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AP Psychology Exam
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1
____ assumes gender identity is acquired by observing and imitating others
social learning theory
intuition
gender typing
informational social influence
2
If you are less startled by thunder with repeated exposure you are demonstrating
habituation
rooting
accommodation
assimilation
3
When sad, you are likely to remember other times you felt sad, sinking you deeper into your sadness. This is due to
Neuroplasticity
Iconic Memory
Latent Learning
State Dependent Memory
4
The fundamental attribution error blames ___ for their condition.
Cats
People
Religion
Situations
5
According to thinking and concepts, this image is likely your _____ for high school.
prototype
cognitive map
phoneme
mental set
6
Facial muscles can trigger corresponding feelings of fear, anger, or happiness. This is part of
universal expression
biofeedback
phi phenomenon
general adaptation syndrome
7
The SAT is a(n)
projective test
achievement test
aptitude test
IQ test
8
Twin studies are used in psychology to understand
Nature vs Nurture
Aneurisms
The Somatic Nervous System
Heredity
9
afterimages such as this, help explain color blindnesses, referred to as the
opponent process theory
young-helmoltz theory
place theory
pitch theory
10
In order to score on AAQs and EBQs, you must do all of the following EXCEPT
Refer explicitly to information derived in the sources
Write in complete sentences
Apply psychology terms appropriately
Highlight terminology
11
Explicit memories are recalled through
automatic processing
serial positioning
mnemonic devices
effortful processing
12
The branch of psychology that focuses on helping people be better versions of themselves is
humanistic
psychodynamic
cognitive
evolutionary
13
the awake but relaxed state will produce
sleep spindles
alpha waves
delta waves
REM
14
I am going to get a ____ on this exam!
4
2
3
5
15
Stressed people are more prone to all of the following EXCEPT
illness
heart disease
slower healing times
AIDS
16
When trying to remember new information, it is best to relate it to ones self or to tell a story. This is known as
echonic encoding
encoding failure
semantic encoding
iconic encoding
17
If you wanted to examine the electrical activity in the brain, you should use a(n)
MRI
PET scan
EEG
fMRI
18
If you display no fear when encountering this image in real life, you may not have a fully functional
amygdala
thalamus
pituitary gland
hypothalamus
19
Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is
selective attention
top down processing
sensation
bottom up processing
20
Having a fear of flying due to the recent situations with Boeing airplanes is the result of
availability heuristic
perception
representativeness heuristic
inattentional blindness
21
Which monocular cue is being displayed in this image?
Relative height
Interposition
Linear perspective
Retinal disparity
22
This ad is utilizing (the) ___ to get you to buy their fast food.
hueristics
algorithms
central route to persuasion
peripheral route to persuasion
23
OCD is an example of a(n)
mood disorder
personality disorder
schizoid disorder
anxiety disorder
24
When a client projects their feelings onto their therapist, it is known as
reaction formation
transference
sublimation
repression
25
Which theory explores how the social environment influences development?
Vygotsky's Theory
Erikson's Theory of Development
Ecological Systems Theory
Piaget's Theory of Development
26
Due to issues with developing a proper theory of mind, signs of Autism are often recognized during Piaget's
Sensorimotor Stage
Formal Operational Stage
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
27
Which type of intelligence increases with age?
Diffusion
Volley
Fluid
Crystalized
28
One of the best understood neurotransmitters that aids in learning and memory is
GABA
dopamine
serotonin
acetylcholine
29
Inability to sleep due to cessations in breathing is known as
narcolepsy
night terrors
sleep apnea
REM rebound
30
Your sense of taste is scientifically referred to as
Audition
Kinesthesis
Gustation
Olfaction
31
What type of psychology would be associated with understanding the following image?
Gestalt
Forensic
Humanistic
Functional
32
Between these two neurons is the
synapse
myelin sheath
dendrite
axon
33
The most common prescription for people suffering from depression is
Beck's Cognitive Therapy
EDMR
Anti-psychotics
SSRIs
34
How should a researcher most accurately describe how close your SAT score is to the average Westhill score?
calculate the mean
establish the range
calculate the standard deviation
establish the correlational coefficient
35
Which branch of the nervous systems engages fight or flight?
sympathetic nervous system
central nervous system
somatic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
36
The difference between experiencing delusions and dissociations is the difference between
DID & Depression
Schizophrenia & DID
OCD & Conversion Disorder
PTSD & Schizophrenia
37
Which of the following parenting styles results in the most well-adjusted children?
