AP Psychology Semester 1 Fall Final Review - Mrs. Willems January 2020

After repeated firings, neural connections are strengthened. What is this process

Lara is attracted to Craig but can't stand his friends and family. Her conflict is classified as ________________.

Garcia's research w/ coyotes & sheep using taste aversions established which US/CS pairs as most powerful

Ani believes she is capable of succeeding in nursing school. Her mindset is associated with

A medication prescribed for major depression would most likely act on which neurotransmitter?

The "c" in the word cat is best described as a 

This approach is states that human behavior springs from from unconscious drives and conflicts and sexual drives?

When Jake is late to basketball practice his coach makes him run laps. Jake is not late again. Punishment or Reinforcer?

What percent of people score between 70 and 130 on the Standard IQ Scale or the WAIS (Mean: 100, SD:15)

Intelligence researchers like Gardner and Sternberg argue that schools focus too much on

The case study of Phineas Gage was significant because it was one of the the first examples of

The tendency to interpret an object as always being the same size, regardless of its distance from the viewer, known as

Which research technique controls for both experimenter and subject bias?

A person with a painful skin rash finds hard scratching temporarily relieves the pain

Negative reinforcers __________ a stimulus in order to ___________ a behavior.

Which structure is part of the inner ear?

which psychologist would agree w/ the following: behavior results from reinforcers & punishers

Our ability to perceive depth depends on what other perceptual abilities

You girlfriend dumps you. "I always knew she was bad news" your friend says. This demonstrates

Retelling the story about your 13th birthday is an example of which type of memory?

What is true about experiments that is not of other research methods?

Which best describes how neurons communicate with one another?

Knowledge of different categories of trees is an example of what type of long-term memory

Which concept is most relevant to Noam Chomsky's theory of how children learn language?

A musician who signs a recording contract stops playing for fun. This is best explained by

A teacher whose class culture encourages intrinsic motivation uses which management style

Which is most closely associated with creativity

A librarian gives a prize for every five books students read. Her schedule of reinforcement is _____________.

An artist making a drawing could use which of the following to add depth to the picture

Which theory suggests that dreams are mental responses to random bursts of neural stimulation?

How would drive reduction theory explain a person eating half a bowl of M&M's and stopping?

A variable ratio of reinforcement is often preferable to a fixed ratio because

Someone who can't move the muscles needed for accurate speech might have brain damage where?

Elizabeth Loftus' research on wording and misinformation effects on memory best demonstrate

At 1:00am, Mrs. Willems gets out of bed and begins to sleepwalk. An EEG of her brain activity is most likely to indicate

Which brain structure is involved in hunger motivation?

which structure in the eye is most responsible for color vision

Which best explains the Schachter-Singer two-factor theory?

What type of motivations best encourage positive behaviors to persist over time?

What is the first step in any example of Classical Conditioning?

What value, or percentage, will tell Matt whether his research is statistically significant?

Turning up the volume on a radio changes which aspect of sound?

A test that identifies people with the potential to be great lawyers is an example of a(n)

Classical Conditioning involves __________; Operant Conditioning involves __________

In a class of 25 students, all but 2 score between 82 and 94. The 2 scores of 47 and 55 are 

Nicole has decided to go to bed early. Although her eyes are closed and she’s very relaxed, she has not fallen asleep

Learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to

Physiological reactions like surprise or shock are controlled by which part of the NS

Joe has a serious memory problem. Which neurotransmitter is Joe most likely deficient?

Which of the following terms applies to IQ tests?

Light enters the eye through an opening in the ____________ .

Jen's friend shows video evidence of her husband kissing another woman. Jen is in denial about her husband's affair.

Maria slams the car door and yells at her kids. Now when they hear a car door slam they cringe.

A doctor determining whether an accident caused structural damage to the brain would use  

People who watch violent movies are more likely to behave violently. Which statement reflects which of the following?

if the College Board left out questions about neuroscience on the AP exam, the test would lack

If Pavlov's dogs began to salivate when they heard a sound similar to a bell they would show

Most people can taste 1g of salt in 1qt of water. Which concept does this statement explain?

What theory of emotion are cognitive psychologists likely to support?

A musicians ability to discern between two similar pitches depends on which concept?

The limbic system plays an important role in which of the following?

Bandura's Bobo doll experiment evidenced the importance of __________ in social learning.

An American's prototype of a chair is most likely to include

Abraham Maslow theorized that people are motivated by

Which of the following psychological disorders has been linked to a deficit of dopamine?

Which is an example of an implicit memory?

Which of the following serves as an insulator facilitating the electrical aspect of neural transmission?

Which best summarizes the results of Tolman's latent learning experiment?

Which of the following properties of sound would be most similar to color/hue of light?

testing the problem-solving skills of 10, 20, and 30-year-olds in a study uses this method

After studying for weeks and taking an AP exam, Conrad gets the flu. What theory explains this

Reporting the effect of drinking alcohol on self-consciousness, researchers specify how self-consciousness is measured.

If a distribution of scores includes outliers, which measure of central tendency should be used

Reading a job description written with masculine pronouns, people may believe that the employee is a male.

The ability to solve a new computer game based on logical puzzles probably depends on

A student earns an A+ in her AP Psych class. Which kind of reinforcer is the grade?

In the model of information processing, memories are first stored in _______________.

Ethical principles developed by the APA urged psychological investigators to

Choosing 20 people at random from a large lecture class of 400 is an example of

Circadian rhythm refers to:

Damage to the occipital region of the brain would most likely affect which sense?

Children who suffer brain damage can regain function more quickly than older patients due to ______________.

Which statement best represents the relationship between performance and arousal?

This school of thought studies mental processes includes thinking, memory, making decisions, judgements, encoding, etc.

What research method could study the relationship between owning a hybrid car and being vegan?

A low level of glucose in Sam's bloodstream would most likely make him want to do which of the following?

Which of the following correlations expresses the strongest degree of relationship between two variables?

Which structure is located in the brainstem?

One group receives an ad for 99% fat free milk; the other for 1% fat milk. What being tested

In people, rods, unlike cones, _______________.