AP Psychology Exam Review

____________ refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits

• nature

• nurture

A neurons reaction of either firing (with a full length response) or not firing.

• all-or-none response

• refractory period

• threshold

• action potential

Generally speaking, heritability is the extent to which

• differences among people are accounted for by genes.

• An individual's traits are due to genes or the environment.

• differences among people are due to the environment.

• differences among people are due to their cultural heritage.

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

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• B. F. Skinner

Which of the following best explains heredity?

• The idea that it is our biological components that determine how we will develop.

• The idea that is how we are raised that determines how we will develop.

• The study of how our environment and a person's behavior that impact how our genes work.

• A measurement to determine how much variation there is in a population when it comes to a population's genes.

All the parts of the nervous system except the brain and spinal cord.

• Central Nervous System (CNS)

• Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

• Autonomic nervous system

• Somatic nervous system

They study psychological growth & development throughout the lifespan.

• forensic psychologist

• developmental psychologist

• rehabilitation psychologist

• social psychologist

A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 

• behaviorist
• humanist
• socio-cultural psychology
• psychoanalyst

Diya is looking at a normal distribution of scores. Roughly what percentage should be expected to occur within 2 standard deviations (SDs) of the mean?

• 99.7

• 75

• 68

• 95

• 34

Which of the following are parts of neurons?

• brain, spinal cord, and vertebral column
• dendrite, axon, and cell body
• sensory and motor dendrites
• dendrite, medulla and myelin sheath