WorksheetsAP Psychology Final Review Part 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
A disadvantage of longitudinal studies is that
participants who drop out during the course of the study may be different in important ways from ones who do not drop out
differences observed among participants of different ages are usually due to differences in the environment in which they were reared
men and women confront different developmental crises in the course of their lives because of their different social roles
personality traits do not remain constant across the life span
unfamiliarity with testing situations can put older participants at a disadvantage
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?
99
90
86
77
75
In their discussions of the process of development, the advocates of nature in the nature-nurture controversy emphasize which of the following?
Information processing
Maturation
Socialization
Cognition
Experience
All of the following are American Psychological Association ethical guidelines for researchers EXCEPT:
Participation must be voluntary.
Participants must be offered alternative activities if research participation is a course requirement.
Research may not involve deception.
Participants must be informed of potential risks.
Participants’ right to privacy must be protected.
An illusory correlation is best defined as a
correlation of 0
causal relationship
correlation of −1.0
perceived relationship where one does not exist
correlation of +1.0
Which of the following best describes the response of members of the American Psychological Association to ethical issues in research?
They have just begun to address such issues.
They disclaim ethical concerns regarding research.
They have developed codes of ethics for research with human participants only.
They have developed codes of ethics for research with animal subjects only.
They have developed codes of ethics for research with both human participants and animal subjects.
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Ten participants in a treatment group were asked to rate their feelings of self worth on a scale of one to ten, with a value of ten indicating a very positive feeling of self-worth. The data for the participants are above.
7
6.4
7.5
6
7.33
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Ten participants in a treatment group were asked to rate their feelings of self worth on a scale of one to ten, with a value of ten indicating a very positive feeling of self-worth. The data for the participants are above.
What is the mode for these data?
4
5
6
7
8
The debate over whether development occurs gradually, without discernible shifts, or through a series of distinct stages is termed
maturation vs. learning
continuity vs. discontinuity
nature vs. nurture
developmental vs. cognitive
cross-sectional vs. longitudinal
Clinical researchers are interested in gaining insight into the causes of abnormal behavior. One way that they do this is to delve deeply into the histories of patients with a common diagnosis, interviewing family, friends, teachers, therapists, physicians, babysitters, and others who can provide rich details about the patients’ lives. Then, researchers try to see if there are any common themes in the information gathered. What research method does this strategy represent?
Case study
Naturalistic observation
Quantitative analysis
Experiment
Quasi-experiment
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system results in which of the following?
An increase in pupil dilation
A decrease in salivation
A decrease in heart rate
An increase in respiratory rate
A decrease in digestion
During the night, Alicia stops breathing repeatedly, frequently gasps for air, and snores loudly at regular intervals. Alicia is most likely suffering from which of the following conditions?
The REM rebound effect
Sleep apnea
Night terrors
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Damage to a small part of the occipital lobe would most likely result in a
slower heart rate
speech deficit
motor deficit
hearing loss
visual deficit
Which of the following is the correct sequence of the neural chain of events set in motion by an environmental stimulus?
Receptors, efferent neurons, interneurons, afferent neurons, effectors
Effectors, interneurons, receptors, afferent neurons, efferent neurons
Effectors, receptors, afferent neurons, efferent neurons, interneurons
Interneurons, effectors, receptors, afferent neurons, efferent neurons
Receptors, afferent neurons, interneurons, efferent neurons, effectors
Damage to which of the following brain structures may cause the inability to detect the emotional significance of facial expressions, especially those demonstrating fear?
Amygdala
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Cerebellum
Hippocampus
An individual with damage to Wernicke’s area is most likely to have difficulty
planning what to wear to a party
distinguishing between red and green
comprehending a spoken request for information
remembering the name of a person in a photograph
identifying an object held in the hand but not seen
If Carmelita stares at a red spot for one minute and then shifts her gaze to a white piece of paper, she is likely to experience an afterimage that is
red
black
green
blue
violet
People who are color blind most likely have deficiencies in their
rods
optic nerve
lens
occipital lobe
cones
Which of the following is the correct path a neural impulse will follow through the different layers of the retina?
Rods and cones, ganglion cells, bipolar cells, optic nerve
Rods and cones, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, optic nerve
Bipolar cells, ganglion cells, rods and cones, optic nerve
Ganglion cells, bipolar cells, rods and cones, optic nerve
Optic nerve, ganglion cells, bipolar cells, rods and cones
A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's
sound localization ability
dichotic listening ability
echoic memory
difference threshold
attention span
Laura arrives at a park that is located very close to a factory that produces cookies. She immediately notices the strong odor of chocolate chip cookies, but after a while she no longer detects the smell of the cookies. This can best be explained by which of the following?
Accommodation
Weber's law
Sensory adaptation
Assimilation
Phi phenomenon
Martin fell off his skateboard and badly bruised his elbow. He immediately began rubbing the area around the bruise until the pain subsided. This method of reducing pain can be explained by which of the following?
Expectancy theory
Trichromatic theory
Gate-control theory
Phantom pain
Opponent-process theory
Four-year-old Scott fell down the stairs at his grandmother’s house. Although he was not badly hurt, he was very frightened. Now, whenever his parents mention visiting his grandmother’s house, he feels anxious and fearful. In classical conditioning terms, what are the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in the scenario, respectively?
Anxiety; fear
Grandmother’s house; fear
Falling; anxiety
Fear; grandmother’s house
Grandmother’s house; falling
A mental image of a spatial layout is called
insight
an algorithm
a mental set
a heuristic
a cognitive map
Barney is a somewhat distractible second-grade student who finds schoolwork a bit boring. After a couple of minutes of working silently, Barney often starts to misbehave until his teacher, Ms. Skinner, calls his name and scolds him. However, he enjoys this attention from her and continues to misbehave. With respect to Barney’s misbehavior, Ms. Skinner’s attention serves as
negative reinforcement
punishment
differential reinforcement
primary reinforcement
positive reinforcement
