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AP Psychology Review

Total questions: 127

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
psychoanalysis
a)
Maslow
b)
Freud
c)
Erikson
d)
Jung
e)
Rogers
2.
published first psychology textbook
a)
Chomsky
b)
Erikson
c)
Wundt
d)
Titchener
e)
Fechner
3.
humanism
a)
Rogers and Maslow
b)
Frued and Skinner
c)
Wundt and Jung
d)
Skinner and Chomsky
e)
Asch and Milgram
4.
Conformity Experiment
a)
Stanley Milgram
b)
Solomon Asch
c)
Muzafer Sherif
d)
Wilhelm Wundt
5.
Robber's Cave Experiment
a)
Milgram
b)
Sherif
c)
Asch
d)
All of the above
6.
Stanford Prison Experiment
a)
Milgram
b)
Asch
c)
Zimbardo
d)
Freud
e)
Skinner
7.
Hierarchy of Needs
a)
Malfoy
b)
Maslow
c)
Martin
d)
Muzafer
e)
McAdams
8.
Behavioralism Founder:
a)
Freud
b)
Skinner
c)
Maslow
d)
Wundt
9.
which part of the brain regulates body temp., emotions, and hunger
a)
hypothalamus
b)
cerebellum
c)
pituary gland
d)
amygdala
10.
Part of the brain that controles breathing
a)
cerebellum
b)
Brain stem
c)
Hippocampus
d)
Reticular Formation
11.
First branch of Psychology
a)
Humanism
b)
Psychoanalysis
c)
Structurealism
d)
behaviorism
12.
Excess of dopamine causes...
a)
depression
b)
parkinson's disease
c)
schizophrenia
d)
specific phobia
e)
alzheimer's disease
13.
What is the third tier in Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
a)
Self-actualization
b)
Esteem needs
c)
Safety needs
d)
Belongingness and Love needs
e)
Physiological needs
14.
Low levels of serotonin can cause...
a)
eating disorders
b)
obssesive thoughts
c)
insomnia
d)
anxiety
e)
depression
15.
Founder of Structuralism
a)
Carl Jung
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Your Boy noah
d)
william wundt
16.
Phobias can best be treated with...
a)
Behavioral psychology
b)
Cognitive Therapy
c)
Sleep Therapy
d)
Biomedical Therapy
e)
Aversion Therapy
17.
In a neuron, what is the role of the axon
a)
controls the body
b)
release neurotransmitters
c)
protective covering
d)
receives messages
e)
sends messages
18.
Does a neuron have a nucleus?
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
maybe
d)
definite probability of a maybe
e)
it's too small to tell
19.
CBT is best used for:
a)
Depression
b)
Schizophrenia
c)
OCD
d)
Eating disorders
e)
Anxiety
20.
what role does the ego play in frueds personality perspective
a)
instant gratification
b)
morality principle
c)
mediates the other two
d)
controls all function and thoughts
e)
wants cookies
21.
Part of the neuron that Sends signals
a)
Dendrites
b)
myelin sheath
c)
synapses
d)
axon terminal
22.
BF Skinner is best known for:
a)
Psychoanalysis
b)
Behavioralism
c)
Structuralism
d)
Humanism
23.
The parasympathetic nervous system is...
a)
"fight or flight"
b)
"rest and digest"
24.
Positive Punishment
a)
adds to decrease
b)
minus to decrease
c)
add to increase
d)
minus to increase
25.
Negative Punishment
a)
adds to decrease
b)
minus to decrease
c)
add to increase
d)
minus to increase
26.
Positive Reward
a)
adds to decrease
b)
minus to decrease
c)
add to increase
d)
minus to increase
27.
Negative Reward
a)
adds to decrease
b)
minus to decrease
c)
add to increase
d)
minus to increase
28.
What are Freud's psychosexual stages in order?
a)
Oral, phallic, Latency, Genital, Anal
b)
Phallic, Oral, Genital, Latency, Anal
c)
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
d)
Genital, Latency, Phallic, Anal, Oral
29.
The sympathetic nervous system is...
a)
"rest and digest"
b)
"fight or flight"
30.
In the James-Lange theory of emotion...
a)
emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions
b)
emotions occur as a result of psychologial reactions
c)
emotions occur at the same time as psychological reactions
d)
emotions occur before physiologial reactions
31.
What is B.F Skinner known for...
a)
Operant conditioning
b)
Classical conditioning
c)
Client-centered therapy
d)
Group therapy
32.
