AP Psychology Exam Review

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

• Social-cultural

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Functionalist

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

• evolutionary analysis.

• behaviorism.

• the nature-nurture issue

• natural selection.

Which of the following professionals is also a medical doctor?

• Psychiatrist

• Psychologist

• Counselor

• Biiologist

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

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

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

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

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

Who developed the theory of "Functionalism?"

• Wundt
• Titchener
• Freud
• James

Having the patient be self-reflective (looking inward), and training them to report elements of their experience.  

• structuralism
• introspection
• functionalism
• psychometrics