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Review for final exam AP Psychology
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1
Of the following, which is essential for operant conditioning to occur?
a behavioral consequence
a stimulus substitution
partial reinforcement
spontaneous recovery
2
Neo-Freudian theories differ from Freud in that they are less likely to
account for cognitive development
emphasize the unconscious
call for the use of group therapy as a mode of treatment
emphasize the libido
3
Individuals are most likely to obey when demands are made by a
close friend
legitimate authority
physically attractive individual
subordinate
4
Weber's law is concerned with the relation between which of the following?
perceived uniformity and size of a stimulus
darkness of a room and the time needed for rods to adjust
intensity of stimulus and its corresponding psych sensation
quality of a stimulus and likelihood it is pleasurable
5
Which best describes the placebo effect?
typically experienced by people in long-term therapy
can be induced by antipsychotic drugs
found only in people in psychoanalysis
can be brought about by a person's expectations
6
which would result from an injury to the medulla?
receptive aphasia
disruption of heartbeat and breathing
issues regulating hunger
visual problems
7
Which of the following explains jet lag?
disruption in circadian rhythm
excessive amounts of NREM sleep
decrease in duration of alpha waves
increase in REM rebound
8
Which is an example of social facilitation?
athlete performs better in front of a crowd than at practice
student scores better on test without classmates near
editor's productivity is better when given a private office
kid smiles more to family members than with strangers there
9
students get about the same score on the second admin. of a test as they did on the first, its
reliable
valid
normed
objective
10
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
decreased blood pressure and heart rate
marked increase in muscle tone
correlated with dreaming
alternates with NREM in 30-minute cycle
11
According to psychoanalytic theory, Tom's constant shoplifting suggests his _ is underdeveloped
superego
ego
defense mechanism
id
12
A kind of learning that is indicated by the ability to recall a list of words in reverse order?
procedural
serial
state-dependent
latent
13
According to social learning theory, aggression is the result of which of the following?
modeling
post-conventional thought
death instinct
displacement
14
Experimental research differs from correlational research in that experimental research:
allows for prediction
may reveal a causal relation
defines the strength of the relation
establishes a mathematical relation
15
The feeling that you know someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
serial position effect
retrograde amnesia
state-dependent memory
tip of the tongue phenomenon
16
who is considered the father of structuralism?
James
Bacon
Titchener
Wundt
17
A person who experiences long episodes of sadness and loss of interest in life might have
GAD
specific phobia
agoraphobia
major depressive disorder
18
Which type of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions?
fluid
creative
practical
crystallized
19
Immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. What is this?
threshold difference
action potential
refractory period
depolarization
20
The pitch of a sound is analogous to which of the following features of light?
brightness
hue
saturation
size
21
The function of dendrites is to
provide energy for the synthesis of acetylcholine
receive info from other neurons
connect the cell body with the terminal branches
secrete neurotransmitters to the post-synaptic neuron
22
What score are you going to get on the AP exam!?!?!?!?!?!?!
3
4
5
2 or less
23
Pam gets $ for A's. Her parents are capitalizing on what?
extrinsic motivation
intrinsic motivation
reactance
instinctive needs
24
Which parenting style is characterized by high demands for obedience and low warmth?
authoritative
permissive
authoritarian
neglectful
25
In some situations, the larger the # of peeps in the group, the less likely anyone will help.
bystander effect
ethnocentrism
antisocial behavior
altruims
26
Learning that is not demonstrated at the time it occurs is called
insight learning
latent learning
conceptualization learning
social learning
27
The belief that behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts is from which theory
biological
psychoanalytic
behavioral
humanistic
28
Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in which of the following?
increased aggression
loss of motor coordination
a loss of vision
heat vision
29
All of the following a projective tests EXCEPT
inkblot tests
TAT
MMPI
30
Barbara is a talented architect. Which intelligence will she most heavily rely on?
musical
spatial
linguistic
naturalist
31
The Gestalt principle that refers to the tendency to perceive an incomplete figure as whole is:
proximity
closure
figure-ground
motion parallax
32
LSD in the same class as which of the following drugs?
peyote
valium
cocaine
amphetamines
33
Which of the following is considered a humanist?
