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AP Psych Cumulative 19
AP Psych Cumulative 19
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Multiple personality is a type of
schizophrenia
manic-depressive psychosis
dementia praecox
dissociative disorder
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Metacognition refers to
thinking without theory
artificial intelligence
thinking about thinking
amnesia
3
Metabolic activity in different areas of the brain can best be visualized by means of
electroencephalography (EEG)
positron emission tomography (PET)
computed tomography (CT)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
4
Which of the following methods is used in studies designed to determine the primary components of intelligence?
Test-retest
Random sampling
Standardization
Factor analysis
5
Which developmental milestone must be reached before an infant experiences separation anxiety?
Object permanence
Egocentrism
Imprinting
Conservation
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Money most often modifies people’s behavior because it is a powerful
discriminative stimulus
high-order stimulus
conditioned stimulus
secondary reinforcer
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The most distinctive characteristic of the experimental method is that it
seeks to establish cause-effect relationships
is an efficient way to discover how people feel
studies a few people in great depth
studies subjects in their natural environment
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The time shortly after a neuron fires is referred to as
the reticular formation
the refractory period
depolarization
the latent stage
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Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that help solve problems and reduce mental effort are called
algorithms
heuristics
syllogisms
propositions
10
Which of the following most accurately describes a dependent variable?
Characteristic of research participants that is constant, such as gender
A factor that is equated for the experimental and the control group
Some aspect of a participant’s response that is measured in an experiment
Factor that can be used to predict how people in an experiment will respond
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A monkey’s choosing a circle from an array of geometric shapes in order to be rewarded with a banana is an example of
stimulus discrimination
positive transference
stimulus habituation
latent learning
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Which of the following has been most effective in the treatment of schizophrenia?
Drug therapy that blocks neurotransmitter sites
Psychoanalytic therapy
Prefrontal lobotomy
Administration of L-dopa
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Milgram’s research showed that approximately what percentage of participants administered the highest voltage shock
60%
25%
40%
85%
14
Most tests of personality are in the form of
word association tests
structured interviews
situational analyses
self-report inventories
15
Negative afterimages are explained by
the opponent-process theory
dichromatic color perception
the trichromatic theory
color detection by rods
16
Modern research on Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development indicates that
Piaget accurately reported children’s abilities
the order of Piaget’s stages is correct for boys only
Piaget underestimated children’s abilities
Piaget overestimated children’s abilities
17
The most common form of color blindness is related to deficiencies in the
red-green system
process of visual summation
blue-yellow system
secretion of rhodopsin
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Which of the following refers to the transformation of stimulus energy into neural impulses?
Transduction
Bottom-up processing
Perception
Top-down processing
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The more people present at a scene, the less likely it is that anyone will help a person in need.
This phenomenon is a manifestation of diffusion of responsibility
This phenomenon is a manifestation of social facilitation
This phenomenon is a manifestation of situational ambiguity
This phenomenon is a manifestation of a social norm
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To determine whether a cause-effect relationship exists between two variables, a researcher must use
naturalistic observation
descriptive statistics
an experimental approach
a correlational study
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The terms "modeling" and "imitation" are most closely associated with which of the following?
Hypothesis testing
Social learning theory
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning