Duplicate of AP Psychology Final Review

Question 1

Leptin is a hormone that suppresses hunger.

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True

Question 2

Rules of ethics include:

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Informed consent, deception, debriefing, confidentiality

Question 3

Piaget's "Conservation"

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mass and number stay the same even when the form changes

Question 4

A Morpheme is...

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the smallest part of a word that has meaning

Question 5

An example of an implict memory is:

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playing the piano

Question 6

Harry Harlow studied the role of ________ in attachment

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contact comfort

Question 7

The average of a number set

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mean

Question 8

Interneurons

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are found only in the central nervous system

Question 9

Which is true of rods?

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Rods helps us see in dim light

Question 10

An all or non response pattern is a characteristic of a

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action potential

Question 11

which of the equations is the equation for the stanford-binet IQ test?

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IQ= (mental age/chronological age)*100

Question 12

What does the cerebellum control?

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balance and coordination

Question 13

Which part of the brain is responsible for formation of memories?

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hippocampus

Question 14

Which school of though tries to characterize how people store and process information?

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Cognitive

Question 15

An imaged projected to the left visual field of a split-brained person will be processed by

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right visual cortex

Question 16

Proactive interference occurs when...

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Older memories cause forgetting of newer ones.

Question 17

Viewing disorders as a combination of cultural, environmental, genetic, and individual factors

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Biopsychosocial approach

Question 18

If Juan tried to learn a long list of words, he would be most likely to forget words that?

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appeared in the middle of the list

Question 19

The Flynn Effect is the finding that...

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Intelligence seems to increase with every generation.

Question 20

A child's statement of "I goed to the park" is an example of

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overgeneralization of grammar rules

Question 21

the ventromedial hypothalamus tell you to

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stop eating

Question 22

What is the just noticeable difference?

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Smallest amount of change needed before we detect a change.

Question 23

Neurons in the central nervous system

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inter neurons

Question 24

The word 'but' has how many phonemes?

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3

Question 25

Schizophrenia is linked with excess of

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dopamine

Question 26

Which type of research method looks into providing a causal relationship between variables?

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experimental

Question 27

Antrograde amnesia

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inability to form new memories

Question 28

Which statement describes NREM Stage 1?

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Very light sleep; awakens easily

Question 29

Which gland of the endocrine system controls the activity of the other glands?

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pituitary

Question 30

Perspective: Believes you learn from your environment

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Behavioral

Question 31

The function of a dendrite is to

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receive info from other neurons

Question 32

Spearman's g factor

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General Intelligence

Question 33

The value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data

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mode

Question 34

A boat in the distance drawn very small and a bird in the foregroud drawn large demonstrates

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relative size

Question 35

Sensory Adaptation is ______.

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Decreased sensitivity to unchanging stimuli

Question 36

Alzheimer's disease is most closely linked with an under supply of

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acetylcholine

Question 37

Which correlation coefficient would exemplify the relation between exercise and weight loss?

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.73

Question 38

Perspective: Focuses on the unconscious mind

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Psychoanalytic

Question 39

The _______ group is exposed to the independent variable

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experimental

Question 40

The difference between the high and low score is the

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range

Question 41

This is were transaction happens in the ear

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cochlea

Question 42

Interpreting a causal relationship between two variables is which research method

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experiment

Question 43

Piaget's "Formal operations" stage includes

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Abstract thinking

Question 44

What is the function of the hypothalamus?

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Hunger/thirst, sexual activity,temp,heart rate,shivering etc

Question 45

Correlation equals causation

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False

Question 46

Authoritarian parenting style is when...

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child has very little input

Question 47

Which of the following correlation coefficients expresses the weakest degree of relationship a

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-0.12

Question 48

In vision, transaction occurs within the...

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retina

Question 49

This connects the two brain hemispheres

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corpus callosum

Question 50

Deep, meaning processing is also called

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semantic

Question 51

Lev Vygotsky's theory focused on:

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Social

Question 52

Seeing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

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opponent-process theory

Question 53

Correlation research is most useful for purposes of

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prediction

Question 54

Perspective: Focus on reproduction and inherited traits

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evolutionary

Question 55

Bobby's iPhone bricked and needed a reset after supper. His failure to use his toothpick is

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functional fixedness

Question 56

To solve a problem, Bret uses a logical, step-by-step formula called

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an algorithm

Duplicate of AP Psychology Final Review

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Duplicate of AP Psychology Final Review

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