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WorksheetsAP Psychology Review 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is considered a Humanistic Psychologist?
a)
Freud
b)
Skinner
c)
Ivan Pavlov
d)
Maslow
2.
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.
a)
iconic memory
b)
implicit memory
c)
echoic memory
d)
working memory
3.
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.
a)
relearning
b)
chunking
c)
encoding
d)
priming
4.
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in highly emotional group situations in which people feel anonymous.
a)
conformity
b)
deindividuation
c)
prejudice
d)
groupthink
5.
In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?
a)
It is correlated with dreaming.
b)
It leads to a marked increase in muscle tone.
c)
It alternates with NREM sleep in 30 minute cycles.
d)
It occurs during the first half of an individual's sleep cycle.
6.
Group polarization is the tendency for
a)
a group to become divided on an issue.
b)
a group's opinion to strengthen after discussion with like-minded people.
c)
a group to become extreme in their viewpoints when challenged.
d)
a group to bond during a difficult circumstance.
7.
The process of getting information out of memory storage.
a)
recall
b)
rehearsal
c)
priming
d)
retrieval
8.
The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response.
a)
memory
b)
encoding
c)
priming
d)
chunking
9.
Consistently, we find low self-esteem is often related with high levels of depression. This means
a)
low self-esteem causes depression
low self-esteem causes depression
b)
depression causes low self-esteem
depression causes low self-esteem
c)
low self-esteem and depression are caused by a third factor
low self-esteem and depression are caused by a third factor
d)
they are correlated but this does not prove causation
they are correlated but this does not prove causation
10.
In a set of studies, Ivan Pavlov first touched a dog lightly on the side of its body and a few seconds later placed vinegar on the dog's tongue. The vinegar made the dog salivate. After several pairings of touch and vinegar, the dog began to salivate as soon as it was touched and before it was given the vinegar. In these studies which of the following with the conditioned stimulus?
a)
Touch to the body
b)
Vinegar on the tongue
c)
Salivation to the touch
d)
Salivation to the vinegar
11.
The minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time.
a)
Just noticeable differrence
b)
difference threshold
c)
psychophysics
d)
absolute threshold
12.
Estimate the correlation coefficient
a)
r=-1
b)
r=1
c)
r=-0.5
d)
r=0.5
13.
A client whose improvement during therapy is the result of his or her expectation of improvement rather than the result of the therapy itself is showing
a)
a placebo effect
b)
catharsis
c)
negative transference
d)
tardive dyskinesia
14.
The removal of an aversive agent after a desired behavior is related to:
a)
Classical Conditioning
b)
The Law of Effect
c)
Negative Reinforcement
d)
Positive Reinforcement
15.
Known as the "Little Brain" and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements
a)
Thalamus
b)
Reticular Formation
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Cerebellum
16.
The book that defines and gives criteria for mental health disorders is called...
a)
APA 3
b)
CDC 10
c)
DSM 5
d)
DCA 6
17.
Controls hearing, and language comprehension
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
18.
The ____ is a measure of the degree of variation among a set of scores from each other.
a)
mean
b)
scatterplot
c)
standard deviation
d)
normal distribution
19.
Damage this and you won't form new memories
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Hippocampus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Thalamus
20.
Controls motivational behaviors, including: feeding, fight-flight response, and fornicating
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Amygdala
c)
Reticular Formation
d)
Hypothalamus
21.
Person has speech that makes sense, but the person has difficulty speaking
a)
Broca's Aphasia
b)
Wernicke's Aphasia
c)
Visual Agnosia
d)
Neglect Syndrome
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