Sig Freud
Willy Wundt
Arron Rodgers
Carl Rogers
34
Which of the following is an example of discrimination in conditioning/learning?
a four-year-old calls her aunt "mommy"
a dog still drools to a bell after ten trials of extinction
pigeon trained to peck red key sometimes pecks an orange one
dog trained to drool to a tone doesn't drool to any other
35
Hypothetical and deductive thinking are marks of which Piaget stage of cognitive development
formal operations
preoperational
concrete operations
conservation
36
Electrodes are attached to the scalp while data is collected on the activity of the brain
MRI
CT
EEG
PET
37
Alan goes to the doctor every few weeks thinking something is wrong. What is actually wrong?
mood disorder
anxiety disorder
personality disorder
somatoform disorder
38
Negative afterimages are explained by
opponent-process theory
dichromatic color perception
the trichromatic theory
color detection by rods
39
People who habitually wash their hands numerous times before going to bed most likely have
a compulsion
a panic disorder
a phobia
an affective disorder
40
Which of the following best describes introspection?
machines designed for cognitive analysis
self-examination of mental processes
survey methodology
correlation analysis
41
Which of the following explains the role of the thalamus in hunger?
acts with the endocrine system to release hormones
responds to environmental cues like the sight of food
effective in triggering hunger
monitors stomach contractions
42
In memory experiments on recall, the recency effect refers specifically to the
better recall of items at the beginning
diminished recall of items at the end
better recall of items at the middle
better recall of items at the end
43
Receptors for olfaction are located
basical membrane of the cochlea
in the nasal cavity
taste buds on the tongue
in the dermis
44
Difficulty remembering new materials because of previously learned information
retroactive interference
repression
cue-dependent forgetting
proactive interference
45
Which of the following is true about the blind spot in the eye?
causes by a bleaching of rhodopsin in the rods
caused by excess bipolar cells in retina
most apparent in low levels of light
occurs where the optic nerve leaves the eye
46
a particular group of brain cells seems to provide a basis for observational learning are:
motor neurons
mirror neurons
afferent neurons
efferent neurons
47
Information is relayed to the brain from the body by:
circle cells
afferent neurons
T cells
efferent neurons
48
Ethical principles created by the APA ensure human participants in research
keep the purpose of the research confidential
have not participated in similar research in the past
get paid for time and trouble
protected from physical and psychological harm
49
Correlation does...
equal causation
not equal causation
50
John is usually nice, but gets stressed and becomes irritable. The Big 5 would say John is
high in introversion
low in agreeablness
high in conscientiousness
high in neuroticism
51
A standardized test must have all of the following EXCEPT:
criteria for scoring
uniform instructions
multiple choice questions
reliabitiy
52
Lithium can be used to treat?
agoraphobia
anorexia nervosa
dissociative fugue
bipolar disorder
53
In
groups, people will make choices and opinions to more an extreme than if in indv situations
bystander apathy
superordinate goals
diffusion of responsibility
group polarization
54
Holding a predetermined belief about a group of people is referred to as
discrimination
stereotyping
dissonance
self-justification
55
Which Freudian construct is believed to protect us from anxiety by making memories go away?
ego ideal
super ego
pleasure principal
repression
56
Using a paper clip to unlock the door to your house is an example of avoiding:
deductive reasoning
syllogistic reasoning
functional fixedness
inductive reasoning
57
which of the following is the smallest unit of language that has meaning?
morphemes
vowels
sentences
phonemes
58
the belief that people get what they deserv - noble acts=noble rewards - evil acts=evil rewards
pluralistic ignorance
groupthink
just-world hypothesis
intellectualizing
59
in an experiment, which variable is measured?
dependent variable
stimulus variable
keystone variable
independent variable
60
Which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
improved memory function
vivid, distorted images not based on sensory input
slower bodily function
decreased pain sensatio
