AP Psych Exam Review #2

an A+ grade in a class is which kind of reinforcer

What is true about experiments that is not of other research methods

How would a psychometrician interpret an IQ score of 145

negative punishments __________ a stimulus in order to ___________ a behavior

Milgram's obedience study was criticized based on what ethical grounds

You girlfriend dumps you. "I always knew she was bad news" your friend says. This demonstrates

A test that identifies people with the potential to be great lawyers is an example of a(n)

Which of the following motivation concepts encourage the least positive behaviors to persist over time?

Withdrawal symptoms are most directly caused by this process

The case study of Phineas Gage was significant because it was one of the the first examples of

Choosing 20 people indiscriminately from a large lecture class of 400 is an example of

Bandura's theory of reciprocal determinism states personality results from the interaction of

Abraham Maslow theorized that people are motivated by

What area of psychology focuses on subjective well-being, optimism, self-esteem, and happiness

Someone who can't understand the meaning of spoken words has experienced damage to

After studying for weeks and taking an AP exam, Conrad gets the flu. What theory explains this

which kinds of personality theorists would make use of a projective test

Shelly stood outside in the rain with Alfred just so he wouldn't be alone waiting for his mom to pick him up. This is

Which concept is most relevant to Noam Chomsky's theory of how children learn language

How would drive reduction theory explain a person eating half a bowl of M&M's and stopping

Of the following, children will most likely develop this skill first

Most people can taste 1g of salt in 1qt of water. Which concept is related to this statement

What was one of the factors that increased conformity in Asch's studies

Which of the following is LEAST likely to contribute to prejudice

turning up the volume on a radio changes which aspect of sound

Which is most closely associated with creativity

In people, rods, unlike cones,

James is interested in the processing strategies children use to learn new information. He is a

which is an example of an implicit memory

The ability to solve a new computer game based on logical puzzles probably depends on

What would Piaget test to see if a child is in pre-operational or concrete operational stage

learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related to

A therapist who tells a client to write down their depressed thoughts is using this perspective

what kind of symptom is common among all somatic symptom disorders

Which of the following has been linked to a deficit of dopamine

According to Piaget, when we can't ______ new information, we change our schemas through ______

A person with a painful skin rash finds hard scratching temporarily relieves the pain

Which theory explains how experiences from infancy through old age influence personality

a test which places someone into personality categories (e.g.extravert/introvert) is based on

Which part of the brain is "newest" in an evolutionary sense

which technique controls for both experimenter and subject bias

Maria slams the car door and yells at her kids. Now when they hear a car door slam they cringe

Which of the following is found in Jung's model of the collective unconscious

classical conditioning involves __________; operant conditioning involves __________

What research method could study the relationship between owning a hybrid car and being vegan

If Pavlov's dogs did not salivate when they heard a buzzer instead of a bell, they would be experiencing

When like-minded groups take more extreme positions than individuals comprising the group

A personality test which calls Jan an extravert the first time and an introvert the next lacks

testing the problem-solving skills of 10, 20, and 30-year-olds in a study uses this method

Which is an important technique used by humanist psychologists during therapy

Reading a job description written with masculine pronouns, people think of the employee as male

Runners in a park increase their speed when another runner comes into view. This illustrates

A variable ratio of reinforcement is often preferable to a fixed ratio because

Garcia and Koelling's research on aversions established which UCS/CS pairs as most powerful

In the 3-box model of information processing, memories are first stored in

Which of the therapies below is no longer used to treat patients

REM sleep deprivation generally causes what kinds of side effects

"people who watch violent movies are more likely to behave violently" this statement reflects

which type of therapist is most likely to prescribe lithium for a patient with bipolar disorder

Sigmund Freud made this perspective popular in Western Europe at the turn of the 20th century

seeing someone at the grocery store and remembering their name is an example of

How would a person with schizophrenia most differ from a person with a dissociative disorder

A low level of glucose in Sam's bloodstream would most likely make him want to

After a natural disaster Faye says, "Serves them right for not having better warning systems."

What number will tell Matt whether his research is statistically significant

Which technique would be most helpful in avoiding the problems associated with groupthink

which of the following terms applies to IQ tests

A teacher ignoring her students' prior grades so her opinion of them is not influenced avoids

what is the principle tool used in all forms of psychotherapy

which would a researcher need to use to determine whether experiment data shows causation or

which structure is part of the inner ear

which structure in the eye is most responsible for color vision

Someone who fails an exam and reacts by attending tutorials probably has this locus of control

light enters the eye through an opening in the

Why are psychoanalysts interested in latent meaning of dreams

if the College Board left out questions about neuroscience on the AP exam, the test would lack

What kind of personality theorist would be most interested in the results of the MMPI

our ability to perceive depth depends on what other perceptual abilities

Antipsychotic medication would most likely act on which neurotransmitter

Which best summarizes the results of Tolman's latent learning experiment

which brain structure is involved in heart rate and respiration

A doctor determining whether an accident caused structural damage to the brain would use

counterconditioning lies at the heart of which therapeutic approach

A musician who signs a recording contract stops playing for fun. This is best explained by

psychogenic amnesia is an indication of which kind of psychological disorder

According to humanist theory, psychological disorders are most likely caused by

authoritarian parents demonstrate

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation experiment studied what developmental concept

An artist making a drawing could use which of the following to add depth to the picture

___________ provide a biological basis for empathy.

After repeated firings, neural connections are strengthened. What is this process

which newborn reflex helps infants find and eat food

what is the first step in any example of classical conditioning

Ryan suffers from constant, low-level arousal of his autonomic NS. He most likely suffers from

damage to the parietal region of the brain would most likely affect which sense

Knowledge of different categories of trees is an example of what type of long-term memory

children who suffer brain damage can regain function more quickly than older patients due to

Julie is more alert in the morning; John in the evening. This is because of differences in

Which best describes how neurons communicate with one another

Which personality theory is criticized for its overly optimistic view of human nature