AP Exam Prep 2024

Marissa is a good tennis player whose

performance seems to improve as the crowd

watching her gets larger. The best explanation for

this phenomenon is

• the bystander effect

• misattribution

• social facilitation

• self-serving bias

Using a mathematical formula to find the solution to a problem is an example of

• elaborative rehearsal

• a means-end analysis

• insight

• an algorithm

It is important for researchers to use precise

operational definitions when

• they want to ensure that conditions are

  assigned randomly

• they want to be able to replicate the

  experiment

• they want to organize the hypotheses

  appropriately

• they are conducting an experiment with no

  independent and dependent variables