Bobo the Clown was part of what experiment?
a)
Bandura and observational learning
b)
Harlow and fear conditioning
c)
Frued and emotional interpretaion
d)
Skinner and cognition
33.
Piaget's stages in order:
a)
Sensorimotor- Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational
b)
Sensorimotor- Formal Operational- Pre-operational- Concrete-Operational
c)
Concrete Operational- Sensorimotor- Formal Operational- Pre-operational
d)
Formal Operational- Sensorimotor- Pre-operational- Concrete
34.
Humanistic approach...
a)
study of behaviour
b)
stduy of how culture affects social life
c)
the study of the person as a whole
35.
You are hungry for cookies because of what part of the brain?
a)
Serotonin
b)
Amygdala
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Hippocampus
36.
In psychoanalytic psychology, you don't like cookies because...
a)
you always had them in a loving home
b)
your mother was never around to provide love, or cookies
c)
you had a bad batch once
d)
you were fat as a child and ate all the cookies you wanted
37.
Which of these is part of the psychoanalytic approach?
a)
Client-centered Therapy
b)
Aversive Conditioning
c)
Free association
d)
Gestalt therapy
38.
Who developed the first school of psychology
a)
Frued
b)
Rogers
c)
Jung
d)
Wundt
e)
Gestalt
39.
Social facilitation example
a)
Someone in a group project slacks off.
b)
Someone plays better in a basketball team when there's a large crowd.
c)
Someone's views grow more extreme after meeting like-minded people.
40.
What is the function of rods
a)
color vision
b)
light vision
c)
protect the eye
d)
41.
Label the Ear #4
a)
stirrup
b)
semicircular canals
c)
incus
d)
auditory canal
42.
Label the Ear #9
a)
ear drum
b)
stapes
c)
incus
d)
malleus
43.
Label the Ear #10
a)
cochlea
b)
ear drum
c)
stapes
d)
malleus
44.
Label the Ear #3
a)
cochlea
b)
semicircular canals
c)
ear drum
d)
stapes
45.
tendency to mentally fill in gaps
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure ground
e)
continuity
46.
tendency to group things together that appear near each other
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure ground
e)
continuity
47.
tendency to group things together based off of looks
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure ground
e)
continuity
48.
monozygotic
a)
identical twins
b)
fraternal twins
49.
dizygotic
a)
identical twins
b)
fraternal twins
50.
A teratogen can be harmful to
a)
mothers
b)
children
c)
fathers
d)
embryos
51.
Absolute threshold is:
a)
Smallest amount of energy required to detect a stimulus
b)
Smallest amount of energy required to detect a difference in stimuli
c)
How people perceive stimuli
d)
How the brain processes sight
52.
pathway of sound
a)
sound, pinna, auditory canal, hammer/anvil/stirrup, ear drum, oval window, cochlea, auditory nerve, temporal lobe
b)
sound, pinna, auditory canal, ear drum, hammer/anvil/stirrup, oval window, cochlea, auditory nerve, temporal lobe
c)
sound, pinna, auditory nerve, ear drum, hammer/anvil/stirrup, oval window, cochlea, auditory canal, temporal lobe
d)
sound, oval window, auditory canal, ear drum, hammer/anvil/stirrup, cochlea, auditory nerve, pinna, temporal lobe
53.
tendency to mentally form a continuous line
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure ground
e)
continuity
54.
Pathway of light:
a)
cornea- aqueous humor-pupil-lens-vitreous humor- retina-optic nerve-brain-occipital lobe
b)
cornea-pupil-aqueous humor- vitrous humor-lens- retina- optic nerve- brain-occipital lobe
c)
pupil-cornea-lens-aqueous humor-vitreous humor- optic nerve- retina- brain-occipital lobe
d)
retina-optic nerve-cornea-lens-vitreous humor-aqueous humor-brain-occipital lobe
55.
Everything is due to behavior, even our thoughts. What school of psychology am I in?
a)
Cognitive-Behavioral
b)
Social-cognitive
c)
Biomedical
d)
Behavioral
e)
Psychodynamic
56.
Unconditioned stimulus
a)
