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WorksheetsAP Psychology S1 Final Review
Total questions: 124
Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins
This perspective says that behavior has an adaptive or survival value.
evolutionary
humanistic
positive
social
An industrial-organizational psychologist would study the
cognitive development of adults
effectiveness of management training
industrialization of the United States
recreational activities in a community center
Georgia wants to use her knowledge of psychology to help employees become more productive in the workplace. Which field of psychology should Martha select?
industrial-organizational
clinical
educational
developmental
Which would a cognitive psychologist study?
Conformity behavior of students
Genetic determinants of behavior
Problem-solving strategies in chess
Maturational processes in adolescent development
The historical movement associated with the statement “the whole may exceed the sum of its parts” is:
Parapsychology
Depth cues
Functional psychology
Gestalt psychology
Regina George (from the movie Mean Girls) is mean to her mother and gets what she wants, so she continues to be mean. This is an example of which approach?
Humanistic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Psychoanalytic
Sociocultural
Token economies would be use by which type of psychologist?
Behavioral
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Evolutionary
4,5,5,2,3,3,2,8
3, 5, 7, 4, 3, 1
7.3, 2.9, 1.5, 0.6, 3.8
At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the MODE.
12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10
10
12
10 and 12
No Mode
A disadvantage of longitudinal studies is that
personality traits do not remain constant across the life span
participants who drop out during the course of the study may be different in important ways from ones who don't drop out
unfamiliarity with testing situations can put older participants at a disadvantage
A teacher finds the distribution of scores on a final exam to be positively skewed with low variability. On the basis of this information, the teacher would be most justified in concluding that
the exam was too difficult
the exam was too easy
the exam was just right
A test has a mean of 80 with a standard deviation of 4. Which of the following scores is within one standard deviation of the mean?
75
77
86
90
In a normal distribution, which is true about the area that falls between one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean?
It contains the bottom 50% of the distribution.
It contains the middle 50% of the distribution.
It contains the bottom 68% of the distribution.
It contains the middle 68% of the distribution.
The scatter plot below shows the number of books read by students in Mrs. Hall’s English class and their final grades. Which statement represents the best description about the line of best fit?
A) The more books students read, the lower their English grade.
B) The more books students read, the higher their English grade.
C) The fewer books students read, the higher their English grade.
D) No relationship exists between the number of books students read and their English grades.
What type of correlation (association)?
The outside temperature and the amount of layers you wear.
A) Positive correlation
B) Negative correlation
D) No correlation
Estimate the correlation coefficient for this scatterplot.
A) r = -0.9
B) r = 1
C) r = 0.9
D) r = -1
Describe the correlation in the graph shown.
A) Strong Negative
B) Strong Positive
C) Weak Negative
D) No Correlation
Estimate the correlation coefficient for this scatterplot.
A) r = 1.2
B) r = 0.89
C)r = 0
D) r = -0.89
Which of the following is the strongest correlation?
-.93
-.17
.23
.84
Standard deviation is a measure of how much...
A normal person's behavior changes in a given time
Two sets of score vary together
Difference there is between the highest and lowest score in a sample
Scores in a group differ from the mean of that group
Scores from a sample differ from that of the population
In order to prove a cause-and-effect relationship, we must use
•naturalistic observation.
the experimental method
human subjects
correlation coefficients
Which of the following methods best limits the influence of unknown variables in an experiment?
Random assignment
Debriefing
Stratified Sampling
Subject matching
Correlational study
Which of the following research approaches would be best for testing the hypothesis that the presence of certain odors causes people to gamble more?
Experimental
Naturalistic Observation
Correlational
Survey
Case study
Which of the following is used to reduce the effects of confounding variables in experiments?
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
An algorithm
Random assignment
Students from a journalism class ask only their friends to participate in a school newspaper survey and neglect to ask the rest of the student body. The journalism students' data may not be generalizable due to...
A lack of debriefing
Sampling bias
Participant bias
Social desirability bias
Placebo effects
Ethical principles developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) help ensure that human participants in psychological research...
