AP Psych Midterm Review

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Which perspective would be most useful when explaining how people from different countries express anger? Options: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, Social- cultural, Biological

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Social- cultural

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Who coined the term "tabula rasa" (Blank slate) to help explain the experience has on shaping an individual?

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John Locke

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Which perspective addresses how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts? Options: Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Cognitive

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Cognitive

Front

The debate about the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as what?

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The nature-nurture issue

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According to the behaviorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what? Introspection, Cultural influences, Growth potential

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Observation

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The study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptance needs best describes which school of psychology?

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Humanistic

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A testable prediction that drives research is known as a(n)?

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Hypothesis

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Which of the following is most important when conducting survey research? Options: Choosing a representative sample, Choosing a large sample, Choosing a biased sample, Choosing a sample whose answers will likely support your hypothesis

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Choosing a representative sample

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Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey? Options: Is IQ related to grades?, Does extra sleep improve memory?, Are students more likely to be politically liberal or conservative?, What is the best way to study for AP Tests?

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Are students more likely to be politically liberal or conservative?

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When a distribution of scores is skewed, which of the following is the most representative measure of central tendency? Inference, Standard deviation, Mean, Median

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Median