Ap Psychology Frequently missed questions

Which of the followings is a statistical approach concerned with forming conclusions about the effect of the independent variable in the dependent variable?

• Descriptive

• Correlation

• Inferential

• Factor analysis

• Qualitative

Brenda has never cheated on a psychology test, but she often does so on chemistry tests. She recently stole some merchandise from a local store, but she also returned a lost billfold along with 128 to its rightful owner. Walter Mischel would have suggested that this pattern of behavior should make psychologists more cautious about emphasizing the consistency of :

• Personal control

• Reciprocal determinism

• Unconditional positive regard

• Defense mechanisms

• Personality traits

The trait of optimism is most closely related to a strong sense of:

• gender identity

• personal control

• Conditional positive regard

• reciprocal determinism

• free association

Mateo is hostile, aggressive, and socially destructive. According to Carl Rogers, this pattern results from:

• The collective unconscious

• An internal locus of control

• Cultural influences

• Reciprocal determinism

• Inborn personality traits

Georgi believes she is capable of playing extremely well in the volleyball game scheduled for tonight. Albert Bandura would most likely say that Georg's expectations for this task reveal

that she is exhibiting high:

• Self Esteem

• Self actualization

• Self-efficacy

• Self-monitoring

• Self-observation

What choice expresses the most similarity between the work of the Hans Eysenck and the work of

Costa and McCrae?

• Both asserted that unconscious processes are a significant factor in determine behavior

• Both observed that extraversion and neuroticism are prominent trait that guide behavior

• Both saw traits as more learned through early children- conditioning than determined through inheritance.

• Both rejected biological factors in determining behavioral traits

• Both tend to focus on situational variations as determining behavioral acts

In most psychological research, a p-value of ____________ Indicates a statistically significant

relationship between the independent and dependent variables.

• Higher than 1.0

• Less than 0.05.

• High than 0.05

• Less than 0.5

• Between 0.05 and 1.0

According to psychoanalytic theory, one of the important functions of the ego is to:

• Facilitate gratification of desires at an appropriate time

• Govern behavior prior to the development of the superego and the id

• Achieve immediate gratification of desires

• Satisfy the demands of the ego

• Acts as the conscience of the individual

Using factor analysis, ________ was able to reduce personality to 16 key traits

• Allport

• Cattell

• Eysenck

• Freud

• Maslow

Identity the contributor who theorized personality is influenced by psychological perception, social factors, and personal behaviors.

• Bandura

• Freud

• Rogers

• Allport

• Maslow