AP Psychology Exam

Which of the following processes is likely to result in the best memory for words?

• visual encoding

• acoustic encoding

• rote memorization

• semantic encoding

Your friend told you that eating chocolate was shown to improve memory recall. You may later recall this “fact” but forget where you heard it. You assume that you heard it on the news, a credible source, so you begin eating chocolate. Your behavior best illustrates

• implicit memory.

• mood-congruent memory.

• source amnesia.

• retroactive interference.

• motivated forgetting.

Which of the following psychologists is best known for their work on social learning theory?

• A) Sigmund Freud

• B) B.F. Skinner

• C) Albert Bandura

• D) Carl Rogers

What is the term for the phenomenon where people are less likely to help a victim when other people are present?

• A) Social loafing

• B) Bystander effect

• C) Groupthink

• D) Deindividuation

Which psychological concept refers to the discomfort we feel when our beliefs and actions are inconsistent?

• A) Cognitive dissonance

• B) Confirmation bias

• C) Social facilitation

• D) Fundamental attribution error

In the context of social psychology, what does the term 'ingroup bias' refer to?

• A) Favoring members of one's own group

• B) Discriminating against outgroup members

• C) Preferring individual work over group work

• D) Avoiding group conflict

Which of the following is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy?

• A) Believing you will fail a test and then failing

• B) Studying hard and passing a test

• C) Ignoring a problem until it goes away

• D) Helping others and feeling good about it

What is the term for the tendency to attribute others' behaviors to internal factors while attributing our own behaviors to external factors?

• A) Actor-observer bias

• B) Self-serving bias

• C) Fundamental attribution error

• D) Just-world hypothesis

Which of the following best describes the 'foot-in-the-door' phenomenon?

• A) Agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request

• B) Refusing a large request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a smaller request

• C) People are more likely to comply with requests from authority figures

• D) People are more likely to help when they are in a good mood

What is the term for the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them?

• A) Informational social influence

• B) Normative social influence

• C) Social facilitation

• D) Group polarization