AP Psychology Exam Review

Systematic desensitization is what kind of therapy?

According to Freud, what is the remembered story line and underlying meaning of a dream? 

Which stage of Freud's psychosexual stages is characterized by dormant sexual feelings?

What is the reappearance, after a pause, of an extinguished conditioned response?

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units is called...

What is the complete genetic instructions for making an organism?

False beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany psychotic disorders are...

Which of the following tests is designed to predict a person's future performance?

The perception that one controls one's own fate is know as...

An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting is known as...

What determines the hue of light?

What is known as the "Aha!" moment?

Psychology is defined as the scientific study of...

What is a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas?

The body's resting rate of energy expenditure is...

Which of the following is NOT one of Garner's eight intelligences?

Which form of processing depends on our past experiences and expectations?

Which approach to psychotherapy uses techniques from various forms of therapy?

The painting below purposely confuses figure and ground using what?

Asch's experiments exhibit what psychological concept?

The diagram below depicts which theory of emotion?

According to Erikson, the issue of integrity vs. despair occurs at what time in one's life?

Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think is known as...

What is the name for the regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle?

According to Kohlberg, one obeys either to avoid punishment or gain rewards during which stage?

A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts and/or actions is known as...

People from which type of culture may act shy in new groups and are more easily embarrassed?

Which technique depicts brain activity by showing each brain area's consumption of glucose?

Goal-oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work, and focuses attention on goals is

Which of the following in NOT a "Big Five" personality trait?

What is the body's speedy, electrochemical communication network?

A robin is a  ______  of bird. 

What is the ability of produce novel and valuable ideas?

Which study compares people of different ages?

Which perspective focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?

True or False: Aerobic exercise may alleviate depression and anxiety.

What is a statement of the procedures used to define research variables?

Which theory of emotion states that arousal and emotion occur simultaneously?

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning is...

In Pavlov's experiments, what is the conditioned stimulus?

The diagram below is an example of what idea?

The application of psychological ideas and methods to optimize human behavior in workplaces is 

True or False: Depression is usually unaffected by stressful life events. 

What are the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state?

What is the set of expected behaviors for males and for females?

The basic defense mechanism that ejects anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories is...

Which of the following is NOT a projective test?

Stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others is known as...

Which method of coping attempts to alleviate stress directly?

What are the opposing retinal processes of the opponent-process theory?

What is the incorporation of misleading information into one's memory of an event?

What is the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself?

A revoked driver's license is an example of what?

Crediting primarily someone's disposition to explain their behavior is due to...

What illusion does the phi phenomenon create?

True or False: High reliability ensures a test's validity. 

Milgram's experiments had 'shocking' results of very high levels of...

Which neurotransmitter enables muscle action, learning, and memory?

Which part of the neuron receives messages and conducts impulses toward the cell body?

In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material is known as...

Which concept helps explain many of our superstitious beliefs?

Which of the following are structures of the limbic system?

Which of the following states of consciousness are psychologically induced?

A correlation coefficient of +.95 signifies...

What is the central focal point in the retina, around which the eye's cones cluster?

What is a baby's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity?

The process of observing and imitating a specific behavior is...

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" is called...

Which observation technique studies one person in depth in the hope of showing universal ideas?

The picture below is an example of what concept?

Which kind of drugs depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory?

Which personality type is competitive, impatient, verbally-aggressive, and anger-prone?

What idea is concerned with all of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves: 'Who am I?'

Getting a hug (after a response) is an example of what?

A person limited in mental ability but has an exceptional specific skill has...

Who concluded that the mind is separable from the body, and that knowledge is innate?

Psychological disorders characterized by emotional extremes are classified as...

The picture below portrays what idea?

The word 'but' has how many phonemes?

What is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behavior?

Which structure of the brain helps process explicit memories for storage?

Who famously argued that the mind at birth is a blank slate- a "white paper?" 

According to Piaget, during what stage does one develop object permanence?

What is the tendency of people to be helpful when already in a good mood?

Which part of the ear contains the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Client-centered therapy falls under which perspective?

Which perspective emphasizes the growth potential of healthy people?

Which of the following is NOT a sympathetic division response?

What is the fertilized egg that enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division?

What is the study of paranormal activity?

What are the threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes?