Free Printable Mock exam review AP Psych

1.

What type of neurons carry outgoing information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands?

a)

sensory neurons

b)

motor neurons

c)

interneurons

d)

non of the above

2.

What type of neurons carry incoming information from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord?

a)

motor neurons

b)

interneurons

c)

sensory neurons

d)

all of the above

3.

Which neurotransmitter is linked to pain control and pleasure?

a)

dopamine

b)

serotonin

c)

endorphins

d)

acetylcholine

4.

Which brain region is a large band of neural strands that connects the two hemispheres in the brain and carries messages between them?

a)

occipital lobe

b)

temporal lobe

c)

hypothalamus

d)

corpus callosum

5.

Which word describes the ability of the brain networks to change through growing and organizing?

a)

neural communication

b)

neuroplasticity

c)

changing

d)

rearranging

6.

which term best describes the process of calming down after danger/stress?

a)

neurpolasticity

b)

sensory adaptation

c)

transduction

d)

parasympathetic nervous system

7.

Who influenced research related to the location of personality in the brain?

a)

Abraham Maslow

b)

Phineas Gage

c)

Ivan Pavlov

d)

Carl Jung

8.

Physiological responses such as high blood presure, increase in heart rate and sweating realte to which system?

a)

sympathetic nervous system

b)

parasympathetic nervous system

c)

cognitive system

d)

central nervous system

9.

Which of the flowing is the process where neurons transmit message through dendrites to another cell?

a)

axons

b)

action potential

c)

neural communication

d)

dendrite potential

10.

A step by step procedure to follow in order to get a solution/final result

a)

prototye

b)

divergent thinking

c)

algorithm

d)

heuristic

11.

My grandmother remembering to take her medication at night or my mom remembering to collect her package from the store next Tuesday, best fits which of the following?

a)

Prospective memory

b)

linguistic determinism

c)

convergent memory

d)

priming

12.

Which of the following is more effective for long term retention?

a)

explicit memory

b)

iconic memory

c)

automatic processing

d)

deep processing

13.

The definition below BEST defines which of the following words, "This is the brain's way of processing information into the memory system, which gives us the ability to store and recall information."

a)

long term memory

b)

encoding

c)

storage

d)

parallel processing

14.

Alex needs to reach something on a high shelf in her kitchen and usually has someone much taller get it for her. She is about to give up but eventually decides to climb up on one of her kitchen chairs and is able to reach the item. Alex had to overcome which of the following in order to come to this solution?

a)

fixation

b)

confirmation bias

c)

functional fixedness

d)

belief perseverance

15.

What is automatic processing?

a)

This is like muscle memory where3 aft4r doing something for many times, eventually you are able to do it successfully without putting much thought into it.

b)

This is encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

c)

The persistence of learning through encoding, storage and retrieval of information

d)

The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

16.

What is the main difference between deep processing and shallow processing?

a)

Deep processing encodes based on meaning and association, shallow processing encodes based on a word's structure.

b)

deep processing occurs more quickly than shallow processing

c)

shallow processing occurs before deep processing

d)

shallow processing is automatic

17.

In order to remember the new vocabulary words you are learning, you write down an example of how that word is present in your own life. On the day of the test, one problem contains a similar scenario and you are able to remember which word applies. Which method of cognition was used?

a)

sensory memory

b)

semantic encoding

c)

parallel

d)

working memory

18.

What is the variable called that a research manipulates in an experiment?

a)

dependent variable

b)

extraneous variable

c)

independent varialbe

d)

confounding variable

19.

What is a common way of controlling extraneous variables in an experiment?

a)

single-blind procedure

b)

random assignment

c)

double-blind procedure

d)

using animal subjects

20.

A study of watching the feeding behavior of a group of wild monkeys in Brazil would be an example of

a)

an experiment

b)

a correlation

c)

a survey

d)

a naturalistic observation

21.

Standard deviation is a measure of

a)

central tendency

b)

range

c)

dispersion

d)

inference

22.

Which of the following is NOT one of the key characteristics of a true experiment?

a)

The manipulation of a variable

b)

holding everything apart from the variable

c)

all participants experience all experimental conditions

d)

the measurement of changes caused by the manipulation of a variable.

23.

Sally goes on a walk with her dog. Whenever she goes on a walk, she passes by and exotic plant that smells really bad, and it always maker her feel sick. One day, she was watching National Geographic and she saw the exotic plant. She suddenly felt really sick and threw up.

The unconditioned stimulus was

a)

her dog

b)

the smell

c)

the sight of the plant

d)

her feelings of sickness

24.

Sally goes on a walk with her dog. Whenever she goes on a walk, she passes by and exotic plant that smells really bad, and it always maker her feel sick. One day, she was watching National Geographic and she saw the exotic plant. She suddenly felt really sick and threw up.

The unconditioned response was

a)

the smell

b)

Her feeling happy that she is on a walk

c)

her dog

d)

her feelings of sickness

25.

Sally goes on a walk with her dog. Whenever she goes on a walk, she passes by and exotic plant that smells really bad, and it always maker her feel sick. One day, she was watching National Geographic and she saw the exotic plant. She suddenly felt really sick and threw up.

The conditioned stimulus was:

a)

the sight of the plant

b)

the smell of the plant

c)

her dog

d)

her feelings of sickness

26.

Sally goes on a walk with her dog. Whenever she goes on a walk, she passes by and exotic plant that smells really bad, and it always maker her feel sick. One day, she was watching National Geographic and she saw the exotic plant. She suddenly felt really sick and threw up.

