AP Psych Review Units 1-7

What theory explained that personalities are the product of interactions between the person, environment, and behavior?

What aspect of development does Erik Erikson's stage theory try to describe?

In classical conditioning, if you stop pairing the UCS and the CS, the response will

Which theories focus on the timing of the cognitive experience of emotion versus the physiological response?

Which psychologist was a famous humanist?

Myelin is usually found surrounding which part of the neuron?

What aspect of development did Lawrence Kohlberg's stage theory try to describe?

According to Piaget's cognitive development theory, what is one of the first schemes that humans learn as infants?

Which of the following tests can measure functions of the brain?

Which technique would most likely be used to get information about an experience that may be repressed?

Hearing loss that occurs when sounds cannot travel through the ear is known as

People's tendency to interpret information so that it is in line with their beliefs is known as

Motivation to complete a task because of the promise of a reward is called what?

A monocular depth cue in which objects that overlap other objects are perceived to be closer is called

When a distribution includes an extreme score that is very high, the distribution is said to be

The part of the neuron responsible for receiving the chemical messengers

The cerebellum regulates

A standardized test has been

Which part of the brain is most involved in regulating hunger?

These take information from the brain to the rest of the body

Albert was conditioned to fear rats. In this experiment, rats are the

Which of the following are trait/type personality theorists?

What is an example of overgeneralization of language?

In classical conditioning, the NS becomes the

Being able to reason from a hypothesis is an indicator of being in what Piagetian stage?

"All dogs have ears. Golden Retrievers are dogs; therefore, they have ears" is an example of

Maslow's hierarchy of needs predicts that once all lower level needs are met, humans ultimately seek to achieve what?

What technique do personality test developers use to determine traits that cluster together statistically?

What is the correlational coefficient of the graph?

Which of the following are associated with intelligence testing?

Which helps explain how we hear high-frequency sounds?

The most commonly occurring score in a distribution is the

According to Jean Piaget's stage theory, how do human beings learn?

A kind of psychologist who makes tests is called a

A baby learning to use a fork by watching family members use utensils is an example of

Which part of the nervous system prepares the body for fight or flight?

A person who feels responsible for what happens to them and is control of their fate has which of the following?

A rat gets food after every three times it presses a bar. What type of schedule is this?

Dreams occur in which stage of sleep

Dorothea Dix is most known for

What theory explains why experienced athletes often perform better in front of a crowd than alone during practice?

Which of the following is an example of a prelinguistic event?

When your English teacher tells you that you did a good job, it's an example of

Which of the following parts of the brain comprise the limbic system?

Which of the following are humanistic theorists?

Most tests you take in school are primarily

Differences between experimental and control groups other than the independent variable are

Patrick refuses to fly because he is afraid of plan crashes. This best represents a(n)

What technique did Mary Ainsworth use to research parent/child attachment?

The parasympathetic nervous system is part of the

Research indicating that cognitive skills develop continuously (not in stages) challenges which developmental theory?

Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism make up which personality theory?

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are associated with what perspective on personality?

Researches used this perspective to investigate how we perceive images as a whole rather than by individual elements

The part of the brain that controls blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing

The lens of the eye changes shape to focus images on the retina through a process of

Hunger is partially controlled by which two structures in the brain?

Bandura's Bobo doll experiment demonstrated

A failure to realize that you could use a hair dryer to melt snow shows

Which of the following is are APA ethical guidelines?

What term do psychologists use to describe the unique attitudes, behaviors and emotions that characterize a person?

A test that measures what it's supposed to measure is said to be

Albert was conditioned to fear rats. He would also come to fear bunnies and masks of Santa. This is known as

Sarah is solving for slope and uses the formula y=mx+b. This formula is an example of a(n)

Remembering how to ride a bike shows

What method allows the researcher o show an independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable?

The terms primary drives, secondary drives, and homeostasis are associated with which motivational theory?

An average IQ on the Wechsler test is set at

A p value greater than 0.5 is considered

The reticular formation regulates

Which has the shortest duration?

Which of these research methods is used more often in developmental research than other areas?

Most modern personality tests are based on which theory?

According to drive-reduction theory, humans are motivated to seek what?

The reliability of a test is most closely associated with

What motivation theory describes how the hypothalamus raises or lowers our metabolism in response to body weight?

Cognitive psychologists stress the importance of

Which of the following are psychoanalytic theorists?

Which of the following are examples of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

A person taking anti-depressants need to increase their dosage after taking their medicine for 5 years. This shows

Which is NOT a neurotransmitter?

Humanistic psychologists used which technique during treatment in order to help clients self-actualize?

Most animals avoid foods they eat just before becoming nauseous. What is this phenomenon called?

Which researcher focused on categorizing parenting styles?

The more students practice their band instruments, the fewer mistakes they make. This is

Which tends to increase with age?

A child struggled to recognize a penguin as a bird. This is because it did not fit the child's