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AP Psych Cumulative 17
AP Psych Cumulative 17
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1
Sam's pupils are dilated, his digestion is reduced, and his skin is cold. Which system is controlling his bodily changes
Somatic
Endocrine
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
2
In Sigmund Freud’s view, the role of the ego is to
serve the demands of the unconscious
mediate among the id, the superego, and reality
make the individual feel superior to others
make the individual feel inferior to others
3
Sue accidentally touched a hot iron. She immediately drew back her hand. Which is true about the hand withdrawal
It was a voluntary behavior.
It was due to instructions from the brain.
It was initiated in the motor cortex.
It was initiated in the spinal cord.
4
Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating an internal attribution
Jane, who says she failed a test because her teacher hates her.
Cam, who says he earned a spot on the football team through his hard work
Al said he lost the vote for president because the election was rigged
Lyle, who says his team won the quiz bowl tournament because they got lucky
5
A sudden inability to remember how to tie a certain kind of knot indicates a deficit in which kind of memory?
Declarative
Episodic
Semantic
Procedural
6
Which of the following would an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likely to study?
Pay incentive programs
Employee motivation
Corporate profitability
Job satisfaction
7
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by
T cells
afferent neurons
neuroglia
efferent neurons
8
General intelligence test scores obtained during adolescence best predict which of the following?
The efficiency of interpersonal skills
Grades in school
The job or profession at which a person would be happy
Quality of personal adjustment
9
Which explanation most clearly demonstrates an internal attribution for the reason a student fell asleep in class?
The student does not care about the class.
The class is boring.
The student’s roommates are too noisy at night.
The class was scheduled too early in the morning.
10
In rational-emotive therapy, the therapist helps clients by
establishing anxiety hierarchies to be used in systematic desensitization
using unconditional positive regard
confronting clients with their faulty logic
promoting transference
11
Incentive theories of motivation explain the desire of people to achieve goals in terms of
tendencies that strike a balance between biological and social needs
resolution of cognitive dissonance
maintenance of physiological equilibrium
external stimuli that have the capacity to affect behavior
12
In vision, transduction occurs within the
lens
retina
optic nerve
cornea
13
In Ivan Pavlov's experiments in classical conditioning, the dog's salivation was
a conditioned response only
an unconditioned response only
both an unconditioned and a conditioned stimulus
both an unconditioned and a conditioned response
14
In which technique do researchers inject a radioactive substance into the living human brain to examine activity
Positron-emission tomography (PET)
Computerized axial tomography (CAT)
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
15
In the James-Lange theory of emotion, which of the following immediately precedes an emotion?
Appraisal of cognitive factors
Initiation of a fixed-action pattern
Experience of physiological changes
Observation of the external stimulus
16
The intelligence quotient has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual's mental age and their
chronological age
stage of cognitive development
reading ability
quantitative aptitude
17
Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves
survey methodology
self-examination of mental processes
teaching participants to multitask
correlational analyses
18
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
physically attractive individual
colleague of similar rank
legitimate authority
subordinate
19
If Juan tried to learn a long list of words, he would be most likely to forget words that
appeared in the middle of the list
were very unlike the rest of the words
appeared early in the list
were randomly dispersed throughout the list
20
When a newborn infant is touched on the cheek, the infant will turn its head toward the source of stimulation. This is:
rooting
the Babinski reflex
the Moro reflex
suckling
21
Jim seeks treatment for his alcoholism that involves taking meds that cause nausea when paired with alcohol
The type of treatment Jim is choosing here is Behavioral
The type of treatment Jim is choosing here is Humanistic
The type of treatment Jim is choosing here is Cognitive
The type of treatment Jim is choosing here is Psychodynamic