AP Psych Unit 1 Review

Question 1

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have 6 children aged 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, and 16. What is the mean age of the kids

Accepted Answer

8

Question 2

Mr. McGee gives a test to his class. All students score b/w 82 and 89 except 1 who scores 20

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the score of 20 is an outlier

Question 3

Knowledge and skills gained though experience is called:

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crystallized intelligence

Question 4

When Mr. Adams calculated algebra test scores, he noticed 2 students did extremely bad...

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these scores would affect the mean the most

Question 5

John Watson relied on the work of __ with dogs / saliva to establish behaviorism as an approach

Accepted Answer

Ivan Pavlov

Question 6

Psychologists prefer the experimental method to other research methods because:

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experiments can show cause-effect relationships

Question 7

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ____ intelligence:

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creative

Question 8

If college graduates earn more $ than high school grads, this shows level of education & income

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are positively correlated

Question 9

Which would agree that behavior is a result of the combination of reinforcers and punishers?

Accepted Answer

B.F. Skinner

Question 10

A researcher is measuring the effect of chocolate on happiness...what is the DV?

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the level of happiness

Question 11

Which of these statistics provides the most information about how spread out scores are?

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range

Question 12

Which type of psychologist would assert a key motivation for people is spreading their genes?

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evolutionary

Question 13

The debate among psychologists regarding intelligence has involved:

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if intelligence = a single ability or mix of different ones

Question 14

This psychologist argues that there are several intelligences that are recognized culturally:

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Gardner

Question 15

A test must go to a large, representative sample so performance can be properly evaluated:

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this principle is known as standardization

Question 16

Mr. McGee says if Notre Dame's coach only played 1 quarterback on Sunday they would have won:

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hindsight bias

Question 17

This type of intelligence can increase slightly with age:

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crystallized intelligence

Question 18

A researcher is measuring the effect of chocolate on happiness...what is the IV?

Accepted Answer

how much chocolate is eaten

Question 19

Which of the following is a common criticism of Freud's personality theory?

Accepted Answer

Its evidence was not tested scientifically

Question 20

Mr. McGee selects 50 students randomly from SGMHS for a survey..what is the survey's population

Accepted Answer

All students at SGMHS

Question 21

A bell-shaped curve that characterizes a large sample of intelligence scores represents a:

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normal distribution

Question 22

The final exam in a calculus course would be an example of a ____ test:

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achievement

Question 23

If a psychologist wanted to do a study on emotional response to date rape at a high school:

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confidentiality would be a huge ethical concern

Question 24

If you did well for 3 behind the wheel tests and sucked in real life/rammed parked cars a lot:

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your behind the wheel test was not valid

Question 25

A researcher is measuring the effect of chocolate on happiness...what could be a confounding v?

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whether the participant is unhappy because her bf dumped her

Question 26

This type of intelligence (speed of information processing /reasoning,etc.) declines with age:

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fluid intelligence

Question 27

According to Freud, what dominant factor determines our personality traits?

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unconscious conflicts

Question 28

If wealthy people are less satisfied with their marriages than poor people are, this would show

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wealth and marital satisfaction are negatively correlated

Question 29

The finding that performance on intelligence tests has increased during the past century is:

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known as the Flynn Effect

Question 30

Thinking that she had outperformed her classmates, Glenda was surprised to get an average grade

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overconfidence

Question 31

Spearman's g factor refers to the:

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general intelligence that predicts success on many tasks

Question 32

A researcher defines happiness as how often a person smiles...this is known as a(n):

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operational definition

Question 33

Which of the following psychologists would have described himself as a humanist?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Maslow

Question 34

Which approach is criticized for having an unrealistically optimistic view of human nature?

Accepted Answer

humanistic

Question 35

Which of the following correlation coefficients shows strongest relationship b/w two variables?

Accepted Answer

-0.67

AP Psych Unit 1 Review

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AP Psych Unit 1 Review

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