brings a response that doesn't need to be learned
b)
natural response
c)
stimulus that doesn't evoke response
d)
once neutral, now elicits a response
57.
Conditioned stimulus
a)
brings a response that doesn't need to be learned
b)
natural response
c)
stimulus that doesn't evoke response
d)
once neutral, now elicits a response
58.
Unconditioned response
a)
brings a response that doesn't need to be learned
b)
natural response
c)
stimulus that doesn't evoke response
d)
once neutral, now elicits a response
59.
Conditioned response
a)
brings a response that doesn't need to be learned
b)
natural response
c)
stimulus that doesn't evoke response
d)
once neutral, now elicits a response
60.
developed 1st IQ test
a)
Gardner
b)
Sternberg
c)
Flynn
d)
Binet
61.
Carls age is 15 his mental age is 20 whats his IQ
a)
133.3
b)
75
c)
125
d)
66.6
62.
What is the Flynn Effect?
a)
Old people are not smart
b)
We are the smartest generation
c)
The need to update IQ tests as we gain more knowledge
d)
Where Flynn affected something
63.
Insight therapies...
a)
decrease a person's awareness of motives
b)
increase a person's awareness of motives
c)
exposes people to simulations
d)
transfer emotions towards other relationships
64.
Every behavior stems from the childhood.
a)
Behavioral
b)
Psychoanalytic
c)
Cognitive
d)
Humanistic
65.
The median of ,5,3,4,9,15,4,8, 6,4, is
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
7
66.
On a normal bell curve, how much of the population falls under 1 standard deviation from the mean?
a)
50
b)
68
c)
95
d)
99
67.
validity
a)
skewed results
b)
correlational results
c)
accurate results
d)
consistent results
e)
causation results
68.
reliability
a)
skewed results
b)
correlational results
c)
accurate results
d)
consistent results
e)
causation results
69.
oldest part of the brain
a)
hindbrain
b)
midbrain
c)
forebrain
70.
reticular formation
a)
thirst
b)
hunger
c)
attention
d)
sleep
71.
Dreams occer in
a)
Stage 4 sleep
b)
Stage 1 sleep
c)
REM Sleep
d)
Stage 3 sleep
72.
3 parts of the hind brain
a)
cerebellum
b)
medulla
c)
amygdala
d)
pons
73.
What is the unconscious
a)
ideas, thoughts that we are aware of
b)
ideas, thoughts we are not aware of
c)
desires
d)
values and morals
74.
The limbic system is sometimes called:
a)
Hindbrain
b)
Amygdala
c)
Reptillian brain
d)
Emotional
75.
When you have eaten too many cookies, what hormone tells your brain to tell you to stop?
a)
ghrelin
b)
leptin
c)
the sugar from the cookies
d)
your stomach hurts
76.
The id is...
a)
receive pleasure and avoid pain
b)
unconscious thoughts
c)
morals and values
d)
urges and desires
77.
Which part of the brain that, when severed in rats, causes them to be docile?
a)
Medulla
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Amygdala
d)
Corpus callosum
78.
The frontal lobe is
a)
at the back of the brain and deals with hearing
b)
on the right side and is for subjective thinking
c)
up front and deals with conscious thought
d)
in the spinal cord and deals with sensory input
79.
organize info into objects that stand apart from surrounds
a)
closure
b)
proximity
c)
similarity
d)
figure ground
e)
continuity
80.
blockage of airways in thoat during sleep
a)
Narcolepsy
b)
Apnea
c)
Night terrors
81.
REM sleep can be described as...
a)
rapid eye movements
b)
fast pulse
c)
most dreams occur
d)
revitalizes memory
82.
We know exactly what causes our bodies to need sleep
a)
it's the thanksgiving turkey
b)
no
c)
yes
d)
its the all-nighters from highschool catching up
83.
Sleep spindles occur in:
a)
Stage 1
b)
REM
c)
Stage 2
d)
Stage 4
84.
Why is there a blind spot in the back of the eye?
a)
Because the optic nerve is in the way.
b)
Because there is no optic disk.
c)
The optic disk has no photoreceptors.
85.
measured variable
a)
dependent
b)
independent
c)
confounding
d)
placebo
86.
manipulated variable
a)
dependent
b)
independent
c)
confounding
d)
placebo
87.

