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AP Psychology Semester Review
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A review of units 1-6 of AP Psychology
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1
Recalling your college graduation is an example of
episodic memory
procedural memory
semantic memory
implicit memory
2
What would happen is you lost sight in one of your eyes?
half of the visual field is lost
you will have a disruption of the vestibular system
you will lose the ability to perceive interposition
some depth perception would be lost
3
Where will an image projected to the left visual field of a split-brain patient be processed?
left side of the right retina
right visual cortex
sensory cortex
left visual cortex
4
If your obesity is being caused by damage to a part of the brain, where could that part be?
Hypothalamus
Base of brain stem
Somatosensory cortex
Medulla
5
Which of the following would allow you to hear a specific instrument from an orchestra?
functional fixedness
Weber's law
sensory adaptation
selective attention
6
If you damage your Wernicke's area, you most likely will have trouble with
speech pathology
speech production
speech comprehension
speech class
7
If you use a step-by-step formula to solve a problem, you are using
priming
an algorithm
a heuristic
Insight
8
What in the neuron releases the neurotransmitters?
axons
cell bodies
synaptic vessicles
dendrites
9
What is metacognition?
thinking about non-thinking
amnesia
artificial intelligence
thinking about thinking
10
Where are speech functions located in the brain?
occipital lobe
right cerebral hemispere
cerebellum
left cerebral hemisphere
11
What measure of central tendency is most affected by outliers?
Standard deviation
Mean
Median
Mode
12
What is the purpose of the ossicles?
transfer sound from the tympanic membrane to the oval window
Begin the process of transduction for the ear
convert sound pressure to an acceptable level for the ear
give an additional level of protection for the oval window
13
What would most likely be affected if you got hit in the occipital lobe with a baseball bat?
balance
language processing
fine motor movements
vision
14
Which of the following statements are true?
rods are for black and white vision and cones for color
rods are better for well-lit (bright) areas
rods and cones are evenly distributed in the retina
rods and cones are concentrated in the outside of the retina
15
What is the main purpose for using the experimental method?
the best way to discover how people feel
study people in their natural encironment
study one or two people in great depth.
establish cause and effect relationships
16
Which of the following is highly correlated with REM sleep?
extremely tensed muscles
dreams
sleep apnea
tossing and turning
17
What is the purpose of the semicircular canals?
Gives info about the location of body parts with one another
Helps calculate air pressure of the immediate area
Helps calculate distance of sound waves
Provides information of the body's posture and head position
18
What would happen if a portion of your left temporal lobe was stimulated during brain surgery?
You would raise your right arm
You would see lights
You would lose the sense of smell
You would hear sounds
19
when it come to vision, where does transduction occur?
retina
optic nerve
lens
visual cortex
20
Which of the following are true about short-term memory?
short-term memory is limited in capacity
short-term memory is unlimited in capacity
short-term memory is not under conscious control
short-term memory is resistant to decay
21
What gland is considered to be the "master gland" and controls other glands?
Pituitary
Thyroid
Adrenal
Pineal
22
REM is an active sleep state. What paradoxical characteristics accompany it?
low blood pressure
average eye movements
slow heart rate
lowered muscle tone (relaxed)