Authoritative
Negligent
Authoritarian
Permissive
38
The ability to adjust sensory input, say to our visual field, is explained by
color constancy
facial feedback
binocular cues
perceptual adaptation
39
If a distribution of scores is skewed, which measure of central tendency is most representative
standard deviation
mean
correlational coefficient
median
40
Many psychology tests use this, a statistical procedure to identify related items
empirical evidence
predictive validity
transduction
factor analysis
41
An external locus of control would blame all EXCEPT ____ for your performance on the AP exam
Ms. Taylor's inadequate preparation
Unfair questions on the test
Yourself
Lack of sleep
42
According to Ebbinghaus' research, we
iconic memories are most often converted to long term memory
we experience memory decay in the absence of rehearsal
algorithms take the longest to remember
we boost crystalized knowledge via echoic memory
43
Which of these statements reflects an appropriate way to summarize generalizability in a study of 25-60 year old adults
It doesn't apply to babies or old people.
It is not generalizable to minorities.
It is generalizable to the adult population between 25-60.
It is applies to adults.
44
Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea, or nerve deafness
conduction deafness
tardive dyskenisia
frequency theory
sensorineural deafness
45
Distorted perceptions and evoking sensory images despite the lack of sensory input results from
Barbituates
Hallucinogens
Bi-Polar Disorder
Anti-Social Disorder
46
Grand central station of your brain, meaning it directs nearly all messages, is the
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Hippocampus
47
According to Pavlov, the dogs reaction to this routine is demonstrating a
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned response
conditioned stimulus
stimulus response
48
The little boy punched a hole in the wall after being sent to his room by his mom. Name the defense mechanism
displacement
regression
sublimination
rationalization
49
Epinephrine and norepinephrine increase energy and are released by the
thyroid
pituitary gland
hypothalamus
adrenal gland
50
Peak performance on your exam will be dependent upon a moderate level of arousal. This is known as
Yerkes Dodson Law
The McGurk Effect
General Adaptation Syndrom
Weber's Law
51
Being empirically derived means that research is
based on science
observational in nature
standardized
crystalized
52
Clustered in the fovea, these color receptors send messages to bipolar cells
rods
optic nerve
ganglion cell
cones
53
Behaviors with reinforcing consequences are more likely to be repeated is the
McGurk Effect
Flynn Effect
Weber's Law
Law of Effect
54
In order to help someone overcome claustrophobia, your best treatment would be
Systematic Desensitization
Aversive Conditioning
Client Centered Therapy
Psychopharmacology
55
Who is responsible for this study of attachment?
Vygotsky
Bandura
Harlow
Ainsworth
56
Which of the following parts of the brain's primary function is information processing?
medulla
hyphothalamus
cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
57
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's
ability to adapt to damage
blood - brain barrier
make its membrane permeable
ability to dissociate
58
Which of the following is NOT a part of the limbic system?
hypothalamus
amygdala
thalamus
hippocampus
59
The cyclical process of external influences impacting cognition and behaviors is known as
the person situation controversy
mood congruence
the biopsychosocial approach
reciprocal determinism
60
Which of the following has disrupted your vestibular sense?
loss of ability to taste
inability to detect pain
dizziness or loss of balance
loss of color vision
61
The Rorsach Inkblot Test and Thematic Apperception Test are examples of
Intelligence Tests
Standardized Tests
Projective Tests
Achievement Tests
62
a molecule that binds to a receptor and stimulates a response by mimicking a neurotransmitter
agonist
endorphins
glutamate
antagonist
63
Which of the following promotes the idea a single intelligence?
Triarchic Theory
Gestalt
Multiple Intelligence Theory
G
64
Method of Loci aids in
Long Term Memory
Sleep
Metacognition
Short Term Memory
65
When a cell becomes depolarized, it is ready to
Engage in reuptake
Fire an action potential
Release oxytocin
Trigger interneurons
66
Rewarding every 5th behavior is based on a
fixed interval schedule
fixed ratio schedule
variable ratio schedule
variable interval schedule
67
Being reluctant to abandon a strategy because you've already invested heavily in it, despite it not working, is
Long Term Potentiation
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Gambler's Fallacy
Prospective Memory
68
There is a negative correlation between watching TV and grades. Which shows that?
not enough information to determine
low grades, low TV watching
high grades, low TV watching
high grades, high TV watching
69
Cells that provide structure, insulation, communication, and waste transport are known as
Glial Cells
Hormones
Agonists
Neurons
70
While ethically unsound, obedience was best studied by
Solomon Asch
Philip Zimbardo
Stanley Milgram
Darley & Latane
71
Damage to the frontal lobe would impact
sensory and motor neural communication
hunger, thirst, and sex drives
thinking, planning, judgement, decision making
release of serotonin
72
Language activity is shown to be dominant in the
right hemisphere
left hemisphere
brain stem
cerebellum
73
Being unaware that you are wearing underwear after you put them on is a result of
Weber's Law
subliminal messaging
difference threshold
sensory adaptation
74
Statistical Significance refers to
the length of a study
the mean of a set of scores
the accuracy of results
results not being due to chance
75
Forgetting where you learned information most explicity refers to
Source Amnesia
Memory Consolidation
Misinformation Effect
Tip of the Tongue Syndrome