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WorksheetsAP Psych
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What is the independent variable?
the thing you let stay the same
the thing you manipulate/change
what did william wundt do ?
founded the 1st psych lab
founded the first dog saliva experiment
break down the concept of dreams
what part of the brain did phineas gage damage?
parietal lobe
amyglada
frontal lobe
medulla
The axons of certain neurons are covered by a layer of fatty tissue that helps speed neural transmission. This is called the _____.
endorphin
myelin sheath
dendrite
reticular formation
Melissa has just completed running a marathon. She is so elated that she feels little fatigue or discomfort. Her lack of pain is probably the result of the release of _____.
dopamine
endorphins
ACh
GABA
The "emergency" part of the nervous system that prepares the body for "fight or flight" is the _____ branch.
peripheral
sympathetic
somatic
central
An axon transmits messages _____ the cell body, and a dendrite transmits messages _____ the cell body.
away from; away from
toward; away from
away from; toward
What effect do neurotransmitters from one neuron have on the next neuron?
they excite it
they have no effect
they may excite or inhibit it
they inhibit it
The successful functioning of children who have experienced a hemispherectomy best illustrates the value of _____.
Cognition
Plasticity
Apasia
Reputake
Which is the correct sequence in the transmission of a neural impulse?
axon - dendrite - soma - synapse
synapse - axon - dendrite - soma
dendrite - soma - axon - synapse
Heartbeat, digestion, and other self-regulating bodily functions are governed by the
Endocrine
Autonomic
Voluntary
Somatic
The effect of a drug that is an agonist is to ______.
Digest a neurons firing pattern
cause the brain to stop producing certain neurotransmitters
Mimic a particular neurotransmitter
Cause the brain to produce more of certain neurotransmitters
You are walking through a bad part of town, down a dark alley, and carrying a large amount of cash. Behind you, you hear a door open and close suddenly, and you immediately dive into a nearby trash container. The part of your brain responsible for your reaction is the _____.
Amyglada
Cerebellum
Pons
Medulla
Beginning at the front of the brain and moving toward the back of the head, down the skull and back around to the front, which of the following is the correct order of the cortical regions?
temporal lobe, frontal lobe, cerebellum, parietal lobe
cerebellum, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, cerebral cortex
front lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe
occipital lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, frontal lobe
Your grandmother has suffered from partial blindness since she had a stroke. Apparently the stroke damaged her ____
Temporal lobe
Reticular activation system
frontal lobe
Occipital
Damage to _____ will usually cause a person to lose the ability to comprehend language.
frontal lobe association areas
Aphasia
Wernickes area
The angular gyrus
After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she has suffered damage to her _____.
Cerebellum
Angular gyrus
Frontal lobe
Amyglada
A person who had difficulty _____ would be described as having Broca or Wernicke's aphasia.
Walking
communicating
Smelling
Jumping
Damage to the cerebellum would most likely result in ___
Reduction in emotional response
Heart stoppage or respiratory failure
A loss of hearing
A loss in muscular coordination
A split-brain patient has a picture of a knife flashed to her left hemisphere and that of a fork to her right hemisphere. She will be able to
Identify a fork using either hand
Identify the fork using her left hand
Identify a knife using her left hand
Identify a knife using either hand
The surgical procedure of cutting the corpus callosum is done in cases of ____
Severe seizures
Stroke
Brain lesions
Split personalities
Voluntary movements, such as writing and typing, are directed by the ____
Somatic nervous system
circulatory system
Endocrine system
Sympathetic nervous system
Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans and formulating moral judgements
Temporal lobes
brocas area
Occipital
frontal
The limbic system structure that regulates hunger is called the _____.
Hypothalamus
Amyglada
Pituitary gland
Broca area
Dr. Hardy is studying neurotransmitter abnormalities in depressed patients. She would most likely describe herself as a _____.
Biological psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Personality psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
The role of the _____ nervous system is to relax the body and return it to a lower level of arousal
Sympathetic
Parasympathetic
Limbic
Endocrine
Cells specialized to carry and process information are called _____.
