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AP Psychology Exam
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1
Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's
blood - brain barrier
ability to adapt to damage
make its membrane permeable
ability to dissociate
2
If you wanted to examine the electrical activity in the brain, you should use a(n)
EEG
fMRI
MRI
PET scan
3
Inability to sleep due to cessations in breathing is known as
night terrors
sleep apnea
narcolepsy
REM rebound
4
Which of the following parts of the brain's primary function is information processing?
cerebral cortex
corpus callosum
medulla
hyphothalamus
5
The little boy punched a hole in the wall after being sent to his room by his mom. Name the defense mechanism
displacement
rationalization
regression
sublimination
6
Which of these statements reflects an appropriate way to summarize generalizability in a study of 25-60 year old adults
It doesn't apply to babies or old people.
It is applies to adults.
It is not generalizable to minorities.
It is generalizable to the adult population between 25-60.
7
Cells that provide structure, insulation, communication, and waste transport are known as
Glial Cells
Hormones
Agonists
Neurons
8
When sad, you are likely to remember other times you felt sad, sinking you deeper into your sadness. This is due to
Neuroplasticity
Iconic Memory
Latent Learning
State Dependent Memory
9
Being empirically derived means that research is
observational in nature
based on science
standardized
crystalized
10
Having a fear of flying due to the recent situations with Boeing airplanes is the result of
availability heuristic
representativeness heuristic
perception
inattentional blindness
11
When a cell becomes depolarized, it is ready to
Engage in reuptake
Fire an action potential
Trigger interneurons
Release oxytocin
12
Your sense of taste is scientifically referred to as
Olfaction
Kinesthesis
Audition
Gustation
13
Statistical Significance refers to
the mean of a set of scores
the length of a study
results not being due to chance
the accuracy of results
14
Hearing loss caused by damage to the cochlea, or nerve deafness
sensorineural deafness
conduction deafness
tardive dyskenisia
frequency theory
15
One of the best understood neurotransmitters that aids in learning and memory is
serotonin
acetylcholine
GABA
dopamine
16
Forgetting where you learned information most explicity refers to
Tip of the Tongue Syndrome
Misinformation Effect
Source Amnesia
Memory Consolidation
17
An external locus of control would blame all EXCEPT ____ for your performance on the AP exam
Ms. Taylor's inadequate preparation
Lack of sleep
Yourself
Unfair questions on the test
18
The difference between experiencing delusions and dissociations is the difference between
DID & Depression
Schizophrenia & DID
PTSD & Schizophrenia
OCD & Conversion Disorder
19
The SAT is a(n)
aptitude test
achievement test
projective test
IQ test
20
Method of Loci aids in
Sleep
Long Term Memory
Short Term Memory
Metacognition
21
The most common prescription for people suffering from depression is
Beck's Cognitive Therapy
Anti-psychotics
SSRIs
EDMR
22
The fundamental attribution error blames ___ for their condition.
Cats
Situations
People
Religion
23
When a client projects their feelings onto their therapist, it is known as
transference
sublimation
repression
reaction formation
24
Facial muscles can trigger corresponding feelings of fear, anger, or happiness. This is part of
universal expression
biofeedback
phi phenomenon
general adaptation syndrome
25
Grand central station of your brain, meaning it directs nearly all messages, is the
Cerebral Cortex
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus
Thalamus
26
Which of the following parenting styles results in the most well-adjusted children?
Negligent
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Permissive
27
The ability to adjust sensory input, say to our visual field, is explained by
facial feedback
color constancy
binocular cues
perceptual adaptation
28
Which monocular cue is being displayed in this image?
Linear perspective
Interposition
Relative height
Retinal disparity
29
If a distribution of scores is skewed, which measure of central tendency is most representative
mean
median
standard deviation
correlational coefficient
30
Rewarding every 5th behavior is based on a
fixed ratio schedule
variable ratio schedule
variable interval schedule
fixed interval schedule
31
Which type of intelligence increases with age?
Diffusion
Crystalized
Volley
Fluid
32
The cyclical process of external influences impacting cognition and behaviors is known as
mood congruence
reciprocal determinism
the biopsychosocial approach
the person situation controversy
33
Damage to the frontal lobe would impact
thinking, planning, judgement, decision making
hunger, thirst, and sex drives
release of serotonin
sensory and motor neural communication
34
Stressed people are more prone to all of the following EXCEPT
illness
slower healing times
AIDS
heart disease
35
If you are less startled by thunder with repeated exposure you are demonstrating
rooting
assimilation
accommodation
habituation
36
If you display no fear when encountering this image in real life, you may not have a fully functional
hypothalamus
thalamus
pituitary gland
amygdala
37
afterimages such as this, help explain color blindnesses, referred to as the
young-helmoltz theory
opponent process theory
place theory
pitch theory
38
Twin studies are used in psychology to understand
The Somatic Nervous System
Aneurisms
Heredity
Nature vs Nurture
39
Due to issues with developing a proper theory of mind, signs of Autism are often recognized during Piaget's
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Sensorimotor Stage
Formal Operational Stage
40
Who is responsible for this study of attachment?
