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The frontal lobe controls
Your joints contain receptor cells for
AP Psych Tri A Exam Review
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1
Your joints contain receptor cells for
muscle memory.
vestibular sense.
kinesthesis.
perception.
2
The frontal lobe controls
personality.
all of the above.
reason.
judgment.
3
Morphemes are the smallest units of ____ and phonemes are the smallest units of ____in language
sound, function
meaning, sound
sound, meaning
function, meaning
4
Which hormone reduces hunger?
insulin
ghrelin
leptin
testosterone
5
You're happy with a $.50/hr cent raise until your coworker gets a $1/hr raise. This shows
relative deprivation.
catharsis.
emotional intelligence.
the feel-good, do-good phenomenon.
6
Hypnosis can effectively
reduce pain
help people quit smoking
improve performance on Kahoot reviews
improve memory
7
Which theory explains why we see afterimages?
opponent-process
frequency
dichromatic
trichromatic
8
We dream the most during
NREM-2
NREM-1
REM
NREM-3
9
You feel sleepy in class but suddenly become alert when the teacher says your name due to your
reticular formation.
amygdala.
medulla.
hypothalamus.
10
Which neurons would tell your fingers how to touch the correct answer in Quiz?
Motor
Afferent
Sensory
Inter-
11
Which cells are responsible for transduction?
ganglion
bipolar
optic nerve
rods and cones
12
68% of intelligence scores fall within
three standard deviations of the mean
four standard deviations of the mean
two standard deviations of the mean
one standard deviation of the mean
13
Maslow's hierarchy helps us understand when someone who isn't hungry might still eat a snack.
True
False
14
Overlooking the 2nd "the" in "Flowers bloom in the the spring" demonstrates
constancy.
absolute threshold
perceptual set.
change blindness
15
Opiates are agonists to
seratonin.
norepinephrine.
endorphins.
acetylcholine
16
Getting a snack when you're hungry can be explained by
insulin stability
instinct theory
drive reduction theory
ghrelin deficiency
17
The hypothalamus
regulates personality
regulates hunger
regulates sleep
regulates memory
18
Damage to the ossicles could result in
conduction hearing loss
sensorineural hearing loss
loss of balance
broken hair cells on the basilar membrane
19
The ______ of emotion focuses on the interaction between physical arousal and cognitive labels.
Yerkes-Dodson theory
James-Lange theory
Schacter Two Factor theory
Cannon-Bard theory
20
Which sleep stages have similar brain wave activity?
NREM-3 and REM
NREM-1 and NREM-3
NREM-1 and REM
NREM-2 and NREM-3
21
Set point refers to the body's tendency to maintain a consistent
hunger.
instinct.
motivation.
weight.
22
Which of the following depresses the central nervous system?
alcohol
cocaine
LSD
methamphetamines
23
The visual cliff experiment proved that crawling infants lack depth perception. (T/F)
False
True
24
What type of intelligence would you use to read a map?
spatial
naturalist
intrapersonal
bodily-kinesthetic
25
Which of the following is responsible for heart rate and respiration?
cerebellum
medulla
the limbic system
reticular formation
26
Stereotype threat may cause African-Americans to perform lower on tests given by whites.
False
True
27
After nearly getting in a car accident, your heart rate, respiration and perspiration increase
due to your motor cortex.
due to your sympathetic nervous system.
due to your parasympathetic nervous system.
due to your cerebellum.
28
A stroke damaging Broca's area would impair a person's ability to
understand speech.
hear words.
read text.
produce speech.
29
Olfaction is the sense of
balance
touch
taste
smell
30
A 90% success rate sounds better than a 1 in 10 failure rate. This is due to
framing
availability heuristic
mental set
functional fixedness
31
A person who is blind in one eye would NOT be able to perceive depth with
convergence.
relative height.
interposition.
texture gradient.
32
Gestalt psychologists emphasize that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (T/F)
True
False
33
Vivid images not produced by sensory input would be most likely caused by
barbiturates
depressants
stimulants
hallucinogens
34
The cocktail party effect is an example of
selective attention
perceptual adaptation
top-down processing
bottom-up processing
35
Degeneration of the myelin sheath is associated with
multiple sclerosis.
depression.
schizophrenia.
Parkinson's disease.
36
After fake-smiling for a few minutes, John starts to feel happy. This illustrates
the spillover effect
the facial feedback effect
the Schacter two-factor theory
the Cannon-Bard theory
37
Which is an example of a child overgeneralizing rules of grammar?
"Bobby run fast"
"Go store"
"I swinged high on the playground"
"Ma ma"
38
A person listens to music with electrodes attached to her scalp. This study is called
an MRI
an EEG
a PET scan
a CT scan
39
Patients with this disorder stop breathing during the night
narcolepsy
night terrors
sleep apnea
insomnia
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What is functional fixedness?
presentation of a fact framed from a particular perspective
a tendency to view objects as only working in a certain way
A tendency to approach situations the same way
Favoring information that confirms your beliefs