AP Psych Fall Final Review 2023

Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Psychodynamic

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

Which perspective suggests that an imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior?

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• B. F. Skinner

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud
• Abraham Maslow
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Humanism
• Evolutionary

Of the following, who was a behaviorist?

• B. F Skinner
•  John Watson
• Wilhelm Wundt
• William James

What theory states that all knowledge should be collected through the senses/observation/experimentation?

• empiricism

• structuralism

• functionalism

• introspection

When members of the control group believe they are getting better without the trial treatment, it is called

• the hindsight bias

• the tarantula effect

• the placebo effect

• a false positive

In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment being studied.

• experiemental group

• random sampling

• control group

• confounding variable