AP Exam Review

Question 1

I think smoking pot is wrong b/c it is against the law. What level of morals am I experiencing?

Accepted Answer

Conventional

Question 2

Who studied monkeys and attachment?

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Harry Harlow

Question 3

Salivating to the sound of the bell in Pavlov's famous experiment is the:

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CR

Question 4

Getting a privilege, like the use of a cell phone, taken away in order to reduce a behavior is:

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Negative Punishment

Question 5

A step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution to most problems:

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Algorithm

Question 6

What movie is this screenshot from?

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Avatar

Question 7

What is on the 1st level or bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

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Physiology

Question 8

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Zach Galifianakis

Question 9

Part of the brain that controls maintenance activities like hunger, thirst, & body temperature:

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Hypothalamus

Question 10

What is the structure behind the pupil that changes shape to focus light on the retina?

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Lens

Question 11

During REM the brainstem stimulates the brain w/ random activity, which we interpret as a dream

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Activation-Synthesis

Question 12

Reinforcement Schedule: slot machines (also has highest rate of responding)

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Variable-Ratio

Question 13

This is a type of intelligence of accumulated knowledge (facts) and verbal skills (vocab):

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Crystallized

Question 14

This man is famous for the Little Albert Experiment:

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John B. Watson

Question 15

Reinforcement Schedule: Being paid once every three weeks.

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Fixed-Interval

Question 16

This theory explains color-blindness:

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Young-Hemholtz Trichromatic Theory

Question 17

This man is famous for studying cognitive development in children:

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Piaget

Question 18

The stages of Alarm, Resistance, & Exhaustion are part of what process?

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Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome

Question 19

Part of the brain associated with memories:

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Hippocampus

Question 20

Who is this?

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Kirsten Dunst

Question 21

This man is famous for researching observational learning via the "Bobo Doll" experiment:

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Albert Bandura

Question 22

The variable that is manipulated by the researcher within an experiment:

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Independent Variable

Question 23

Who is famous for their moderately unethical experiment on obedience?

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Stanley Milgram

Question 24

Formal name for the sensation of smell:

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Olfaction

Question 25

What theory of emotion says that autonomic arousal comes before conscious feeling of emotion?

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James-Lange

Question 26

What neurotransmitter is associated with Alzheimer's Disease?

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Acetylcholine

Question 27

This early perspective deals w/ how an organism uses its abilities to adapt to its environment.

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Functionalism

Question 28

A type of study when different age groups are studied at the same time.

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Cross-Sectional Study

Question 29

What movie is this screenshot from?

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Up

Question 30

Prediction within an experiment or how factors relate to another:

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Hypothesis

Question 31

B.F. Skinner, Pavlov, and John B. Watson are all part of what perspective?

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Behaviorism

Question 32

Binocular cues include Retinal Disparity and this:

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Convergence

Question 33

Type of drug(s) that mimic neurotransmitters and fit in receptor sites:

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Agonists

Question 34

Fear of public places. Associated with Panic Disorder.

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Agoraphobia

Question 35

A type of interference when old memories prevent the retrieval of newer memories:

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Proactive

Question 36

Which lobe contains the Broca's Area (produces speech)?

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Frontal

Question 37

Which lobe contains the Wernicke's Area (understanding language)?

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Temporal

Question 38

Type of persuasion using facts, statistics, and other information.

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Central Route

Question 39

The form of perceptual organization that is typically shown with an illustration like this:

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Figure-Ground

Question 40

What is the 2nd stage of Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development?

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Preoperational

Question 41

Seeing the mind and body as two different/separate things that interact (Descartes)

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Dualism

Question 42

Belief in our ability that we can perform a certain task. Can vary depending on situation.

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Self-Efficacy

Question 43

Which correlation coefficient shows the strongest relationship?

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-.89

Question 44

Thinking, associated with creativity, that produces many ideas or alternatives to a problem:

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Divergent

Question 45

Putting on a seatbelt to avoid an annoying alarm is an example of:

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Negative Reinforcement

Question 46

This shows brain activity/function as opposed to just a detailed image:

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PET

Question 47

Part of the neuron that receives information:

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Dendrite

Question 48

What stage of sleep do we spend the most time in during a typical night's sleep?

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Stage 2

Question 49

What movie is this screenshot from?

Accepted Answer

The Matrix

Question 50

This is a type of LTM that covers personally experienced events:

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Episodic

Question 51

Who is this legendary St. Louis Cardinal?

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Ozzie Smith

Question 52

Maintenance Rehearsal helps get simple info into this part of our memory system:

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Short Term/Working Memory

Question 53

What movie is this screenshot from?

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Top Gun

Question 54

What movie is this screenshot from?

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The Matrix

Question 55

Annual music & arts festival in Indio, CA. Recently played by alt-J, Jack White, and Drake.

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Coachella

Question 56

A desire to perform an activity to obtain a reward such as money, applause, or attention.

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Extrinsic Motivation

Question 57

The weakest level of a stimulus that can be detected at least half of the time:

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Absolute Threshold

Question 58

What movie is this screenshot from?

Accepted Answer

The Godfather

Question 59

This part of the hypothalamus depresses hunger. Destroying it leads to obesity.

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Ventromedial

Question 60

What is a person's emotional reactivity and intensity?

Accepted Answer

Temperament

AP Exam Review

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AP Exam Review

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