"It's So Random" AP Psychology Review, Part III

Question 1

After AP Psych & Chem exams on the same day, Ian may play a violent video game to get ________.

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catharsis.

Question 2

People who feel their performance is evaluated based on their race or gender experience

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stereotype threat.

Question 3

The road test for a driver's license has ___________ validity.

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content

Question 4

Which theory suggests that the physiological and emotion response occur simultaneously?

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Cannon-Bard theory

Question 5

The highest of Maslow's hierarchy is

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self-transcendence (meaning beyond the self)

Question 6

Our ability to reason speedily and accurately slows down as we age. This is called __________.

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fluid intelligence

Question 7

Which personality is more likely to suffer from heart disease?

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Type A

Question 8

A potential psychopathic killer might become a homicide detective because of

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reaction formation.

Question 9

Any test results that are meaningful compared to others of the same type are _______________.

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standardized

Question 10

Freud's psychosexual development theory suggests that toddlers are in the _________stage.

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anal

Question 11

Freudian theory suggests that boys want to marry their mothers. This is the ________ complex.

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Oedipal

Question 12

Which one illustrates the facial feedback effect?

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If you are smiling, you will feel happier.

Question 13

Drive-reduction theory focuses on

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physiological needs.

Question 14

Another term for social exclusion is

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ostracism.

Question 15

Drive-reduction theory is based upon the desire for

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homeostasis.

Question 16

Sternberg's triarchic theory does not include ___________intelligence.

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general

Question 17

Who is not a neoFreudian?

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All of them are neoFreudians.

Question 18

The Big Five Factor of neuroticism evaluates

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emotional stability

Question 19

Who was the first person to suggest the idea of a "mental age"?

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Binet

Question 20

Freud suggests that a child who has PTSD may experience

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regression

Question 21

Every time Jo gets in trouble with her parents, she yells at her little sister Amy. This is

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displacement.

Question 22

In ____________, ___________ explores the unconscious through a person's random thoughts.

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psychoanalysis; free association

Question 23

The law that states moderate arousal leads to optimal performance is the

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

Question 24

Mark Zuckerberg capitalized on people's need for ____________ when he created Facebook.

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affiliation

Question 25

What is the major problem with biased achievement tests?

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They do not have content validity.

Question 26

When studying personality, neoFreudians focus on ___________ motives and conflicts.

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conscious

Question 27

Which personality is more likely to suffer from depression?

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Type D

Question 28

A mental rotation test (see image) tests _________ on an intelligence test.

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spatial reasoning

Question 29

Which one is NOT a Big Five Factor?

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aggression

Question 30

Males score higher than females on average intelligence tests.

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False

Question 31

Who said, "Behavior, internal personal factors, & environmental influences" affect each other?

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Bandura

Question 32

Which theory says you experience a stimulus then arousal THEN emotion?

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James-Lange Theory

Question 33

A college entrance exam should have _______________ validity.

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predictive

Question 34

Race and ethnic groups score differently on IQ tests, largely because of ____________factors.

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environmental

Question 35

Who believed we share memory traces from our species' history? He call____________.

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Jung; collective unconscious

Question 36

individualism:collectivism = ______________: _______________

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independent: interdependent

Question 37

Which hormone DECREASES hunger?

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leptin

Question 38

Selye's general adaptation syndrome explains

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the flight or fight reaction.

Question 39

Which part of the brain controls the appetite hormones?

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hypothalamus

Question 40

Ms. W has more ___________ intelligence, but her AP class has more ____________intelligence.

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crystallized, fluid

Question 41

Like him or not, our president seems to have a strong ____________.

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self-serving bias.

Question 42

Julie doesn't get hired as head librarian so she applies for the assistant librarian. This is

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sublimation.

Question 43

Which one is NOT an environmental factor affecting your weight?

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lowered intelligence

Question 44

Who is most likely to recognize bias on a trial intelligence test?

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an educational psychologist

Question 45

Which one is NOT a projective test?

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MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)

Question 46

What is empirical data?

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information acquired by direct observation or experiment

Question 47

Some people will score better than others on AP exams because of a higher need for ___________

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achievement.

Question 48

A test in French for Spanish classes may yield ___________ but not ___________. results.

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reliable, valid

Question 49

Lazarus's theory suggests that the most important part of the emotional experiences is the

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appraisal of the event as harmful or harmless.

Question 50

The first person to try to measure intellectual strength was Darwin's cousin ___________.

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Galton

Question 51

The most famous personality inventory, the _________, is used to identify emotional disorders.

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Question 52

Jeff is afraid of spiders, but when he sees one, he tells everyone John is afraid of them.

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projection

Question 53

Gardner's interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences share characteristics with ___________.

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Goleman's emotional intelligence

Question 54

The theory that basically suggests humans need a certain level of challenge is

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arousal theory

Question 55

Mild to severe intellectual disability and an extra copy of chromosome 21 indicates __________.

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Down syndrome

Question 56

Who designed the test that is now referred to as the Stanford Binet?

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Terman

Question 57

___________ is a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of personality traits.

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Factor analysis

Question 58

Whose intelligence theory suggested we have g and s intelligences, and what are they?

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Spearman, general, specific

Question 59

A personality test that requires you to weave a story from a picture is most likely the

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Thematic Apperception Test.

Question 60

Which psychological perspective founded by Seligman is focused on subjective well-being?

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positive psychology

Question 61

Carl Rogers was a _________ humanist most famous for _______________.

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humanist, unconditional positive regard

Question 62

The pancreas controls our ___________ levels.

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insulin

Question 63

Your body prefers staying at the same weight. This is known as your

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weight set point.

Question 64

Some teenage girls suffer from the __________, believing others evaluate everything they do.

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spotlight effect

"It's So Random" AP Psychology Review, Part III

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"It's So Random" AP Psychology Review, Part III

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