WorksheetsAP Psychology Review Session (beta)
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Areas of the brain that are damaged are referred to as having
brain lesions
hemispheres
brain lobes
cortical adhesions
basal ganglia
The scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior is called
biology
psychology
cognition
scientific method
research
Which of the following types of scientists were the first to contend that an individual's ways of thinking are shaped primarily by cultural values and ideas?
Structuralists
Ethologists
Sociobiologists
Behaviorists
Anthropologists
Which of the following is the best example of an attribute that is culturally-based rather than primarily psychologically-based?
Caring for one's children
Arriving on time for work
Having the desire to reproduce
Seeking food and water
Smiling
Every time you buy ice cream from the Yellow Brick Road ice cream parlor, you get your over-the-rainbow card stamped. Once you purchase ten items, you get your next item free. The Yellow Brick Road ice cream parlor has you on which of the following reinforcement schedules?
Variable-ratio
Variable-interval
Fixed-ratio
Fixed-interval
Continuous
Which of the following neurotransmitters is most explicitly associated with the experience of pleasure?
GABA
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Dopamine
Adrenaline
A psychologist, wishing to study the behavior of prisoners, arranges to dress as a prison guard so that he can stand in the recreation area and unobtrusively study the actions and interactions of the inmates. The psychologist is employing which of the following research tools?
Quasi-experimental
Naturalistic observation
Correlational research
Random sampling
Case study
An educational psychologist is administering a basic skills exam to second-graders of two different schools in order to compare the students' performance. The researcher administers the exam to the students of the Antrim School on a Wednesday morning and then administers the same exam in exactly the same fashion on that same Wednesday afternoon to the second-graders of the Barton School. Which of the following best identifies a confounding variable in the psychologist's research?
The psychologist is comparing two different schools.
The psychologist is comparing the same grade in each school.
The psychologist is testing the students in the two schools at two different times.
The psychologist is testing the students in the two schools on the same day.
The psychologist is administering a basic skills exam.
The primary research method used by developmental psychologists is
case study
cross-sectional research
naturalistic observation
experimentation
correlational research
Narcotics work because they are chemically very similar to
endorphins
hormones
secretions
GABA
acetylcholine
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