how a cognitive psychologist might explain someone's test anxiety?

Poker machines only reward you after playing for between 10-23 minutes. This is which reinforcement schedule?

Which correlation coefficient reflects the weakest relationship between two variables?

Which is the best example of an illusory correlation?

Which of the following allows researchers to determine how well a variable predicts the presence of another variable.

Which of the following is the best example of a heuristic?

Which of the following is used primarily for pain relief?

Which of the following refers to sensory memories that are devoted to storing auditory information?

See the image below:

Which region of the brain is primarily responsible for the formation of new memory?

We're bombarded with stimuli all the time. Which would you use to explain why we consciously perceive only a few?

Which researcher was most closely related to Classical Conditioning

The ability to think abstractly, reason quickly, identify patterns and integrate info is referred to as:

Which of the following is unique to experimental design?

Hallucinations during stage 1 of sleep are what kind of sensation?