Midterm Review - AP Psych - 2016

An accelerated heartbeat is to a slowed heartbeat as the ___ is to the ___.

A brief electrical charge that travels down the axon of a cell is called a(n):

Our ability to encode and store information without conscious effort is called:

To prepare for the spelling bee, Jason practiced each word 50 times. This memory technique is:

The endocrine system secretes hormones into:

Chunking can be defined as:

An axon is:

People with high levels of self-esteem are more likely than those with low self-esteem to:

The temporal lobes are to ___ as the occipital lobes are to ___.

A multiple choice test uses which of the following memory skills:

Being able to remember and react to something you have just heard is called:

The self-reflective observation of one's own sensations and feelings is called:

The defense mechanism in which someone tries to explain or justify their actions is:

Elizabeth Loftus has proven that a person's memory of an event can be influenced by:

According to Freud, forgotten information/memories that can easily be recalled reside in the:

Mood-congruent memory refers to the effect of emotional states on the process of:

Police investigators are trained to avoid leading or suggestive questions in order to avoid:

Listening to a tape while sleeping will not be helpful in remembering the information because:

A person who, through many experiences of failure, develops the idea that they cannot succeed:

The process of getting information into memory is called:

Humanistic psychologists, like Maslow and Rogers, focus on the importance of:

A psychologist who focuses on diagnosing and treating people with psychological disorders is:

According to Freud, an unresolved childhood conflict often leads to ________ later in life.

A substance that causes harm to a fetus is called a:

The field of psychology that studies the changes that occur throught the lifespan is called:

Semantic encoding can be defined as:

Information is acoustically encoded when it is:

The combination of new information with previously learned (remembered) information is:

Which psychologist developed and proved the "Forgetting Curve"?

An athlete who blames his or her bad performance on the referee demonstrates the phenomena of:

A person who is organized and detail-oriented would rank high on the Big Five trait of:

Psychology is best defined as the scientific study of:

Freud's belief that young boys are attracted to their mothers is called:

Chemical messengers that are released into the space in between cells is called:

A fill in the blank test (without a word bank) is asking you to use which memory skill?

Which psychological field would study the impact of strokes and brain disease on memory?

The belief that women prefer physically strong men for survival reasons would be studied by:

A flashbulb memory is stored in ___________ memory.

According to Freud, the defense mechanism that underlies all others is:

A person who believes that they can control most aspects of their life has:

Coretta is quiet, pessimistic, anxious and has mood swings. Her personality is:

Conscious memory of factual information is called _______ memory.