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AP Psych Exam Cram Sheet Review

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 4hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Father of Psychology

a)

Wundt

b)

Watson

c)

James

d)

Pavlov

2.

Behaviorist; "Little Albert Study"

a)

Milgram

b)

Zimbardo

c)

Watson

d)

Bandura

3.

Operant conditioning

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Chomsky

c)

Jung

d)

Horney

4.

Hierarchy of needs; Humanism

a)

Maslow

b)

Binet

c)

Gage

d)

Erickson

5.

Monkeys studies; Attachment theory

a)

Harlow

b)

Watson

c)

Whorf

d)

Broca

6.

Creator of IQ test

a)

Binet

b)

Maslow

c)

Zimbardo

d)

Wundt

7.

Psychoanalytic theory; dream analysis; free association; psychosexual stages of development

a)

Freud

b)

Wernicke

c)

Lorenz

d)

Rogers

8.

Inferiority Complex

a)

Adler

b)

Horney

c)

Piaget

d)

Titchner

9.

Obedience study; ethics

a)

Milgram

b)

Pavlov

c)

Skinner

d)

Jung

10.

Stages of cognitive development

a)

Piaget

b)

Binet

c)

Maslow

d)

Milgram

11.

learning; environmental; nature

a)

behaviorism

b)

biological

c)

psychoanalytic

d)

humanistic

e)

gestalt

12.

physiology; genetics; nature

a)

behaviorism

b)

biological

c)

cognitive

d)

humanistic

e)

gestalt

13.

mental processes; computing and thinking

a)

behaviorism

b)

biological

c)

psychoanalytic

d)

humanistic

e)

cognitive

14.

unconscious conflicts

a)

cognitive

b)

biological

c)

psychoanalytic

d)

humanistic

e)

gestalt

15.

Which therapy? Free association, dream analysis

a)

behavior

b)

psychoanalytic

c)

cognitive

d)

humanistic

16.

Which therapy? Application of learning principles

a)

psychoanalytic

b)

cognitive

c)

behavior

d)

humanistic

17.

Which therapy? thoughts and behaviors

a)

cognitive

b)

psychoanalytic

c)

humanistic

d)

behavior

18.

Experiments: What is manipulated by the experimenter

a)

independent variable

b)

dependent variable

19.

Experiment: assumed to be affected by the IV; measured

a)

dependent variable

b)

independent variable

20.

Other variables that might influence the results

a)

dependent variable

b)

independent variable

c)

confounding variable

21.

Exposed to manipulation of independent variable

a)

experiment group

b)

control group

22.

an unaffected comparison group during an experiment

a)

control group

b)

experiment group

23.

a subject's behavior changes due to believed expectations to experiment

a)

subject bias

b)

researcher bias

24.

inactive substance unknowingly given in place of a drug

a)

placebo

b)

bias pill

25.

Who's Theory of Development? sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, formal

a)

Piaget

b)

Erickson

c)

Kohlberg

26.

Who's Theory of Development? preconventional, conventional, postconventional

a)

Piaget

b)

Erickson

c)

Kohlberg

27.

Who's Theory of Development? infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood

a)

Piaget

b)

Erickson

c)

Kohlberg

28.

Name the theory: just noticeable difference

a)

Weber

b)

Milgram

c)

primacy

d)

recency

29.

Name the theory: color determined by he relative activity in

red, blue, or green sensitive cones

a)

tri-chromatic

b)

place

c)

statistical

d)

prototype

30.

Name the theory: relates perceived pitch to region

a)

place

b)

frequency

c)

facial

d)

recency

31.

Name the theory: related pitch to the frequency

of sound waves and frequency of neuron firing

a)

place

b)

frequency

c)

feature

d)

prototype

32.

Name the theory: We sleep in order to

replenish

a)

adaptive

b)

restorative

c)

continuity

d)

Hull's

33.

Name the theory: reward and

punishment encourages and discourages responding;

a)

Hull

b)

Thorndike

c)

Gardner

d)

Premack

34.

Name the theory: enhanced memory for items

presented earlier

a)

primacy

b)

recency

c)

decay

d)

lingusitic

35.

Name the theory: enhanced memory for items

presented last

a)

primacy

b)

recency

c)

arousal

d)

Weber

36.

Name the theory: forgetting caused by learning similar

materials

a)

primacy

b)

recency

c)

decay

d)

Hull

37.

Name the theory: emotion is caused by bodily

changes

a)

Yerkes-Dodson

b)

James-Lange

c)

Cannon-Bard

d)

Weber

38.