Label the Brain: #1

a)

parietal lobe

b)

Motor cortex

c)

Sensory cortex

d)

Cerebellum

88.

Label the Brain: #2

a)

corpus callosum

b)

Wernicke's Area

c)

Broca's Area

d)

ocipital lobe

89.

Label the Brain: #3

a)

hippocampus

b)

brain stem

c)

amygdala

d)

Broca's Area

90.

Label the Brain: #4

a)

hypothalmus

b)

ocipital lobe

c)

Wernicke's Area

d)

temperal lobe

91.

Label the Brain: #5

a)

midbrain

b)

spinal cord

c)

brain stem

d)

thalmus

92.

Label the Brain: #6

a)

cerebellum

b)

spinal cord

c)

Wernicke's Area

d)

cerebrum

93.

Label the Brain: #7

a)

brain stem

b)

Motor cortex

c)

amygdala

d)

spinal cord

94.

Label the Brain: #8

a)

spinal cord

b)

Broca's Area

c)

brain stem

d)

corpus callosum

95.

Label the Brain: #9

a)

medulla

b)

spinal cord

c)

temperal lobe

d)

amygdala

96.

Label the Brain: #10

a)

pons

b)

corpus callosum

c)

brain stem

d)

amygdala

97.

Label the Brain: #12

a)

pituitory gland

b)

brain stem

c)

Broca's Area

d)

hippocampus

98.

Label the Brain: #13

a)

frontal lobe

b)

brain stem

c)

midbrain

d)

cerebrum

99.

Label the Brain: #14

a)

thalmus

b)

Wernicke's Area

c)

hypothalmus

d)

hippocampus

100.

Label the Ear #1

a)

cochlea

b)

outer ear

c)

eustranian tube

d)

tympanic membrane

101.

Label the Ear #2

a)

semicircular canals

b)

eustranian tube

c)

auditory canal

d)

tympanic membrane

102.

Label the Ear #3

a)

semicircular canals

b)

outer ear

c)

tympanic membrane

d)

cochlea

103.

Label the Ear #4

a)

stapes

b)

ear drum

c)

auditory canal

d)

cochlea

104.

Label the Ear #6

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

auditory canal

c)

outer ear

d)

eustranian tube

105.

Label the Ear #7

a)

semicircular canals

b)

cochlea

c)

ear drum

d)

eustranian tube

106.

Label the Ear #8

a)

outer ear

b)

semicircular canals

c)

auditory canal

d)

ear drum

107.

Label the Ear #9

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

ear drum

c)

anvil

d)

malleus

108.

Label the Ear #10

a)

auditory canal

b)

semicircular canals

c)

incus

d)

hammer

109.

Label the Ear #4

a)

stirrup

b)

semicircular canals

c)

incus

d)

auditory canal

110.

Label the Ear #9

a)

ear drum

b)

stapes

c)

incus

d)

malleus

111.

Label the Ear #10

a)

cochlea

b)

ear drum

c)

stapes

d)

malleus

112.

Label the Ear #3

a)

cochlea

b)

semicircular canals

c)

ear drum

d)

stapes

113.
Negative punishment is typically associated with:
a)
Classical conditioning
b)
Operant conditioning
c)
Phobias
d)
Shaping
114.
Noah rings a bell and feeds his dog chocholate, this is...
a)
animal abuse
b)
operant conditioning
c)
a positive reward
d)
clasical conditioning
115.
Reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a desired behaviour is called
a)
classical conditioning
b)
cognitive therapy
c)
shaping
d)
pyschopharmacology therapy
116.
Jerry has watched his mom make cookies his entire life. When he moved out, he started making them with out instructions. How?
a)
He used obseravtional learning without knwoing it
b)
His friend taught him
c)
He youtubed it
d)
He had known all along
e)
He never really knew how, his cookies suck
117.
Reuptake
a)
reabsorbtion of neurotransmitters
b)
a neurotransmitter going to several neurons
c)
a dendrite taking multiple neurotransmitters
118.
SSRI's do what
a)
stop the reuptake if adrenaline
b)
stop the reuptake of melatonin
c)
stop the reuptake of serotonin
d)
stops the reuptake of absolutely no neurotransmitters
119.
Flooding is...
a)
gradual exposure
b)
sudden exposure
c)
classical conditioning
d)
operant conditioning
120.
Aversive conditioning is used in which school of psychology?
a)
CBT
b)
Behavioralism
c)
Psychoanalitic
d)
Cognitive
e)
Humanism
121.
Hue won't give Gary any cookies. What type of punishment is this?
a)
Inhumane
b)
horrible
c)
negative punishment
d)
positively horrible punishment
e)
the worst thing ever
122.
What is Hans Eyesenk best known for?
a)
Trait theory
b)
Type theory
c)
MBTI
d)
Id, ego, superego
123.
Which is the correct order for a Normal Distribution?
a)
Mean, Median, Mode
b)
Median, Mode, Mean
c)
Median, Mean, Mode
d)
Mode, Median, Mean
e)
They are all the same
124.
which is the correct order for a Positive Skew?
a)
Mean, Median, Mode
b)
Median, Mode, Mean
c)
Median, Mean, Mode
d)
Mode, Median, Mean
e)
They are all the same
125.
which is the correct order for a Negative Skew?
a)
Mean, Median, Mode
b)
Median, Mode, Mean
c)
Median, Mean, Mode
d)
Mode, Median, Mean
e)
They are all the same
126.
Jack is told to do a set of boring tasks with what payment will make the task seem most enjoyable
a)
If he's given 10$
b)
If he's given 1$
c)
If he's given 20$
d)
If he's given 50$
127.
Systematic desentalization helps
a)
people to overcome depression
b)
helps people overcome drug abuse
c)
helps people overcome phobias
d)
helps people easily socialize