AP Psych Review: Units 1&2

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility?"

• Psychodynamic

• Socio-cultural

• Behavioral

• Humanistic

Put the process for firing a neuron in the correct order.

• Refractory Period

• Dendrite receives neurotransmitter

• Neural Impulse travels down the Axon

• Threshold is reached

• Axon terminal releases neurotransmitters

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

• Evolutionary Analysis

• Nature v. Nurture

• Natural Selection

• Behaviorist Model

Which of the following domains evaluate and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders?

• Developmental

• Education

• Clinical

• Personality

Which perspective would agree with the following: "Change your thoughts, change your life"?

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive

• Behaviorist

• Evolutionary

Psychology is defined as the

• Science of mental phenomena

• Science of behavior

• Science of conscious and unconscious activity

• Science of behavior and mental processes

Part of the Autonomic Nervous that calms you down

• Sympathetic

• Parasympathetic

• Central

• Peripheral

Endocrine glands secrete hormones directly into

• Dendrites

• Synaptic Gaps

• Axon Terminals

• Bloodstream

When positive ions enter the neuron and make it susceptible to fire an action potential

• Polarization

• Depolarization

• Resting Potential

• Action Potential

Neurotransmitter that promotes action potential

• Excitatory

• Inhibitory

• Agonist

• Antagonist