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AP Psych Midterm Review of Units 1-8, 14
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Brain structure involved in nonverbal learning/memory, sensory input, and movement/balance
pituitary gland
cerebellum
reticular formation
amygdala
2
What perspective focuses on how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
Humanistic
Cognitive
Behavioral
Social-Cultural
3
Which of the following is an example of an explicit memory?
tying your shoes
knowing your friends birthdate
turning the car key in the right direction
riding a bicycle
4
Which sense is responsible for balance and orientation?
Olfactory
Kinesthetic
Vestibular
Auditory
5
Your memories of your time at camp are classified as...
Semantic
Implicit
Episodic
Procedural
6
These support, nourish, and protect neurons (also play role in learning, thinking, and memory)
glial cells
afferent neurons
efferent neurons
dendrites
7
Todd no longer jumps at the siren since it's been wailing for an hour. What has he experienced?
generalization
discrimination
extinction
habituation
8
Someone mixed up Ms. Sharma with the other Indian teacher in the school because...
prejudice
other race effect
stereotype threat
discrimination
9
Which measure of retention is this question using?
recall
relearning
recognition
flashbulb memory
10
The two main subdivisions of the nervous system are ____ and ____
sensory input; motor output
autonomic; somatic
sympathetic; parasympathetic
peripheral; central
11
Which is an example of a cognitive map?
Increased performance with moderate arousal
Knowing directions from your house to school
Solving a problem step by step
Increased performance with presence of others
12
The ____ is the structure in the eye that accommodates to focus images on the retina
optic nerve
pupil
lens
iris
13
According to Freud, the storyline of a dream is ____ and its underlying meaning is ____
event description; latent content
imagery; interpretation
manifest content; latent content
dream; interpretation
14
James can't remember the 5th POTUS b/c he's learned the later ones. What's he experiencing?
anterograde amnesia
retroactive interference
proactive interference
retrograde amnesia
15
Hormone secreted by stomach that sends hunger signals to the brain
PYY
leptin
insulin
ghrelin
16
Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
amphetamines
depressants
stimulants
hallucinogens
17
A basketball star scores his highest number of points in a home game championship due to...
Social Facilitation
Groupthink
Group Polarization
Social Loafing
18
Specialized neurons in the visual cortex that respond to edges, lines, angles, and movement
feature detectors
rods
bipolar cells
cones
19
You hate your new furniture but begin to hate it less over time because...
Groupthink
Similarity
Mere Exposure Effect
Companiate Love
20
He established behaviorism and conducted the "Little Albert" experiment
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
21
___ indicate a relaxed, awake state, while ___ indicate deep sleep
delta waves; alpha waves
delta waves; beta waves
alpha waves; delta waves
alpha waves; beta waves
22
Which of the following is NOT a structure in the middle ear?
stirrup
anvil
cochlea
hammer
23
What role does the pineal gland play in sleep?
emitting delta waves
controlling the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
production of melatonin
inducing NREM sleep
24
Janice loves basketball and does great at her home games because
Social Facilitation
Social Loaving
Group polarization
Group think
25
Mobs and Riots often occur due to...
Social Facilitation
Group Polarization
Groupthink
Deindividuation
26
Lenny takes a painkiller to ease his pain. This is an example of _____.
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
27
Which example shows high heritability?
The environment is responsible for difference
The environment is responsible for similarities
Twins that grew up in different houses
Twins that grew up in the same house
28
___ is the distance from one wave's peak to the next and its intensity is determined by ___
wavelength; hue
wavelength; amplitude
amplitude; wavelength
amplitude; hue
29
Which descriptive statistic is a measure of how much scores vary around the mean score?
standard deviation
range
mean
median
30
Retinal disparity is an example of (a) ____
perceptual constancy
monocular cue
perceptual adaptation
binocular cue
31
In the picture below, what is the conditioned stimulus (CS)?
the salivation
the bone
the dog
the bell/tone
32
Why are testimonies obtained under hypnosis inadmissible in court (in some countries)?
No way to measure whether or not someone is hypnotized
Hypnosis is not real
Hypnosis does not work on every person the same
False memories can be implanted/recalled by the patient
33
Which shows hindsight bias?
She is the current leader of the forum.
He used to be a good man.
She'll definitely win first place.
I knew he'd lose his phone today.
34
Which of the following is an example of deep processing?
The dog loved his treats
dog has three phonemes
dog rhymes with fog
The word dog has three letters
35
Sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks
night terrors
sleep apnea
insomnia
narcolepsy
36
At the absolute threshold, a person is able to detect the stimulus every time
True
False
37
Sai surveys 50 people from her grade about school spirit w/an automatic generator. This is a...
all of the agove
representative sample
population
random sample
38
Coming up with many uses for a toilet paper roll is an example of _____
concept
divergent thinking
prototype
convergent thinking
39
Timmy is rewarded at random times for doing his chores. He is on a ______ reward schedule.
fixed-ratio
fixed-interval
variable-ratio
variable-interval
40
Neurotransmitter that affects mood, hunger, sleep, & arousal−undersupply linked to depression?
Acetylcholine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
Serotonin
41
Split brain patient sees separated word "HE⋅ART," What would they point to w/ their left hand?
HE⋅AR
HE⋅ART
HE
ART
42
The theory that the spinal cord can block pain signals or allow them to pass on to the brain
opponent-process theory
place theory
frequency theory
gate-control theory
43
The proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes
behavior genetics
heritability
genome
standard deviation
44
Albert Bandura's Bobo doll experiment most clearly demonstrates ______
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
latent learning
observational learning
45
Mary tells you that denim will soon go out of style but it never does. What did Mary exhibit?
insight
confirmation bias
mental set
overconfidence
46
Which of the following shows the strongest correlation?
+0.83
0.00
-0.97
+10.00
47
Circadian rhythm operates on a __-hour cycle in response to ____.
24; light
24; sleep
23; light
23; sleep
48
Early school of thought that used introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
structuralism
functionalism
empiricism
behaviorism
