AP Psych Cumulative Review #1- History, Perspectives, Research Methods, Bio

Approach to psychology that focuses on how people can reach their full personal potential...goal is self-actualization

• humanism
• behaviorism
• psychodynamic
• functionalism

Research design where one  specific group of people or person is studied in detail through interviews, file reviews, etc.  Not generalizable. 

• case study
• naturalistic evaluation
• experiment
• correlation

Professor Ober carefully monitors and records the behaviors of children on school playgrounds to track the development of their physical skills. Professor Ober is engaged in:

• experimentation. 
• replication. 
• survey research.
• naturalistic observation. 

This person introduced the concept of using reinforcement to increase the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated. It applied to pigeons, rats and humans in casinos.

• Carl Rogers
• John Watson
• Ivan Pavlov 
• B.F. Skinner 

Which "school" of psychology focused on components of the conscious experience?

• humanism
• behaviorism
• structuralism
• functionalism

Describe the correlation in the graph shown.

• Strong Negative
• Strong Positive
• Weak Negative
• Weak Positive

The brighter the lights in a grocery store, the more money people will spend.  Which research method would be best to study if these variables are related? 

• Survey
• Correlational 
• Case Study
• Naturalistic Observation 

Which of the following is the strongest correlation coefficient?

• -.80
• +.72
• -.14
• 0

Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different styles of parenting are encouraged among various ethnic communities?

• cognitive
• psychodynamic
• social-cultural
• biological

Which part of a neuron receives the messages

• Axon terminal
• Cell Body
• Dendrites
• Somatic Nervous Axon