WorksheetsIntroduction to AP Psychology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
According to one theory of psychology, many people have mental illnesses because their maladaptive behaviors have proven rewarding for them in the past and thus have been continued. This belief is consistent with which of the following models?
Behavioral
Biological
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Sociocultural
Malia is 10 years of age, and her grandmother, Anna Rosa, is 60 years old Which statement is likely to be true concerning their sleep patterns?
Anna Rosa is more likely than Malia to have night terrors
Anna Rosa sleeps fewer hours per day than Malia does
Anna Rosa spends more of her sleep time in deep sleep than Malia does
Anna Rosa spends more of the night dreaming than Malia does
Anna Rosa and Malia have the same sleep patterns.
People listening to rock music played backward often perceive an evil message if specifically told what to listen for. That phenomenon best illustrates
parapsychology
complementary afterimages
perceptual constancy
top-down processing
perceptual adaption
Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in which of the following problems?
Aphasia
Increased aggression
A loss of vision
A loss of motor coordination
A change in personality
A test that is valid must
have scores that fit a normal curve
be reliable
be normed in a random sample
reveal important information about the concept being assessed
predict future behavior
Which of the following best describes the graph above?
Histogram
Frequency distribution
Normal distribution
Positively skewed distribution
Negatively skewed distribution
Jack believes that aliens are using electrical fields to steal thoughts from his head. It is most likely that Jack will be diagnosed with which of the following types of disorders?
Dissociative
Schizophrenia or other schizo-affective
Somatic Symptom
Anxiety
Sleep-wake
Emiko’s cat often meows for food. Emiko decides to eliminate the behavior by feeding the cat only when it does not meow. Over the next few weeks, she sometimes ignores the cat when it meows. Other times, she feeds the cat when it meows. Which of the following is the most reasonable prediction to make about the cat’s meowing for food?
It will disappear due to extinction
It will decrease overall but not extinguish.
It will remain unchanged due to a continuous schedule of reinforcement.
It will increase due to a variable schedule of reinforcement
It will increase due to positive punishment.
Lee is about to skydive for the first time. He interprets his racing heart to be the result of his eager anticipation and excitement. This best represents which theory of emotion?
Cannon-Bard
James-Lange
Drive reduction
Schachter’s two factor
Arousal
Which of the following scenarios is the best example of the mere-exposure effect?
After tasting a soft drink for the first time, Frank immediately decides it is his favorite drink
A year after beginning her exercise program, Georgina wants to expand her regimen.
Hal begins to like a certain sports car after seeing it frequently on the road, even though he did not like the car at first.
Kristy initially thinks her new neighbor is attractive, but once she becomes better acquainted with him, she finds him less appealing.
After going away to college, Joy finds she is less and less interested in spending time with her old friends from high school.
Georgi believes she is capable of playing extremely well in the volleyball game scheduled for tonight. Albert Bandura would most likely say that Georgi’s expectations for this task reveal that she is exhibiting high
self-esteem.
self-actualization.
self-efficacy.
self-monitoring.
self-observation.
Treating a patient for Parkinson’s disease includes administering a chemical that will lead to increases in the patient’s
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
acetylcholine
norepinephrine
dopamine
serotonin
Projective tests, such as the Rorschach inkblot test, have been justifiably criticized as tools for assessing personality because
it is difficult for the examinee to deceive the examiner.
they elicit only obvious information from the examinee.
they have not been found to be reliable and valid.
the stimuli for the tests are not standardized.
they provide a label for one’s psychological well-being
To determine whether a cause-effect relationship exists between two variables, a researcher must use
descriptive statistics.
naturalistic observation.
an experimental approach.
a correlational study.
a meta-analysis
A basic assumption underlying the definition of groupthink is that
more reasonable decisions are made by groups than by individuals
group members desire peace and harmony within the group
group members are primarily interested in their own advancement within the group.
decisions made by groups of people tend to be more extreme than those made by individuals.
leadership positions within a group should be rotated among all members
Which of the following concepts refers to the structure and organization of a sentence?
Phoneme
Morpheme
Syntax
Semantics
Lexicon
The overjustification effect has led some psychologists to question the value of
set point theory.
framing.
locus of control theory.
intrinsic motivation.
extrinsic motivation.
Which of the following behaviors is most clearly associated with Jean Piaget’s concrete operational stage?
Sally thinks everyone’s favorite color is blue, because it is her favorite color.
Tom received the highest grade in his philosophy course.
Gracie forgets about her toy because it is under her blanket.
Nikos can consider both the height and width of a container.
Ava does not like being around unfamiliar people.
Matthew’s parents are physicists, and so are the parents of several of his best friends Therefore, Matthew believes that many people are employed as physicists Matthew’s reasoning is based on
the availability heuristic
the conjunction fallacy.
the representativeness heuristic
risky decision making.
a mental set.
Harry Harlow found that when infant monkeys were startled or frightened, they preferred a cloth surrogate mother over a wire mother who had food The baby monkeys’ response indicated that
the amygdala develops earlier in rhesus monkeys than in humans.
contact comfort was more important to them than food.
rhesus monkeys do not develop normally with artificial food sources.
being raised with a terry cloth mother leads to an insecure attachment style.
they had not developed object permanence.
Introspection, a research tool used by early psychologists, is a technique which involves
correlational analysis.
machines designed for cognitive analysis.
survey methodology.
self-examination of mental processes.
teaching participants to multitask.
Research has shown that the optimal arousal level of an individual performing a given task is
the level at which the person feels most comfortable.
the level at which the person feels least comfortable.
seldom an intermediate level
related to task difficulty.
unrelated to task difficulty
The right occipital lobe receives visual information from the
entire retina of the left eye.
entire retina of the right eye.
entire retina of both eyes.
left half of both retinas.
right half of both retinas.
Which of the following types of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions?
Fluid
Crystallized
Bodily kinesthetic
Creative
Practical
A clinical psychologist believes that Caroline’s problems stem from the lack of consistency between her self-concept and reality According to the psychologist, this discrepancy makes Caroline feel anxious and threatened Caroline’s psychologist most likely adheres to which of the following orientations?
Client-centered
Psychoanalytic
Behavioral
Gestalt
Cognitive