Axons
Thalamus
Neurons
Dendrites
The "all-or-nothing response" refers to the fact that
Neurons are fire simultaneously
Nerve cells are continuously active
action potentials in a neuron occur completely or not at all
all the neurons in a particular lobe of the brain fire or none of them fire
Though there is no single "control center" for emotions, their regulation is primarily attributed to the brain region known as the _____.
Cerebellum
Limbic system
Medulla oblongata
Hippocampus
Which of the following changes would you expect to occur in someone whose frontal lobes were damaged in an accident?
reduced reasoning and planning abilities and changes in personality
No noticeable changes
Development of blank spots in the visual field
Reduced capacity to hear frequency sounds
The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving messages from other neurons is the _____.
Soma
Cell body
Dendrite
Myelin
The microscopic space between two neurons is called a(n) _____.
Synapse
Acetylcholine
Endorphins
Thalamus
A biological psychologist would be more likely to study
Life span changes in expression or emotions
How you learn to express emotions
How to help people overcome emotional disorders
The chemical change that accompany’s emotions
The visual cortex is located in the
Occipital lobe
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
The nerve fibers that enable communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres and that have been severed in split-brain patients form a structure called the _____
Corpus callosum
Parietal lobes
Association areas
Reticular formation
Which of the following is not a part of a neuron
soma
Axon
Synapse
dendrite
what is fixed ratio?
reinforcement provided after a specific number of responses. ( ex: when the toddler turns the page in a book every time or every 3rd time)
reinforcement provided after average number of responses ( ex: when the toddler turns the page in a book the mom praises verbally about every 4-6 page turned)
reinforcement provided after a specified length of time ( ex: after 2 minutes of the toddler sitting quietly in the car seat )
reinforcement provided after an average amount of time ( ex: after about every 2-5 minutes of the toddler sitting quietly in the car seat)
what is fixed interval?
reinforcement provided after a specific number of responses
reinforcement provided after average number of responses
reinforcement provided after an average amount of time
reinforcement provided after a specified length of time.
Lars, a shoe salesman, is paid every two weeks, whereas Tom receives a commission for each pair of shoes he sells. Evidently, Lars is paid on a _____ schedule of reinforcement, and Tom on a _____.
variable interval; variable ratio
fixed interval; fixed ratio
continuous; intermittent
After a response has been extinguished, it will often reappear after a short time has passed. This is called _____.
expectation checking
spontaneous recovery
extinction recovery
adaptiveness
You squirt your cat after she continually eats the house plants. This is an example of _____.
positive reinforcement
postive punishment
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
In Pavlov's experiment with dogs, the tone (prior to conditioning) was the _____.
unconditioned response
neutral stimulus
conditioned stimulus
unconditioned stimulus
what is a unconditioned stimulus?
something that elicits a natural, automatic reaction
reaction
an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with the UCS, come to trigger a response
the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus
Fishing is an example of a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
variable ratio
fixed interval
fixed ratio
variable interval
Jack finally takes out the garbage in order to get his father to stop pestering him. Jack's behavior is an example of _____.
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
positive punishment
positive reinforcement
The presentation of an aversive stimulus or the removal of a positive stimulus are both examples of _____.
reinforcement
latent learning
punishment
classical conditioning
Which of the following would be an example of spontaneous recovery?
a mom gives her son a sucker for being good in the grocery story
conditioning a text message tone
one graduating from highschool you never hear a bel again that is meant to change classes
a smell of a classmate reminds you of an past romantic relationship
Operant conditioning is to _____ as Classical conditioning is to _____.
pavlov; watsons
skinner; pavlov
watson; bandura
In Garcia and Koelling's studies of taste-aversion learning, rats learned to associate _____.
taste w electric shock
sights and sounds with sickness
taste and sounds with death
taste with sickness
In Pavlov's original experiment with dogs, salivation was the _____.
unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus
conditioned response
neutral response
In Watson's experiment on Little Albert, the loud noise was the _____ and the white rat was the _____.
