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Review for final exam AP Psychology
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1
A person who experiences long episodes of sadness and loss of interest in life might have
specific phobia
major depressive disorder
GAD
agoraphobia
2
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
authoritarian
permissive
neglectful
authoritative
3
The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?
norepinephrine
GABA
acetylcholine
dopamine
4
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
receptive aphasia
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
issues regulating hunger
visual problems
5
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
extrinsic motivation
reactance
intrinsic motivation
instinctive needs
6
Negative afterimages are explained by
color detection by rods
the trichromatic theory
dichromatic color perception
opponent-process theory
7
In some situations, the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely anyone will help.
altruims
ethnocentrism
diffusion of responsibility
antisocial behavior
8
Which of the following explains the role of the thalamus in hunger?
acts with the endocrine system to control hunger
monitors stomach contractions to determine extent of hunger
responds to environmental cues like the sight of food
effective in triggering hunger but not depressing it
9
Which is an example of social facilitation?
student scores better on test w/ classmates not strangers
editor's productivity is better when given a private office
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
10
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
cue-dependent forgetting
reconstruction
proactive interference
repression
11
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
conceptualization learning
social learning
latent learning
insight learning
12
In a right handed person, which ability is predominantly a function of the right hemisphere?
spatial reasoning
language comprehension
writing
speech
13
The function of dendrites is to
secrete neurotransmitters to the post-synaptic neuron
receive info from other neurons
provide energy for the synthesis of acetylcholine
connect the cell body with the terminal branches
14
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
closure
proximity
motion parallax
figure-ground
15
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
serial position effect
state-dependent memory
retrograde amnesia
tip of the tongue phenomenon
16
Receptors for olfaction are located
basical membrane of the cochlea
in the nasal cavity
in the dermis
taste buds on the tongue
17
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
syllogistic reasoning
deductive reasoning
functional fixedness
inductive reasoning
18
Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur?
partial reinforcement
a behavioral consequence
spontaneous recovery
a stimulus substitution
19
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
formal operations
preoperational
concrete operations
conservation
20
a particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning are:
mirror neurons
motor neurons
efferent neurons
afferent neurons
21
When stimuli in a task occur in a predictable way, the processing of the first task is
top-down
automatic
contriolled
sequential
22
The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?
saturation
brightness
hue
size
23
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
low in agreeablness
high in introversion
high in conscientiousness
high in neuroticism
24
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
an affective disorder
a phobia
a panic disorder
a compulsion
25
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
ego
superego
defense mechanism
id
26
A kind of learning that is indicated by the ability to recall a list of words in reverse order?
procedural
state-dependent
serial
latent
27
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
decreased pain sensatio
slower bodily function
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
improved memory function
28
Certain phobias are more common than others. This is best explained by what concept:
spontaneous recovery
biological preparedness
stimulus generalization
stimulus discrimination
29
Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud in that they are less likely to
emphasize the ego
account for cognitive development
emphasize the libido
call for the use of group therapy as a mode of treatment
30
The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?
groupthink
intellectualizing
just-world hypothesis
pluralistic ignorance
31
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
marked increase in muscle tone
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
correlated with dreaming
32
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
most apparent in low levels of light
occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
causes by a bleaching of rhodopsin in the rods
caused by excess bipolar cells in retina
33
Lithium carbonate is used to treat?
anorexia nervosa
dissociative fugue
bipolar disorder
agoraphobia
34
Ethical principles created by the APA ensure human participants in research
have not participated in similar research in the past
get paid for time and trouble
keep the purpose of the research confidential
protected from physical and psychological harm
35
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
biological
behavioral
psychoanalytic
humanistic
36
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
subordinate
close friend
legitimate authority
physically attractive individual
37
In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
better recall of items at the beginning
better recall of items at the middle
better recall of items at the end
diminished recall of items at the end
38
Which of the following explains jet lag?
decrease in duration of alpha waves
disruption in circadian rhythm
increase in REM rebound
excessive amounts of NREM sleep
39
A trait that appears in an kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called:
autosomal
polygenic
dominant
recessive
40
One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish
bystander apathy
diffusion of responsibility
superordinate goals
group polarization
41
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
refractory period
depolarization
action potential
threshold difference
42
Which of the following is an example of discrimination learning?
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
43
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by:
Schwann cells
afferent neurons
T cells
efferent neurons
44
Chomsky said understanding a sentence involves which transformation between structures?
symbolic to analytic
perceptual to functional
surface to deep
simple to complex
45
Which best describes the placebo effect?
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
found only in people in psychoanalysis
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
can be brought about by a person's expectations
46
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
pleasure principal
repression
ego ideal
super ego
47
Weber's and Fechner's law concern the relation between which of the following?
quality of a stimulus and likelihood it is pleasurable
perceived uniformity and size of a stimulus
darkness of a room and the time needed for rods to adjust
intensity of stimulus and its corresponding psych sensation
48
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
criteria for scoring
multiple choice questions
reliabitiy
uniform instructions
49
According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?
death instinct
modeling
post-conventional thought
displacement
50
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is?
placebo
hypothesis
dependent variable
control
51
Barbara is a talented architect. Which intelligence will she most heavily rely on?
linguistic
spatial
naturalist
musical
52
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
marijuana
peyote
cocaine
valium
53
Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain
EEG
PET
CT
MRI
54
Money most often modifies people's behavior because it is a powerful
discriminative stimuls
secondary reinforcer
conditioned stimulus
negative reinforcer
55
All of the following a projective tests EXCEPT
sentence completion tests
MMPI
inkblot tests
TAT
56
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
personality disorder
mood disorder
somatoform disorder
anxiety disorder
57
In developmental psychology, one plus of a cross-sectional study over longitudinal is:
requires comparatively little time
controls for gender
controls for cultural influence
controls for cognitive ability
58
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
valid
objective
reliable
normed
59
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
self-justification
stereotyping
dissonance
discrimination
60
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
establishes a mathematical relation
may reveal a causal relation
allows for prediction
defines the strength of the relation