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WorksheetsAP Psych 17-19 (3)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
When Julie’s boyfriend bought her a nice present, she thought, “He buys me presents because he’s such a nice person.” This kind of explanation is referred to as
a belief in a just world.
mutual independence.
an attribution.
a stereotype.
social facilitation.
Mary rarely expresses her opinions, needs, or desires. Whenever anyone asks for her opinion, she simply defers to the wishes of others. Which of the following personality disorders is most representative of Mary’s behavior?
Narcissistic
Antisocial
Paranoid
Obsessive-compulsive
Dependent
The notion that human behavior is greatly influenced by unconscious thoughts and desires is most consistent with which of the following psychological approaches?
Biological
Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Sociocultural
Cognitive
Joel’s pupils become dilated, his digestion is reduced, and his skin becomes cold. Which system is controlling his bodily changes?
Sympathetic
Endocrine
Somatic
Central
Parasympathetic
Kristin sees a forty-year-old man fall to the ground. According to studies on prosocial behavior, which of the following situations would decrease the likelihood of her helping him?
The man clearly states that he needs help.
The man is Kristin's cousin.
Kristin's empathy is high.
Kristin feels distress with not helping.
The man fell at a crowded farmers market.
While reviewing scores from a chapter test, a teacher discovered that the mean score was higher than the median. Which of the following statements is most likely correct?
The standard deviation is equal to the mean.
The distribution of scores for the test is positively skewed.
The distribution of scores for the test is normal.
The distribution of scores is multimodal.
The range of the set of scores is the difference between the mean and the median.
Colleen likes to have others do things for her and is quick to criticize other people for being dependent and lazy. This demonstrates which defense mechanism?
Displacement
Regression
Rationalization
Projection
Sublimation
The scapegoat theory suggests that
group viewpoints become more extreme when they are discussed.
the world is just and people get what they deserve.
the presence of others can enhance or detract from one’s ability to perform a task.
a person in a crowd often has diminished self-restraint and self-awareness.
prejudice provides an outlet to blame others for one’s problems.
Which of the following have been shown to have a positive correlation?
Age and REM sleep.
Stress and health.
Perceived lack of control and learned helplessness.
Mothers’ smoking and their babies’ birth weight.
Self-esteem and depression.
Many people who have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder find their symptoms are reduced when they take a medication that alters their serotonin or norepinephrine levels. Their outcome supports which of the following approaches to depression?
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Sociocultural
Behavioral
Biological
The “Little Albert” study demonstrated that
fear can be conditioned in humans.
humans can learn through observation.
biological constraints affect learning in humans.
punishment can effectively decrease behavior in humans.
learning in humans is fundamentally different from learning in other species.
According to Erik Erikson, individuals in early adulthood often seek a life partner with whom they will share their most closely held secrets and hopes. Erikson called this psychosocial stage of development
generativity versus stagnation.
industry versus inferiority.
intimacy versus isolation.
identity versus role confusion.
initiative versus guilt.
Five-year-old Mary watches while her teacher pours equal amounts of water into two similar glasses. The liquid from one of the glasses is then poured into a tall, thin container, and Mary is asked which contains more—the original glass or the tall, thin container. She says the tall, thin container contains more liquid. According to Jean Piaget, this example illustrates a lack of
egocentrism.
object permanence.
pre-conventional thought.
conservation.
basic trust.
Which of the following is true regarding visual information processing?
Rods transduce wavelength and cones transduce light intensity.
Bipolar cells relay information to ganglion cells that form the optic nerve.
Feature detectors process information before bipolar cells.
Rods and cones receive neural signals from ganglion cells.
Feature detectors in the retina process information before rods and cones.
The original dopamine hypothesis refers to the view that schizophrenia is at least partially caused by
too little dopamine in the spinal cord.
too little dopamine in the peripheral nervous system.
too much dopamine in the brain.
too much dopamine in the spinal cord.
too little dopamine in the brain.
Sally says that her dream about going to a circus is just her brain attempting to make sense of random stimulation from the brain stem. Sally’s explanation is consistent with which of the following theories of dreaming?
Housekeeping
Feedback deprivation
Wish fulfillment
Activation-synthesis
Cognitive problem-solving
Mathematics achievement scores from a group of tenth graders are shown above. The distribution is normal with a standard deviation of 10. Approximately what percentage of students scored between 50 and 80?
68%
50%
75%
82%
96%
Which of the multiple intelligences posited by Howard Gardner is most closely related to the concept of emotional intelligence?
Kinesthetic
Naturalist
Intrapersonal
Spatial
Linguistic
Which of the following is always true of standardized tests?
They are supposed to be administered and scored in a consistent manner.
They are scored electronically.
They are verified experimentally.
They are supposed to be administered individually.
They are projective.
For every twenty cell phones that Tom sells, he will get a $50 bonus. The bonuses are an example of which of the following types of reinforcement schedules?
Fixed ratio
Fixed interval
Variable ratio
Variable interval
Continuous
The validity of hypnosis as a treatment for psychiatric disorders is most directly threatened by
the difficulty of obtaining a license to practice.
the generally negative bias regarding its use.
the lack of empirical support for its efficacy.
the disagreement between psychologists and psychiatrists about which disorders it should be used for.
the perception that it is rooted in biological science rather than in psychological science.
After sustaining a traumatic injury, Russ is having difficulty comprehending the meaning of words. Which of the following parts of his brain has most likely been damaged?
The reticular formation
The somatosensory cortex
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
The motor cortex
Wernicke's area
When a child behaves well for an entire day, the child earns a star. After acquiring fifteen stars, the child is allowed to pick a prize from a toy chest. The star is best described as
an unconditioned stimulus.
an unconditioned response.
a secondary reinforcer.
a conditioned response.
a primary reinforcer.
Frank witnessed a burglary, and he felt very upset. Shortly after the event, Frank lost his ability to see. Doctors were unable to find a biological reason for his blindness. Which of the following is Frank most likely experiencing?
Panic disorder
Bipolar disorder
Tardive dyskinesia
Conversion disorder
Schizophrenia
Which of the following is a strength of naturalistic observation?
It minimizes artificiality, which can be a problem in laboratory studies.
It makes data collection easy, which saves time and money.
It allows researchers to draw conclusions about cause and effect.
It produces data that are easily quantified for statistical analysis.
It allows researchers to easily control many variables at once.