CS; CR
CS; US
US; CS
CR; UR
Coach Bolden goes on a secret mission once a year. He is operating on a _____ schedule of reinforcement.
fixed interval
varibale interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
A response that leads to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is one being _____.
positively reinforced
positive punishment
negatively reinforced
extinguished
If the conditioned stimulus is presented many times without reinforcement, we can expect _____.
the strength of the UR to increase
extinction to occur
an increase in response generalization
the strength of the CR to increase
When you are first learning to play golf, you may hit one or two great shots in an entire round. You are being reinforced on what kind of partial reinforcement schedule?
variable interval
fixed interval
variable ratio
fixed ratio
On an intermittent reinforcement schedule, reinforcement is given _____.
before the behavior
only some of the time
randomly
in very small amounts
A team's coach who benches a player for poor performance is using _____.
positive reinforcement
positive punishment
negative punishment
negative reinforcement
Putting on your coat when it is cold outside is a behavior that is maintained by ____
punishment
classical conditioning
discrimination learninf=g
negative reinforcement
Leon's psychology instructor has scheduled an exam every third week of the term. This is an example of _____ schedule of reinforcement.
fixed ratio
variable interval
variable ratio
fixed interval
The manager of a manufacturing plant wishes to use positive reinforcement to increase productivity of the workers. Which of the following procedures would probably be the most effective?
employees who fail to meet standards of productivity receive pay cuts
employees are given immediate bonuses for specific behaviors related to productivity
a productivity goal that seems attainable is set for each employee, yet it is unrealistic
employees are given time off when their productivity is low
Classical conditioning experiments by Rescorla and Wagner demonstrate that an important factor in conditioning is _____
the subjects age
the predictability of an association
the strength of the stimuli
the similarity of stimuli
If your parents take away your cell phone for missing curfew, this would be an example _____.
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
negative punishment
modeling
In classical conditioning, learning is evident when a _____.
stimulus automatically produces a response without a prior history of experience
stimulus which did not initially produce a response now elicits that response
subject repeats an action he or she has observed in another and is praised for it
the learner does not respond to an unconditioned stimulus
Learning by imitating others' behavior is called _____ learning. The researcher best known for studying this type of learning is _____.
observational; watson
observation; bandura
secondary; skinner
As a child you were playing in the yard one day when a neighbor's dog wandered over. Your mother (who has a terrible fear of animals) screamed and snatched you into her arms. Her behavior caused you to cry. You now have a fear of dogs.
identify the US
your mothers behavior
your fear today
the dog
playing in the yard
In _____ reinforcement, the reinforcer follows every correct response.
intermittent
partial
negative
continuous
You teach your dog to fetch the paper by giving him a cookie each time he does so. This is an example of _____.
observational learning
classical conditioning
conditioned reinforcement
operant conditioning
Punishment is most effective in suppressing behavior when it is _____
immediate, consistent, and mild
delayed,inconsistent, intense
immediate, consistent, intense
immeditae, it varies, and is light
During extinction, the _____ is omitted; as a result, the _____ seems to disappear.
CS; UR
CS; CR
US; UR
US; CR
In which of the following may classical conditioning play a role?
the bodys immune response
helping drug addicts
all of the above
emotional problems
One difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning is that _____.
in operant conditioning the responses are reflexive
in classical conditioning the responses are automatically triggered by stimuli
in classical conditioning the responses operate on the environment to produce rewarding outcomes
in operant conditioning the responses are triggered by preceding stimuli
Which of the following schedules represents the highest and most consistent rate of response?
fixed ratio
variable ratio
variable interval
Reggie's mother tells him that he can play Fortnite after he cleans his room. His mom is using _____.
both of these
operant conditioning
neither of these
positive reinforcement
After watching the college football game Saturday, Joe and Jim went outside to throw the football around and make exciting plays just like what they saw on tv.
