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AP Psychology - Unit 1
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Which of the following is NOT a necessary component for a psychological experiment?
Empirical Data
Operational Definitions
Hypothesis
Theory
2
Which psychologist famously analyzed learned behavior through experiments involving dogs?
Carl Rogers
B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
Ivan Pavlov
3
Experimental psychology can be linked to any field or domain:
False
True
4
Which type of statistics explore the probability of something being true of a population?
Experimental Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Analytical Statistics
Inferential Statistics
5
Which variable is manipulated by experimenters during an experiment?
Dependent Variable
Independent Variable
6
Which psychologist would most closely be associated with the concept of animal spirits?
Sigmund Freud
Aristotle
Rene Descartes
Francis Bacon
7
What branch of psychology studies the interactions of physiological and cognitive processes?
Behavioral Psychology
Contemporary Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
8
Psychology developed into its own field of science under whom?
Rene Descartes
William James
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
9
Who is regarded as the most renowned developmental psychologist?
William James
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Wilhelm Wundt
10
A positive skew in a statistics graph goes to the left
True
False
11
Which psychologist is most closely associated with the concepts of positive and negative reinforcements?
William James
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
John B. Watson
12
The following picture is an example of a(n):
Box Chart
Scatterplot
Histogram
Bar Graph
13
Which ancient philosopher did NOT believe that human minds are born with innate knowledge that needs to be unlocked?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
14
What term refers to an innate drive to group things into larger parts and see sequences as a whole?
Classical Conditioning
Unconscious Mind
Cognitive Reflex
Gestalt Principle
15
Most psychological studies consist of:
Analyzing empirical data
Observing human behavior
Recording human and animal interaction
Noting changes to thoughts and actions
16
What is the primary point of the "nurture argument" in psychology?
We develop knowledge in response to certain stimuli
We are born with innate knowledge that needs to be unlocked
We develop knowledge through the influence of sensations and perception
We obtain knowledge through observation and experience
17
Which of the following would NOT be considered a psychology ethics oversight organization?
World Psychology Federation
Federal Government
American Psychological Association
British Psychological Society
18
Who asserted that our behaviors, thoughts, and perceptions are shaped by our unconscious minds?
William James
B.F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Carl Rogers
19
Teaching a subject to anticipate and associate certain stimuli with certain events is known as:
Operant Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
Positive Reinforcement
Negative Reinforcement
20
What type of psychology shifted towards studying the interactions of physiological and cognitive processes?
Biopsychosocial Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Contemporary Psychology
Modern Psychology
21
What is the major weakness of Freudian psychology?
It fails to explain internal brain activity
It is difficult to accurately measure
It fails to account for inherent natural instincts
It fails to explain simple behavior and rewards
22
Which of the following is NOT a central tendency of statistics?
Range
Mode
Mean
Skew
23
Which psychologist is most closely associated with functionalism?
G. Stanley Hall
William James
B.F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
24
What branch of psychology brought into frame the importance of love and acceptance?
Interpersonal Psychology
Functional Psychology
Humanistic Psychology
Emotional Psychology
25
What term refers to the likely probability that chance was not responsible for the results of a study?
Statistical Significance
Compound Coefficient
Experimental Mean
Central Tendency
26
Which of the following is NOT an official psychological domain?
Social
Instinctual
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
27
The dynamic split among ancient philosophers was known as:
Instinct vs. Learning
Logic vs. Emotion
Nature vs. Nurture
Truth vs. Falsehood
28
What branch of psychology is dedicated to finding the structural elements of the mind?
Structuralism
Humanism
Functionalism
Behaviorism
29
What branch of psychology is most likely to be utilized in the business world?
Social
Behavioral
Industrial-Organizational
Rational
30
Psychology is the study of _______ and mental processes.
Behavior
Beliefs
Perception
Sensations
31
Which branch of psychology deals with intelligence and personality traits
Positve
Psychodynamic
Psychometric
Personality
32
What term refers to variables in an experiment that can impact the data and skew the findings?
Confounding Variables
Control Variables
Independent Variables
Dependent Variables
33
Cognitive psychology often uses equipment to analyze brain activity
False
True
34
Which psychologist believed that free will did not exist and all behavior is learned?
Carl Rogers
B.F. Skinner
William James
Jean Piaget
35
What psychological term refers to the ability to think about the past and plan for the future?
Functionalism
Behaviorism
Recall
Conscisousness
36
Sigmund Freud has lost credibility over time due to numerous holes in his psychological theories:
True
False
37
What is the primary piece of legislation that governs doctor-patient confidentiality?
IACUC
HIPAA
CMIA
ADA
38
Who opened the first mental asylums and is regarded as the primary clinical psychologist?
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Jean Piaget
Dorothea Dix
39
Which philosopher asserted that humans are forever trying to organize and make patterns of everything?
Rene Descartes
John Locke
Adam Smith
Francis Bacon
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Which psychologist famously criticized behaviorists and Freudians for being too narrow and limited?
B.F. Skinner
Jean Piaget
William James
Carl Rogers
