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Review for final exam AP Psychology
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1
In some situations, the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely anyone will help.
diffusion of responsibility
ethnocentrism
antisocial behavior
altruims
2
Which of the following is an example of discrimination learning?
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
3
In developmental psychology, one plus of a cross-sectional study over longitudinal is:
controls for gender
controls for cognitive ability
controls for cultural influence
requires comparatively little time
4
The function of dendrites is to
connect the cell body with the terminal branches
provide energy for the synthesis of acetylcholine
receive info from other neurons
secrete neurotransmitters to the post-synaptic neuron
5
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs?
cocaine
valium
marijuana
peyote
6
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
tip of the tongue phenomenon
serial position effect
state-dependent memory
retrograde amnesia
7
When stimuli in a task occur in a predictable way, the processing of the first task is
sequential
contriolled
top-down
automatic
8
Money most often modifies people's behavior because it is a powerful
conditioned stimulus
negative reinforcer
secondary reinforcer
discriminative stimuls
9
Which best describes the placebo effect?
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
can be brought about by a person's expectations
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
found only in people in psychoanalysis
10
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
latent learning
conceptualization learning
insight learning
social learning
11
Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain
CT
EEG
MRI
PET
12
Receptors for olfaction are located
in the nasal cavity
basical membrane of the cochlea
taste buds on the tongue
in the dermis
13
The process by which group decisions may be distorted due to no different viewpoints present?
intellectualizing
just-world hypothesis
pluralistic ignorance
groupthink
14
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
deductive reasoning
functional fixedness
syllogistic reasoning
inductive reasoning
15
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
most apparent in low levels of light
causes by a bleaching of rhodopsin in the rods
caused by excess bipolar cells in retina
occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
16
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
correlated with dreaming
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
marked increase in muscle tone
17
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
high in neuroticism
high in conscientiousness
high in introversion
low in agreeablness
18
Certain phobias are more common than others. This is best explained by what concept:
stimulus generalization
stimulus discrimination
biological preparedness
spontaneous recovery
19
Which is an example of social facilitation?
student scores better on test w/ classmates not strangers
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
editor's productivity is better when given a private office
20
Which of the following explains jet lag?
increase in REM rebound
excessive amounts of NREM sleep
disruption in circadian rhythm
decrease in duration of alpha waves
21
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
pleasure principal
super ego
ego ideal
repression
22
Ethical principles created by the APA ensure human participants in research
get paid for time and trouble
protected from physical and psychological harm
have not participated in similar research in the past
keep the purpose of the research confidential
23
In memory experiments on free recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
better recall of items at the middle
better recall of items at the beginning
better recall of items at the end
diminished recall of items at the end
24
Which of the following explains the role of the thalamus in hunger?
effective in triggering hunger but not depressing it
acts with the endocrine system to control hunger
responds to environmental cues like the sight of food
monitors stomach contractions to determine extent of hunger
25
Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur?
a stimulus substitution
a behavioral consequence
partial reinforcement
spontaneous recovery
26
Negative afterimages are explained by
the trichromatic theory
opponent-process theory
dichromatic color perception
color detection by rods
27
In a right handed person, which ability is predominantly a function of the right hemisphere?
speech
language comprehension
spatial reasoning
writing
28
All of the following a projective tests EXCEPT
inkblot tests
TAT
MMPI
sentence completion tests
29
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
a phobia
a panic disorder
an affective disorder
a compulsion
30
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
somatoform disorder
anxiety disorder
mood disorder
personality disorder
31
Weber's and Fechner's law concern the relation between which of the following?
perceived uniformity and size of a stimulus
intensity of stimulus and its corresponding psych sensation
quality of a stimulus and likelihood it is pleasurable
darkness of a room and the time needed for rods to adjust
32
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
reconstruction
cue-dependent forgetting
repression
proactive interference
33
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
defines the strength of the relation
allows for prediction
establishes a mathematical relation
may reveal a causal relation
34
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
criteria for scoring
multiple choice questions
reliabitiy
uniform instructions
35
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
discrimination
self-justification
dissonance
stereotyping
36
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
issues regulating hunger
receptive aphasia
visual problems
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
37
A person who experiences long episodes of sadness and loss of interest in life might have
agoraphobia
major depressive disorder
GAD
specific phobia
38
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
valid
reliable
normed
objective
39
A kind of learning that is indicated by the ability to recall a list of words in reverse order?
state-dependent
procedural
serial
latent
40
Barbara is a talented architect. Which intelligence will she most heavily rely on?
linguistic
naturalist
spatial
musical
41
Information is relayed to the spinal cord or the brain by:
Schwann cells
afferent neurons
T cells
efferent neurons
42
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
refractory period
threshold difference
depolarization
action potential
43
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
behavioral
humanistic
psychoanalytic
biological
44
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
subordinate
legitimate authority
physically attractive individual
close friend
45
Chomsky said understanding a sentence involves which transformation between structures?
perceptual to functional
simple to complex
symbolic to analytic
surface to deep
46
Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud in that they are less likely to
emphasize the libido
emphasize the ego
call for the use of group therapy as a mode of treatment
account for cognitive development
47
a particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning are:
mirror neurons
motor neurons
efferent neurons
afferent neurons
48
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
reactance
intrinsic motivation
instinctive needs
extrinsic motivation
49
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
superego
defense mechanism
ego
id
50
One way to reduce intergroup conflict is to establish
bystander apathy
diffusion of responsibility
group polarization
superordinate goals
51
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
authoritarian
authoritative
permissive
neglectful
52
According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?
modeling
post-conventional thought
displacement
death instinct
53
The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?
brightness
hue
size
saturation
54
A trait that appears in an kid only when both parents have the gene for that trait is called:
dominant
autosomal
polygenic
recessive
55
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
motion parallax
figure-ground
proximity
closure
56
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior is?
control
placebo
dependent variable
hypothesis
57
The depletion of which neurotransmitter is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease?
dopamine
GABA
norepinephrine
acetylcholine
58
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
preoperational
conservation
formal operations
concrete operations
59
Lithium carbonate is used to treat?
agoraphobia
bipolar disorder
dissociative fugue
anorexia nervosa
60
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
decreased pain sensatio
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
improved memory function
slower bodily function