AP Psych Exam Review 50q

A procedure in which the reinforcement of a previously reinforced behavior is discontinued

What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself?

Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?

You jump in a cold pool and after 5 minutes it no longer feels cold. This is known as

Lack of fear and rage result in the damage or removal of what?

Processes sensory input, coordinates movement, balance, and implicit, procedural memory

On Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, what comes directly after physiological needs?

To be perceived as different, 2 stimuli must differ by min % rather than amount

"I hate her!" becomes "I love her!" -- this is an example of which defense mechanism?

The medulla is to the control of________ as the cerebellum is to the control of ________.

You ask to push the test back to Friday. Teach says no you ask her to push it back just one day

This picture demonstrates what gestalt principle?

Triarchic theory of intelligence, creativity, analytical, practical

If someone suffers from comas, what part of the brain is most likely damaged?

"Progressive relaxation" is part of systemic desensitization which is type of

According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multi directional influences among

What is the primary function of the Parietal Lobes?

Which is true of rods?

Immediate very brief recording of information in the memory system

Amnesia patients typically have suffered damage to the _________ of their limbic system.

What type of brain test studies brain waves and activities?

Unconscious, automatic, reflex responses to a conditioned stimulus is __________ conditioning.

The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.

In drug treatment studies, participants given a pill containing no actual drug are receiving a

Which of these words contain 2 morphemes?

Which of the following suggestions is most likely to reduce hostility felt between two groups?

Someone taking a "SSRI" would most likely be treating their

You see a girl get in a wreck and think that she is a bad driver.

Controls language expression and directs the muscle movements involved in speech

A pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that control circadian rhythm are called the...

Which of the following is an example of an implicit memory?

Baby Sally says things like "Daddy here", "Want bottle", "Pet doggy". Sally is using

Repeating of an earlier research study w/different participants & different circumstances

The suffix -ed would be considered a...

Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent a prototype

Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

Which imaging technique utilizes radioactive glucose to detect blood flow to the brain?

The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?

Enables a person to be aware of position and movement of body parts

Which is NOT a type of psychoactive drug?

In hearing, the length of a wave determines ___ while amplitude of wave determines ______

When your weight fluctuates, but you always goes back to a certain weight, it's is called your

Tom complains of dizziness, sweating palms, and ringing in his ears. His symptoms suggest

A researcher who is interested in finding the size of an area of the brain would use

The Milgram study found that obedience was NOT strengthened when

What is an independent variable?

Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic division response?

An increase in a cell's firing potential (connections) after rapid stimulation is called..

According to Freud, defense mechanisms are used by the

Focuses light onto retina