Get paid for their time and trouble
Have not participated in similar research in the past
Are protected from physical and psychological harm
Understand the ypotheses of the researcher before they take part
Keep the purposes of the research project confidential
Testing Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors at the beginning of the school year demonstrates which research design?
longitudinal
naturalistic observation
case study
cross-sectional
Does a reason have to be given to withdraw from a study?
Yes
No
I carry out research on chemical weapons. I test some chemicals on people who are in prison. Some want to withdraw from the experiments but I don't let them. They're prisoners so I can do what I want to them. Which ethical research rule have I not respected?
informed consent
cause no harm
right to withdraw
confidentiality
deceptive practices
This machine is uses electrodes attached to one's scalp to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain.
MRI
CAT
PET
electroencephalograph
What does Wernicke's Aphasia affect
vision and hearing
all senses
speech and language comprehension
smelling and speech
Which part of the brain helps to control emotions, especially fear and rage?
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Occipital Lobe
Medulla
Pons
Difficulty in typing smoothly on a keyboard would most likely result from damage to the
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Pituitary gland
Lateral ventricle
Cerebellum
Which are of the brain is not well developed until after three years of age, offering a possible explanation for infantile amnesia?
Hypothalamus
Cerebellum
Pons
Thalamus
Hippocampus
This controls sleep, breathing, and hearing. It is part of the brain stem
corpus callosum
thalamus
pons
limbic system
In extreme cases, surgically severing the corpus callosum is a treatment for which of the following conditions?
Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Narcolepsy
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Major depressive disorder
In the figure above, where do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have their initial effect?
A
B
C
D
E
Alexa is presenting a project in front of her class. She starts sweating and her heart rate increases. This is an example of the autonomic nervous system, sympathetic division.
True
False
Testosterone is linked with aggressive behavior.
True
False
A polygraph machine is often called a “lie detector,” although it does not detect lies. Instead, it responds to changes in....
autonomic arousal
genetic makeup
motivational level
cognitive states
Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of alertness when someone nearby mentions your name?
reticular formation
cerebellum
hypothalamus
amygdala
medulla
In the human eye, rods are to _________, as cones are to ________.
light/ color
color/ light
monochromat/ dichromat
dichromat/ monochromat
lens/ iris
A reason that one typically does not notice a blind spot in the visual field
the blind spot is too small
most stimuli affect only one visual hemisphere
the blind spot habituates to a stimulus when the head is held still
the brain fills in missing information so there is no awareness the visual field is incomplete
A sound is often detected by one ear more intensely and a fraction of a second earlier than it is detected by the other ear. These cues help individuals determine the
pitch
absolute threshold
location of the source
frequency
Jill has to wear an eye patch over one eye. Which cue would she use to make judgments about the distance objects are from her?
Convergence
Linear Perspective
Binocular disparity
Closure
If you are expecting an important text message, you are much more likely to notice the sound as soon as the message arrives. This best illustrates...
priming
signal detection theory
difference threshold
absolute threshold
Weber's law
Which of the following types of cells are located in the brain's occipital lobe?
cochlea cells
feature detectors
rods and cones
bipolar cells
Frequency theory best explains _______, while place theory best explains ________.
how we process red, green, and blue light; why we experience color afterimages
how we perceive low-pitched sounds; how we perceive high-pitched sounds
how touch sensations involve more than tactile stimulation; why stroking a pressure spot leads to the sensation of a tickle
how phantom limb sensations occur; how stimulation of the larger fibers in the spinal cord stop pain
The Visual Cliff experiment revealed that infants had developed _____
depth perception
visual receptors
ganglion cells
selective attention
Which is the correct path a neural impulse will follow through the different layers of the retina?
Bipolar cells, ganglion cells, rods and cones, optic nerve
Rods and cones, ganglion cells, bipolar cells, optic nerve
Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve
Ganglion cells, bipolar cells, rods and cones, optic nerve
The fact that we don't read the two "the's" in this image demonstrates how our expectations can override our sensory input. What is this process called?
Bottom-Up Processing
Top-Down Processing
Selective Attention
Inattentional Blindness
what Gestalt rule makes these black shapes look like a panda with no connecting lines?
Proximity
continuity
closure
similarity
What gestalt principal lets me know that black chess pieces are in a different group than white chess pieces?
