AP Psych Midterm Review

Which perspective would be most useful when explaining how people from different countries express anger?

• Psychodynamic 
• Behavioral 
• Social- cultural 
• Biological 

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

• John Locke 
• Sigmund Freud 
• Francis Bacon
• John B. Watson 

Which of the following perspective is most likely to address how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts?

• Behavioral 
• Psychodynamic 
• Humanistic 
• Cognitive 

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

• Evolutionary analysis
• Behaviorism 
• The cognitive revolution
• The nature-nurture issue

According to the behaviorist perspective, psychological science should be rooted in what?

• Introspection 
• Obsevation
• Cultural influences 
• Growth potential 

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

• Behavioral 
• Functionalist 
• Humanistic 
• Structuralist 

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

• Theory 
• Hypothesis
• Guess
• Operational definition 

Which of the following is most important when conducting survey research?

• Choosing a representative sample
• Choosing a large sample
• Choosing a biased sample
• Choosing a sample whoes answers will likely support your hypothesis

Which of the following questions is best investigated by means of a survey?

• 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?

When a distribution of scores is skewed, which of the following is the most representative measure of central tendency?

• Inference 
• Standard deviation 
• Mean 
• Median