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ap psych final 1

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

which school deals with unconscious thought

a)

psychodynamic

b)

cognitive

c)

behavioral

2.

which school deals with thought processes

a)

cognitive

b)

behavioral

c)

humanistic

3.

which school deals with observable behaviors

a)

behavioral

b)

humanistic

c)

biological

4.

which school deals with relationships

a)

humanistic

b)

biological

c)

evolutionary

5.

which school deals with biology and brain chemistry

a)

biological

b)

evolutionary

c)

social cultural

6.

which school deals with evolution

a)

evolutionary

b)

social cultural

c)

psychodynamic

7.

which school deals with your upbringing

a)

social cultural

b)

psychodynamic

c)

cognitive

8.

what does a dendrite do

a)

receives signals

b)

sends signals

c)

classifies the type of neuron

9.

which direction does the signal go from a neurons nucleus

a)

away from it

b)

towards it

c)

above it

10.

what does the nucleus of a neuron do

a)

tells what type of neuron it is

b)

sends signals

c)

carries signals

11.

what does the axon of a neuron do

a)

sends the signal down it

b)

receives the signal

c)

stops the signal

12.

what does the myelin sheath of a neuron do

a)

carries the signal

b)

tells what type of neuron it is

c)

releases potassium

13.

what does the axon terminal of a neuron do

a)

gets the signal sent to it

b)

carries the signal

c)

sends the signal

14.

what are the buttons

a)

the connecting parts of a neuron

b)

the connection point of a neuron

c)

the connection gap of a neuron

15.

what is the synapse

a)

the connecting point of a neuron

b)

the connecting parts of a neuron

c)

the connection gap of a neuron

16.

what is the synaptic gap

a)

the connection gap of a neuron

b)

the connecting point of a neuron

c)

the connecting parts of a neuron

17.

what is the process of a neuron resetting

a)

refractory period

b)

reuptake

c)

resting potential

18.

what is the reabsorption of neurotransmitters called

a)

reuptake

b)

refractory period

c)

resting potential

19.

what is the stage before a neuron fires

a)

resting potential

b)

refractory period

c)

reuptake

20.

what do motor neurons do

a)

control movement

b)

control senses

c)

connect neurons together

21.

what do sensory neurons do

a)

control senses

b)

connect neurons together

c)

help you learn

22.

what do interneurons do

a)

connect neurons together

b)

help you learn

c)

control movement

23.

what do mirror neurons do

a)

help you learn

b)

control movement

c)

control senses

24.

which neurotransmitter enables muscle actions, learning, and memory

a)

acetylcholine

b)

dopamine

c)

serotonin

25.

which neurotransmitter influences movement, learning, attention, and emotional stability

a)

dopamine

b)

serotonin

c)

norepinephrine

26.

which neurotransmitter affects mood, hunger, sleep, and arousal

a)

serotonin

b)

norepinephrine

c)

GABA

27.

which neurotransmitter helps control alertness and arousal

a)

norepinephrine

b)

GABA

c)

glutamate

28.

which neurotransmitter is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter

a)

GABA

b)

glutamate

c)

endorphins

29.

which neurotransmitter is a major excitatory neurotransmitter

a)

glutamate

b)

endorphins

c)

acetylcholine

30.

which neurotransmitter helps to block pain

a)

endorphins

b)

acetylcholine

c)

dopamine

31.

who was the guy that shot a metal pole through his head

a)

phineas gage

b)

B.F skinner

c)

john watson

32.

Which nervous system controls skeletal muscles

a)

somatic nervous system

b)

autonomic nervous system

c)

sympathetic nervous system

33.

which nervous system controls glands and internal orgam muscles

a)

autonomic nervous system

b)

sympathetic nervous system

c)

parasympathetic nervous system

34.

which nervous system helps conserve energy and calms you

a)

parasympathetic nervous system

b)

central nervous system

c)

peripheral nervous system

35.

which nervous system involves the brain and spinal cord

a)

central nervous system

b)

peripheral nervous system

c)

somatic nervous system

36.

which philosopher worked with introspection

a)

aristotle

b)

socrates

c)

plato

37.

which philosopher said "I think, therefore I am"

a)

rene descartes

b)

socrates

c)

plato

38.

which philosopher created tabula rosa (blank state)

a)

john locke

b)

francis bacon

c)

aristotle

39.