The conditioned response was

a)

vomiting

b)

her feeling happy on the walk

c)

the smell

d)

the sight of the plant

27.

To stop her mom's nagging about being messy, Alexa cleaned her room. She noticed her mom stopped nagging her once she did that, so Alexa is going to clean her room more often. This is an example of...

a)

positive reinforcement

b)

positive punishment

c)

negative reinforcement

d)

negative punishment

28.

An example of a variable ratio schedule of reinforcement is

a)

slot machines

b)

rat getting food whenever they press a button 5 times

c)

customers get a free coffee with every 10 coffee purchases

d)

checking your email because you are expecting a college decision letter

29.

Mark gives his daughter fake money when she does her chores. She can later exchange that money for things like candy. What is this an example of?

a)

negative punishment

b)

token economy

c)

positive punishment

d)

availability heuristic

30.

Whenever Billy Bob claps twice, the lights turn on in his room. He now expects that whenever he claps twice the lights should turn on. What is this?

a)

Positive contingency

b)

operant conditioning

c)

amygdala

d)

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

31.

Every time Maude's dog is told to sit and given a treat, she sits. The likelihood of her sitting next time is known as

a)

luck

b)

law of effect

c)

negative punishment

d)

unconditioned response

32.

Sam gets bitten by his friend's dog over the summer. He is now scared of all dogs. Sam's fear of dogs is an example of:

a)

discrimination

b)

generalization

c)

shaping

d)

acquisition

33.

When a behavior is reinforced by either rewards or punishments, this is

a)

classical conditioning

b)

operant conditioning

c)

Yerkes-Dodson theory

d)

opponent theory of emotion

34.

When you follow a step by step procedure you are using

a)

semantic encoding

b)

heuristic

c)

variable ratio

d)

algorithm

35.

When you encode the meaning of something so you can apply it to the context you are using

a)

memory encoding

b)

shallow processing

c)

semantic encoding

d)

motivation

36.

When you are able to remember a planned future action before it happens, this is

a)

levels of processing theory

b)

prospective memory

c)

positive contingency

d)

law of effect

37.

The levels of process theory of memory states

a)

rote memorization is the most effective in retaining information

b)

deeper processing leads to greater ability to remember information

c)

cramming will help you encode best

d)

Memory is a made up construct

38.

When you are trying to remember someone's phone number and you look at the numbers to visually encode it is an example of

a)

memory encoding

b)

drive reduction theory

c)

algorithms

d)

desired behavior

39.

The tendency to only think of things in terms of their usual functions defines which of the following

a)

emotion

b)

functional fixedness

c)

confirmation bias

d)

representative heuristic

40.

When you are able to complete all of your work tasks without even thinking about it you are using

a)

deep processing

b)

divergent thinking

c)

prospective memory

d)

automatic processing

41.

Rods are

a)

retinal receptors that function in daylight, detect fine detail, and promote color sensations

b)

retinal receptors that detect black, white, grey and are used in dim lighting

c)

the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain

d)

the part of the eye that lets in light

42.

If you see a tree far in the distance and recognize that it is as large as the trees nearby is an example of

a)

size constancy

b)

relative height

c)

interposition

d)

linear perspective

43.

Sarah is looking at the Mona Lisa and pays attention to the woman rather than the nature behind her. This would be an example of her perceiving

a)

figure ground

b)

proximity

c)

continuity

d)

closure

44.

Which theory of color vision states that retinal processes of opposite colors enable color vision as cells are inhibited and stimulated by certain colors

a)

trichromatic color theory

b)

young-Helmholtz theory

c)

Opponent process theory

d)

visual reduction theory

45.

Transduction is

a)

the activation of certain associations in memory before another stimulus is introduced

b)

the transforming of stimulus energies into neural impulses

c)

failing to notice changes in the environment

46.

You are watching a magic show. The magician points at the clock on the far wall so you are completely shocked when he pulls out a rabbit with his other hand. The magician just used what against you?

a)

figure-ground

b)

closure

c)

binocular cues

d)

inattentional blindness

47.

Ben walks in to the boys locker room and it immediately smells disgusting, but after a while, Bend doesn't notice it. This would be an example of

a)

difference threshold

b)

perceptual set

c)

blind spot

d)

sensory adaptation

48.

Who used the method of introspection to scientifically identify basic elements of the mind?

a)

Edward Titchener

b)

William James

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Sigmund Freud

49.

Who created the hierarchy of needs?

a)

Mary Calkins

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Abraham Maslow

d)

Carl Jung

50.

The humanistic perspective understand people in terms of

a)

the unconscious mind

b)

the self

c)

the environment

d)

their biology

51.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Human factor psychology explores how we view and affect one another

b)

Human factor psychology explores how people and machines interact and how machines can be made safe and easy to use

c)

human factor psychology study influences learning and teaching

d)

Human factor psychology explores our environment

52.

Which of these drugs distort perceptions?

a)

stimulants

b)

hallucinogens

c)

depressants

d)

designer drugs

53.

What happens to you when you take stimulants?

a)

stay awake

b)

boost mood

c)

boost athletic performance

d)

all of the above

54.

The information processing dream theory states

a)

dreams help us sort out the day's events and consolidate our memories

b)

regular brain stimulation from REM sleep may help develop and preserve neural pathways

c)

dream content reflects dreamers' cognitive development, their knowledge and understanding

d)

dreams are our ids way of dealing with unacceptable behaviors

55.

Which of the following would be an example of an unconditioned response

a)

your nose twitching at an unpleasant smell

b)

your dog learning to do new tricks

c)

a mouse flicking a lever

d)

a hamster running in a marathon

Mock exam review AP Psych

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