AP Psych Exam Review 2A

When Kyle was younger he would let his dog roam free on walks in the country. The dog would get excited every time Kyle would say the word "walk". As he got older he started to use a leash whenever he would take his dog for a walk.  Before he left the house, he would attach the leash to the dog's collar and say the word "walk". Now, every time the dog hears the sound of the leash, he gets excited, and Kyle doesn't need to say the word "walk". What is the conditioned stimulus in this scenario?

• Kyle

• The Collar

• The Leash

• The word "walk"

• The dog

A classroom of kids would misbehave on the playground during recess. Towards the middle of the school year, the teachers started to get sick of the bad behavior that the kids were displaying on the playground during recess. To mend this issue of bad behavior, the teachers decided that they were going to start giving extra homework to those kids who were behaving poorly. What kind of operant conditioning theory is this?

• Negative Punishment

• Negative Reinforcement

• Positive Reinforcement

• Positive Punishment

• Classical Conditioning

Bineg albe to raed tihs secntene is an empalxe of...

• Sensation

• Top-Down Processing

• Bottom-Up Processing

• Parallel Processing

• opponent process theory

Jake's house smells like cat pee so people don't come to his house; Jake has had cats for 3 years though and claims there is no smell in his home.  What is this an example of?

• Selective attention

• figure ground perception

• Sensory adaptation

• perception

• Clairvoyance

Alex's parents are confused by her extreme changes in moods. For example, for about a week or so, she will act depressed then the next week she may act manic and be bursting with ideas and energy. Which disorder would Alex most likey be diagnosed with?

• Bipolar Disorder

• antisocial personality disorder 

• autism spectrum disorder 

• major depressive disorder 

• Manic Disorder

Alex sits in the same seat, in the same classroom, with the same teacher everyday. She is a gets good grades on most tests, and usually does not have any trouble remembering information from the lessons. However, when taking the final exam, she is put in a new seat in a new classroom with a different teacher and is having a very hard time remembering any of the information she learned in class. What is Alex experiencing?

• lack of regognition capabilitys 

• recall deficiency 

• retrospective memory loss

• mood congruent memory

• state dependent memory

Lately 85-year-old Jim has been having trouble remembering where he is and little bits of his life seem to be fading. His doctor wants to diagnose him with Alzheimer’s disease. What type of scan would best support his diagnosis?

• Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

• PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan

• fMRI (Functional MRI)

• CT (Computer Tomography) Scan

• Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Lately Jonas has started to drink coffee every morning before work. What could explain why this will wake him up faster?

• Coffee beans have caffeine in them, which works as a stimulant and speeds up neural activity.

• Coffee is a depressant and works in a reverse method to wake her up.

• Coffee beans are hallucinogens and stimulate her brain faster than normal.

• The beans in the coffee accelerate the digestive system which sends signals to the brain.

• None of the Above.

May got pulled out of class and was told that her grandfather died. She is taken over with sadness and is experiencing lots of strong emotions. What part of the limbic system controls this?

• Dentrities

• Cerebellum

• Hypothalamus

• Hippocampus

• Amygdala

Once Reese hits her 3rd mile she gets a runners high. This makes it much easier for her to finish the race. Runners high is a result of what neurotransmitters release? 

• serotonin

• Dopamine

• Endorphins

• GABA

• inner neurons