Who is the father of psychology

a)

wilhelm wundt

b)

francis bacon

c)

g stanley hall

40.

who created structuralism

a)

edward titchener

b)

william james

c)

john b watson

41.

who created functionalism

a)

william james

b)

sigmund freud

c)

mary calkins

42.

what are the two types of research

a)

basic

b)

applied

c)

complex

d)

simple

43.

what is the goal of a case study

a)

to reveal universal truths

b)

to describe behavior

c)

to look at many cases at once

44.

what is the goal of naturalistic observation

a)

to describe behavior

b)

to look at many cases at once

c)

to reveal universal truths

45.

what is the goal of a survey

a)

to look at many cases at once

b)

to describe behavior

c)

to reveal universal truths

46.

two things that should have nothing to do with each other that correlate

a)

spurious correlation

b)

illusory correlation

47.

perceived non-existent correlation; random coincidence

a)

illusory correlation

b)

spurious correlation

48.

when subjects do not know what groups they are in

a)

single-blind experiment

b)

double-blind experiment

49.

when neither subject nor experimenter know who is in what group

a)

double-blind experiment

b)

single-blind experiment

50.

what is the process of sensing and perceiving the world at the same time

a)

transduction

b)

sensation

c)

change blindness

51.

max stimulation we can detect 50% of the time

a)

absolute threshold

b)

difference threshold

52.

minimum change needed for a difference to be noticed

a)

difference threshold

b)

absolute threshold

53.

processing that starts at sensory receptors and works up to a higher level of processing

a)

bottom-up processing

b)

top-down processing

54.

processing that constructs perceptions from sensory input by drawing on your experience and expectations

a)

top-down processing

b)

bottom-up processing

55.

a set of mental tendencies that affect what we hear, see, feel, and taste

a)

perceptual set

b)

mental set

56.

perception that uses only one eye

a)

monocular cues

b)

binocular cues

57.

perception that uses both eyes

a)

binocular cues

b)

monocular cues

58.

spot a sound wave hits matters

a)

place theory

b)

frequency theory

59.

amount of time a sound wave hits matters

a)

frequency theory

b)

place theory

60.

what you are dreaming of

a)

manifest content

b)

latent content

61.

what your dreams mean

a)

latent content

b)

manifest content

62.

the three types of drugs are depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens

a)

true

b)

false

63.

being unable to differentiate between stimuli that are similar

a)

generalization

b)

discrimination

c)

extinction

64.

being able to differentiate between similar stimuli

a)

discrimination

b)

acquisition

c)

extinction

65.

learning to pair stimuli

a)

acquisition

b)

spontaneous recovery

c)

generalization

66.

learning to no longer pair stimuli

a)

extinction

b)

spontaneous recovery

c)

discrimination

67.

when you find the wrong things when trying to remember

a)

retrieval error

b)

encoding failure

68.

declarative memory

a)

explicit memory

b)

implicit memory

69.

nondeclarative memory

a)

implicit memory

b)

explicit memory

70.

lose all memory before brain injury

a)

retrograde amnesia

b)

anterograde amnesia

71.

remember everything before the brain injury but can no longer make new memories

a)

anterograde amnesia

b)

retrograde amnesia

72.

can restate things with little/no other info

a)

shallow processing

b)

deep processing

73.

great understanding of something

a)

deep processing

b)

shallow processing

74.

when you have lots of solutions and then work towards solving a problem

a)

convergent thinking

b)

divergent thinking

75.

when you start with a problem then break it into lots of solutions to find the best one

a)

divergent thinking

b)

convergent thinking

76.

all possible ideas and solutions you have for a problem

a)

mental set

b)

perceptual set

77.

likelihood of something happening

a)

representative heuristic

b)

availability heuristic

78.

how often something actually happens

a)

availability heuristic

b)

representative heuristic