This is an example of _____.
operant conditioing
shaping
observational learning
classical conditioning
Freud stressed the role of _____ in shaping our personalities.
the unconscious
the stricture of our mind
the function of our brains
our history of rewards and punishment
Psychological theories...
do all of these
organize scientific observations
explain observed facts
generate hypothesis
"I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a _____ psychologist."
cognitive
learning
personality
developmental
The "father" of psychology and founder of the first psychological laboratory was
wilhelm wundt
sigmund freud
bf skinner
ivan pavlov
Professor Bolden observes and records the behavior of grocery shoppers as they select items to purchase. Which type of research is Professor Bolden employing?
naturalist observation
case study
experimentation
survey search
Who among the following can prescribe drugs to treat emotional problems, psychological disorders, etc.?
psychiatrist
school counselor
psychologist
social worker
Edward Titchener was concerned primarily with the study of
introspection
maldaptive behaviors
inherited traits
social relationships
A focus on the different marriage rituals practiced by members of different ethnic groups is of most relevance to the _____ perspective.
socio-cultural
evolutionary
psychodynamic
humanistic
The products of naturalistic observation are best described in terms of _____.
description
explanation
theory
prediction
The early school of psychology that employed the method of introspection was known as
structuralism
pragmatism
naturalism
pseudopsychology
Behaviorism helped make psychology a ___
science
haox
fad
specialty area
Understanding why fear of snakes may have contributed to the survival of our human ancestors is most relevant to the _____ perspective.
evolutionary
behavioral
biopsychology
psychodynamic
Which perspective would be most relevant to understanding the role of spaced practice on long-term memory of information?
cognitive
psychodynamic
socio-cultural
behavior genetics
Biopsychologists _____.
attempt to explain behavior in terms of biological or physical mechanisms
limit the scope of their study to animals
stress the unconscious aspect of behavior
are concerned with self acualization and free will
Debates as to whether alcohol abuse is biologically determined or culturally influenced are most relevant to the issue of
nature vs nurture
rationality v irrationality
behavior v mental processing
structuralism v functionalism
A scientific explanation that remains tentative until it has been adequately tested is a(n) _____
hypothesis
theory
experimental study
correlation coefficient
Understanding the extent to which personality is influenced by motives outside one's own awareness is most relevant to the _____ perspective.
psychodynamic
socio-cultural
structuralism
neuroscience
psychology is...
the scientific study of behavior and mental processes of any living creature
a natural science integrating physiology and neurology
the study of human origins, evolution, and cultures
the study of false assumptions of human behavior
Brain mechanisms involved in hunger and thirst would most likely be studied by a _____
biopsychologist
personality theorist
sensory psychologist
psychotherapist
In an experimental study of the extent to which mental alertness is inhibited by sleep deprivation, alertness would be the _____.
dependent variable
independent variable
control condition
extraneous variable
Which method offers the most reliable way of assessing whether athletic performance is boosted by caffeine consumption?
the experiment
the case study
the survey
naturalistic observation
A psychology teacher wants to determine whether computer-aided learning will produce higher standardized test scores than a usual lecture format. In this example, the independent variable is the _____.
method of instruction
test scores
students previous grades in psychology
individual students
If a researcher wanted to find out college students' political opinions, which of the following methods of research would be most appropriate to gather this information?
survey
naturalistic observation
correlational study
experiment
which of the following measures of central tendencies would be most affected by extreme scores?
range
median
mean
mode
Which type of research study would best be used to determine how aggressive children are while playing at a schoolyard during recess?
naturalistic observation
case study
experiment
introspection
_____ refers to providing each subject with a full and honest account of the true purposes of the research study, if the study involved deception.
debriefing
risk/gain assessment
informed consent
account of animal harm
In which type of research does the scientist have the most control over variables that might affect the outcome of the study?
experimental study
a case study
a correlational study
naturalistic observation
The essence of the experiment is to ...
use control to identify cause-and-effect connections
accurately calculate correlation
careful measurement and record keeping
ethical guidelines
If you could measure the height of each student in your AP Psych class and the amount of money that each person had in their pockets right now, you would expect to find...
a zero correlation
that taller people have more money
a negative correlation
a perfect positive correlation
Which of the following correlation coefficients would a statistician know, at first glance is a mistake?