Bandura
Harlow
Vygotsky
Ainsworth
41
In order to help someone overcome claustrophobia, your best treatment would be
Systematic Desensitization
Psychopharmacology
Client Centered Therapy
Aversive Conditioning
42
What type of psychology would be associated with understanding the following image?
Gestalt
Functional
Forensic
Humanistic
43
Which of the following promotes the idea a single intelligence?
G
Multiple Intelligence Theory
Gestalt
Triarchic Theory
44
Which of the following has disrupted your vestibular sense?
loss of color vision
loss of ability to taste
dizziness or loss of balance
inability to detect pain
45
Behaviors with reinforcing consequences are more likely to be repeated is the
Flynn Effect
McGurk Effect
Weber's Law
Law of Effect
46
OCD is an example of a(n)
mood disorder
schizoid disorder
personality disorder
anxiety disorder
47
I am going to get a ____ on this exam!
4
3
5
2
48
Many psychology tests use this, a statistical procedure to identify related items
empirical evidence
factor analysis
transduction
predictive validity
49
Which branch of the nervous systems engages fight or flight?
parasympathetic nervous system
sympathetic nervous system
central nervous system
somatic nervous system
50
When trying to remember new information, it is best to relate it to ones self or to tell a story. This is known as
iconic encoding
encoding failure
echonic encoding
semantic encoding
51
The branch of psychology that focuses on helping people be better versions of themselves is
evolutionary
psychodynamic
humanistic
cognitive
52
Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus is
top down processing
bottom up processing
sensation
selective attention
53
Explicit memories are recalled through
automatic processing
serial positioning
effortful processing
mnemonic devices
54
Distorted perceptions and evoking sensory images despite the lack of sensory input results from
Barbituates
Anti-Social Disorder
Hallucinogens
Bi-Polar Disorder
55
Peak performance on your exam will be dependent upon a moderate level of arousal. This is known as
The McGurk Effect
Yerkes Dodson Law
Weber's Law
General Adaptation Syndrom
56
According to thinking and concepts, this image is likely your _____ for high school.
mental set
phoneme
cognitive map
prototype
57
Which of the following is NOT a part of the limbic system?
hypothalamus
amygdala
thalamus
hippocampus
58
Between these two neurons is the
axon
dendrite
synapse
myelin sheath
59
____ assumes gender identity is acquired by observing and imitating others
informational social influence
intuition
social learning theory
gender typing
60
Epinephrine and norepinephrine increase energy and are released by the
hypothalamus
thyroid
adrenal gland
pituitary gland
61
a molecule that binds to a receptor and stimulates a response by mimicking a neurotransmitter
agonist
endorphins
antagonist
glutamate
62
Which theory explores how the social environment influences development?
Ecological Systems Theory
Piaget's Theory of Development
Vygotsky's Theory
Erikson's Theory of Development
63
In order to score on AAQs and EBQs, you must do all of the following EXCEPT
Write in complete sentences
Refer explicitly to information derived in the sources
Apply psychology terms appropriately
Highlight terminology
64
Being reluctant to abandon a strategy because you've already invested heavily in it, despite it not working, is
Long Term Potentiation
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Prospective Memory
Gambler's Fallacy
65
How should a researcher most accurately describe how close your SAT score is to the average Westhill score?
establish the range
calculate the mean
calculate the standard deviation
establish the correlational coefficient
66
There is a negative correlation between watching TV and grades. Which shows that?
not enough information to determine
high grades, high TV watching
high grades, low TV watching
low grades, low TV watching
67
the awake but relaxed state will produce
delta waves
alpha waves
REM
sleep spindles
68
This ad is utilizing (the) ___ to get you to buy their fast food.
algorithms
central route to persuasion
peripheral route to persuasion
hueristics
69
Clustered in the fovea, these color receptors send messages to bipolar cells
cones
rods
optic nerve
ganglion cell
70
Language activity is shown to be dominant in the
brain stem
cerebellum
right hemisphere
left hemisphere
71
According to Pavlov, the dogs reaction to this routine is demonstrating a
unconditioned stimulus
conditioned stimulus
conditioned response
stimulus response
72
Being unaware that you are wearing underwear after you put them on is a result of
sensory adaptation
subliminal messaging
difference threshold
Weber's Law
73
According to Ebbinghaus' research, we
algorithms take the longest to remember
iconic memories are most often converted to long term memory
we boost crystalized knowledge via echoic memory
we experience memory decay in the absence of rehearsal
74
The Rorsach Inkblot Test and Thematic Apperception Test are examples of
Standardized Tests
Intelligence Tests
Achievement Tests
Projective Tests
75
While ethically unsound, obedience was best studied by
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
Philip Zimbardo
Darley & Latane