AP PSYCHOLOGY FINAL REVIEW

The reabsorption by the sending neuron is…

Which of the following is not a universal emotion?

What is the process by which we recognize, interpret, and organize our sensations?

Reverses an intolerable impulse, causing the person to express the opposite of the anxiety-provoking, unconscious feelin

A psychological disorder marked by extreme inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity

tendency for people in a group to exert less effort toward attaining a common goal than when by themselves

Adam must lock his door 10 times before he leaves for work every morning. This behavior exhibits

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “goat,” the number of:

A sensory stimulus is converted into a neural impulse through the process known as

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a response

A neuron’s branching extensions receive messages and conduct impulses toward the cell body is..

In classical conditioning, a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus

An anxiety disorder in which a person is continually tense, apprehensive, in a state of autonomic nervous system arousal

Alcohol is a teratogen that can slip through the _______ and damage the fetus or embryo

What is the lowest need on Maslow’s hierarchy?

Children often believe their neighborhood is better than the other neighborhoods in their town. This best illustrates

The branch of psychology that studies the links between genetic, neural, and hormonal processes

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

Exhibiting two or more distinct and alternating personalities is a symptom of a(n)

Choose the correct order of a developing human organism (earliest➡latest)

stronger responses on simple/well-learned tasks in the presence of others

What are phonemes?

What are the two different types of receptors in the eye?

Which of the following is not one of Sigmund Freud's stages of psychosexual development?

A schizophrenic disorder characterized by striking motor behaviour, usually involves very decreased voluntary movement

In classical conditioning, an unlearned, naturally occuring response

Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing actions when observing another doing so

Dr. Ram is studying the mental strategies people use when solving problems. Dr. Ram is clearly a(n):

“I don’t care what you want, you will do so, because I said so!” is most indicative of what type of parenting style?

The condition of a neuron when the inside is negatively charged relative to the outside

Neurons that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain are called

The scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning

A personality disorder in which a person exhibits a lack of conscience for wrongdoing, even toward friends and family.

The branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the lifespan

The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by what developmental theory?

We can legitimately conclude that there’s what kind of correlation?

Which of the following is not one of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

You would be more likely to agree to a surgery with a 50% success rate than a 50% failure rate. This illustrates

Which psychological perspective would be most interested in studying our brain structures & chemistry, genetics, glands

A region of the mind holding information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness

Mark scores at the 76th percentile. In testing, this means

Which of the following is an example of a 2-year-old Paul’s overextension in language?

The science of behavior and mental processes best defines…

A condition under which a person experiences the Gestalt phenomenon called “closure” would involve perceiving

adjusting one's behavior/thinking to coincide with a group standard

A type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events

A mood disorder in which a person alternates between the depression and an overexcited state of mania

Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely

People with Type-A personalities can be described as

Compared with individualistic cultures, people in collectivist cultures:

Which of the following would not appear on a normal distribution of intelligence scores for children?

What grade does this final deserve?

One of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia includes

A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions

The branch of psychology that focuses on how our mental/behavioral processes function and how they enable us to adapt

A type of drug that inhibits or blocks a response by binding to a receptor site is..

A thought must come before any emotion or physiological arousal but that thought may be outside our conscious awareness.

Which of the following is considered to be a possible cause of the misinformation effect?

Which of the following is not one of the big five personality traits?

the tendency for people who have agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon