AP Psychology Final Review

Excessive dopamine is to ____________ as too little dopamine is to _____________.

• Parkinson's disease; schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia; Parkinson's disease
• Antisocial personality disorder; schizoid personality disorder
• Schizophrenia; depression

Researchers have linked a decrease in acetylcholine to which disease?

• Parkinson's
• schizophrenia
• depression
• Alzheimer's

Receives sensory information and relays it to the proper part of brain for further processing

• Hypothalamus
• Reticular Formation
• Cerebellum
• Thalamus

The oldest part of the brain

• Brainstem
• Cerebral Cortex
• Limbic System
• Forebrain

The ego avoids anxiety by believing impulses coming from within are really coming from other people. 

• Projection
• Reaction Formation
• Denial
• Rationalization

Refers to redirecting a forbidden desire into a socially acceptable desire

• Displacement
• Sublimation
• Reaction Formation
• Rationalization

Confirmation bias refers to the tendency to:

• Allow preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning
• Cling to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
• Search randomly through alternative solutions when problem solving
• Look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs

Negative reinforcement _______ the rate of a response; punishment ______ the rate of a response.

• Increases; decreases
• Decreases; increases
• Decreases; decreases
• Increases; does not affect

Micah really enjoyed his mom’s homemade apple pie, and he would have a huge slice every time she baked it. When he went to visit a friend, he tried a piece of apple pie that his friend’s mom had made. Unfortunately, it was terrible. Now Micah will only eat his mom’s apple pie; if anyone else offers him a piece of pie he politely turns them down. Micah’s behavior toward apple pie illustrates the concept of:

• Stimulus discrimination
• Stimulus generalization
• Noncontingent reinforcement
• Observational learning

It is characteristic of robins to build nests. This is an example of:

• a set point
• homeostasis
• a drive
• an instinct