Name the theory: emotional

expression caused by simultaneous changing bodily

event thoughts and feelings

a)

James-Lange

b)

Cannon-Bard

c)

Hull

d)

Thorndike

39.
What part of the brain is Letter C pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
40.
What part of the brain is Letter G pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Temporal Lobe
41.
What part of the brain is Letter D pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Cerebellum
42.
What part of the brain is Letter A pointing to?
a)
Temporal Lobe
b)
Parietal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Frontal Lobe
43.
What part of the brain is Letter A pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Medulla Oblongata
d)
Parietal Lobe
44.
What part of the brain is Letter D pointing to?
a)
Temporal Lobe
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Frontal Lobe
45.
What part of the brain is Letter F pointing to?
a)
Pons
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Medulla Oblongata
d)
Parietal Lobe
46.
What part of the brain is Letter B pointing to?
a)
Temporal Lobe
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
47.
What part of the brain is Letter B pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Medulla Oblongata
d)
Parietal Lobe
48.
What part of the brain is Letter E pointing to?
a)
Temporal Lobe
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Medulla Oblongata
d)
Parietal Lobe
49.
What part of the brain is Letter F pointing to?
a)
Pons
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Medulla Oblongata
d)
Parietal Lobe
50.
What part of the brain is Letter E pointing to?
a)
Frontal Lobe
b)
Temporal Lobe
c)
Occipital Lobe
d)
Parietal Lobe
51.

This lobe is responsible for visual perception and some short term memory.

a)

Temporal Lobe

b)

Occipital Lobe

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Sensory Cortex

52.

This lobe is responsible for smell and sound.

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Temporal Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

53.

This part of the brain is responsible for coordinating and regulating muscle movement. It resides in the back of the brain.

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Temporal Lobe

d)

Cerebellum

54.

What is the broad band of nerves that separates the two hemispheres of the brain?

a)

Corpus Callosum

b)

Cerebrum

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Thalamus

55.

This lobe has to do with your personality and behavior.

a)

Temporal Lobe

b)

Frontal Lobe

c)

Parietal Lobe

d)

Motor Cortex

56.

This lobe is responsible for your ability to sense touch, spatial reasoning, and language and memory.

a)

Parietal Lobe

b)

Occipital Lobe

c)

Temporal Lobe

d)

Motor Cortex

57.

This structure in your brain helps with hormones that control growth, metabolism, digestion, sexual maturity, and how we deal with stress.

a)

Thalamus

b)

Hypothalamus

c)

Pituitary Gland

d)

Corpus Callosum

58.
Which letter on the illustration represents the frontal lobe
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
59.

A patient is complaining of having a hard time seeing certain objects in space and recalling some words. What lobe could be damaged?

a)

Occipital Lobe

b)

Parietal Lobe

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Motor Cortex

60.

Your little brother grows 6 inches over the summer and is eating everything in sight. What could be causing this?

a)

Pituitary Gland

b)

Thalamus

c)

Hypothalamus

d)

Sensory Cortex

61.
What is this red area?
a)
Cerebrum
b)
Cerebellum
c)
Brain Stem
d)
Diencephalon
62.
What part of the brain controls hunger and thirst?
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Thalamus
c)
Pons
d)
Medulla Oblongata
63.

A patient is hit in the back of the head and possibly damaged his occipital lobe. What symptoms should he be on the lookout for?

a)

Trouble expressing his feelings and having mood swings

b)

Issues with processing sounds

c)

Spatial processing issues

d)

Trouble processing visual input

64.

This part of the brain consists of a left and right hemisphere and is responsible for coordinating all activity in the brain.

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Cerebellum

c)

Frontal Lobe

d)

Motor Cortex

65.
What hormone raises blood calcium levels?
a)
Epinephrine
b)
Calcitonin
c)
PTH
d)
T3 and T4
66.
Which neurotransmitter is involved in muscle movements?
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Endorphins
c)
Serotonin
d)
GABA
67.
Which neurotransmitter is released in response to stress and trauma?
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Endorphins
c)
Serotonin
d)
GABA
68.
Which neurotransmitter is involved in the "Fight of Flight" response?
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
Endorphins
c)
Norepinephrine
d)
Serotonin
69.
Which neurotransmitter inhibits brain activity?
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
GABA
c)
Endorphins
d)
Dopamine
70.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate:
a)
learning and memory
b)
pain and pleasure
c)
muscle movements
d)
sleep, moods/emotions
71.
Too much of this neurotransmitter can cause severe muscle spasms and even death
a)
Serotonin
b)
Endorphins
c)
Acetylcholine
d)
GABA
72.
Loss of Dopamine-producing neurons is a cause of:
a)
paralysis
b)
Parkinson's
c)
anxiety
d)
Alzheimer's
73.
Dysfunction of Norepinephrine can lead to:
a)
Anxiety disorders
b)
Painkiller addiction
c)
Schizophrenia
d)
Huntington's disease
74.
The release of this neurotransmitter is 100x more potent than any opiate (painkilling drug):
a)
Norepinephrine
b)
Serotonin
c)
GABA
d)
Endorphin
75.
Prozac works to combat depression by keeping this neurotransmitter in the synapse longer:
a)
Serotonin
b)
Acetylcholine
c)
GABA
d)
Endorphins
76.
This neurotransmitter is most often associated with pleasure/reward sensations:
a)
Acetylcholine
b)
GABA
c)
Dopamine
d)
Serotonin
77.
The depletion of Acetylcholine is associated with the following:
a)
Schizophrenia
b)
Huntington's
c)
Depression
d)
Alzheimer's