Units 1-7 AP Psych Review

“I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist.”

• Cognitive
• Biological
• Developmental
• Evolutionary 

In order to replicate an experiment one must:

• Use control groups and experimental groups
• Use statistics to determine the effect of chance
• Control for the effects of extraneous variables
• Repeat the experiment using either identical or improved research methods

To investigate the effects of a particular study method on student performance, two different methods are tried, each with a different group of subjects. If only the experimenter knows which method is under investigation, the procedure being used is described as:

• Double-blind
• Single-blind
• Self-fulfilling prophecy
• Representative sampling

  Abraham Maslow proposed a need to develop one’s potential and be the best that one can be. This concept is known as:

• Self-image
• Self-concept
• Self-esteem
• Self-actualization

Freud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined by:

• The first year of life
• Forces in the personality that often unconscious
• Needs for love and self-esteem
• The drive for self-actualization

Heartbeat, digestion and other self-regulating bodily functions are governed by the:

• Voluntary nervous system
• Autonomic nervous system
• Sympathetic nervous system
• Somatic nervous system

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Voluntary movements, such as writing with a pencil, are directed by the:

• Sympathetic nervous system
• Somatic nervous system
• Parasympathetic nervous system
• Autonomic nervous system

Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands are called:

• Agonists
• Neurotransmitters
• Antagonists
• Hormones 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

The gland that regulates body growth is the:

• Adrenal gland
• Thyroid gland
• Hypothalamus
• Pituitary

The technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer images of structures within the brain is called:

• CT scan
• PET scan
• MRI
• fMRI