+1.1
0.0
-0.2
0.07
A correlation of +.70 between children's physical height and their popularity among their peers indicates that...
higher levels of popularity among peers is associated with greater physical height in children
there is no statistically significant relationship between height and popularity in children
males are generally taller than girls
being unusually short or tall has a negative impact on children's popularity
Of the following topics, which would a cognitive psychologist be most likely to study?
problem-solving strategies in chess
conformity behavior in college students
genetic determinants of behavior
maturation processes of adolescents
Responding to a substance like a sugar pill as if it were a drug is called _____.
the placebo effect
pseudopsychology
variability
psychosomatic illness
If there is a positive correlation between the number of children a person has and their overall life satisfaction, we would find that people with more children...
are more satisfied with their lives than are people with fewer children
are less satisfied with their lives than they were before they had children
are no more or less satisfied than those with fewer children
consistently find less satisfaction with their lives
A set of exact procedures that represent particular variables are called _____.
operatonal definitions
case study
experimental measures
abstract definitions
- Remembering a fact correctly but attributing it to an incorrect source.
repression
regression
misattribution
suggestibility
- Distorting recollections to reflect a particular set of knowledge, beliefs and feelings.
transcience
denial
cognitive dissonance
bias
At what point of memory does unconscious encoding of incidental information like time and frequency take place?
rehearsal
spacing effect
effortful processing
automatic processing
the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system
sensory memory
implicit memory
rehearsal
explicit memory
The three steps in memory information processing are ___.
input,storage,retrieval
encoding,processing,output
encoding,storage, retrieval
input,processing,output
Which of the following is the best example of a flashbulb memory?
remembering what you were doing on 11/11/2001
suddenly remembering to buy bread while in checkout line
recalling the name of someone from high school when looking at a yearbook
remembering to make an important phone call
Lewis cannot remember the details of the torture he experienced as a prisoner of war. According to Freud, Lewis' failure to remember these painful memories is an example of _____.
retrieval failure
denial
repression
encoding failure
memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare
encoding
structuralism
implicit memory
explicit memory
encoding of meaning, including meaning of words
iconic memory
visual encoding
semantic encoding
consolidation
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse
short-term memory
natural memory
long-term memory
working memory
Forgetting is actually _____, where experiences are never relayed to parts of the brain associated with memories.
manipulated deja vu experiences
encoding failure
memory loss
soliloquies
The eerie feeling of having experienced something before is an example of _____.
deja vu
priming
state dependecy
encoding failure
Sound memory is referred to as _____.
explicit memory
context effect
iconic memory
echoic memory
The process of getting information out of memory storage is called_____.
retrieval
encoding
rehearsal
storage
A soldier who returns home after months of being at war in another country cannot remember gory details of his time there.
This is an example of what defense mechanism?
rationalization
reaction formation
peristance
repression
Visual sensory memory is referred to as _____.
state-dependent memory
iconic
echoic
semantics
A multiple-choice test is an example of what type of retrieval?
priming
recognition
relearning
recall
Information is maintained in short-term memory only briefly unless it is _____.
retrieved
iconic
important
rehearsed
Even a top baseball player will sometimes strike out on an easy pitch. When this happens, his next action may be to throw his bat or kick the water cooler.
This is an example of what defense mechanism?
resentment
repression
denial
displacement
According to the serial position effect, when recalling a list of words you should have the greatest difficulty with those _____.
at the end of the list
in the middle of the list
that require a number
at the beginning of the list
Failure to remember information and activities because of lack of attention during encoding.
regression
absent-mindedness
persistence
transcience
At what stage do we begin to make sense of our experience and place importance on it?
flashbulb
intrinsic maturation
encoding
retrieval
conscious repetition of information; to maintain it in consciousness, and to encode it for storage
priming
encode
rehearsal
cognition
The young wife, after a bitter conflict with her husband, gives up her marriage as a failure and returns to the home of her parents. She again takes on the role of the dependent child who expects unlimited love and indulgence.
This is an example of what defense mechanism?
regression
repression
projection
displacement
One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as _____.
organizing
storage training
consolidation
chunking