Continuity
Closure
Similarity
proximity
Which statement about the perception of taste is true?
Older adults experience decreases in sense of smell making it difficult to perceive flavor
The primary tastes are spicy, sour, salty, bitter, and sweet.
Taste receptors are located exclusively on the tip of the tongue.
Infants do not perceive taste until 12 months old
A type of snoring in which the person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more.
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy
Microsleep
Insomnia
The inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep.
Insomnia
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy
Microsleep
Drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system. Amphetamines, Cocaine, Nicotine, Caffeine.
Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogenics
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as _______
alcohol
cocaine
valium
tranquilizers
Which psychoactive drug increases nervous system activity?
cocaine
alcohol
morphine
barbiturates
In which stage do vivid dreams occur?
REM
NREM-1
NREM-2
NREM-3
Which disorder is characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, in which a sufferer may slip directly into REM sleep
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep Apnea
Night Terrors
Which is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
Decreased pain sensation and decreased anxiety
The experience of vivid, distorted images that are not based on sensory input
Slower bodily functions
The experience of brief euphoria followed by a depressive state
Her fear has been
Behavior: Stanley gets straight As
Consequence: Parents release him from his grounding
+ reinforcement
-- reinforcement
+ punishment
-- punishment
Elaborative memory
Your teacher asked you what you did this weekend. You state "I went to the Yankees game and a Broadway play." This is an example of ________ memory.
semantic
episodic
procedural
personal
A basic assumption underlying short-term memory is that it is
unlimited in capacity
limited in capacity
long-lasting
resistant to decay
Hermann Ebbinghaus tested his memory using combinations of three-letter nonsense syllables. Which of the following graphs best represents his findings about the relationship between forgetting and time?
In Elizabeth Loftus’ study of memory reconstruction in which students viewed films of an automobile accident, the major influence on recall was the....
number of pictures the students were shown of the accident
location of the accident
wording of questions the students were asked about the accident
sex and age of student
Learning how to swim would be an example of which type of memory?
procedural
short-term
semantic
sensory
Jayla reads her history assignments and tries to memorize each fact. Emma studies by trying to relate the new information to things she has experienced or seen in movies. Emma scores better due to differences in
selective attention
source monitoring
levels of processing
clustering
Genie was a girl who endured abusive and neglectful conditions and was deprived of language exposure until she was rescued at age 13. Despite remediation, Genie was unable to learn to speak fluently. Historically, this case study was used to demonstrate the effects of....
critical periods
temperament
linguistic determinism
cognitive dissonance
According to research by Fergus I. M. Craik and Endel Tulving on levels of processing, which of the following would most improve the ability to recall the word “umbrella”?
Mentally spelling the word “umbrella”
Deciding whether an umbrella would be useful to pack for a trip
Counting the number of syllables in the word “umbrella”
Deciding whether the word “umbrella” rhymes with the word “banana”
A disadvantage of using Alfred Binet’s concept of mental age in assessing intelligence is that....
it is inappropriate for adults
it is based on a negatively skewed distribution
its norms are no longer appropriate
it produces unreliable test results among rural children
Charles Spearman’s concept of g is most accurately defined as...
a single, underlying intellectual capacity measured by intelligence tests
a specific type of performance that is affected by intelligence
the ability to create novel solutions to complex situations
Michael, who has an IQ of 60, is able to do complex calculations in his head, regardless of the size of the numbers. When he is with his family and friends, he does not engage socially; he focuses on his numerical calculations. Which of the following best describes these characteristics?
Savant Syndrome
Antisocial personality disorder
Downs Syndrome
Giftedness
Research on stereotype threat indicates that students might not do as well as they can on a test if
other students perceive them to be of a minority ethnic group
the group taking the test is not ethnically diverse
they are informed that people of their ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on the tests
Which of the following is the best example of fluid intelligence?
Reciting the names of all the continents in the world without looking at a map
Using cubes to figure out the solution to a previously unseen puzzle
Giving an adequate definition of a difficult word
Which of the multiple intelligences posited by Howard Gardner is most closely related to the concept of emotional intelligence?
linguistic
intrapersonal
spatial
kinesthetic
