WorksheetsAP Psych Final Exam Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 29mins
Measure of central tendency calculated by adding up all scores and dividing by the number of scores in the data set.
Median
Mode
Mean
The mode is:
The average of all the values
The middle number
The most frequently occurring number
The first number you see
What kind of relationship?
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
No Relationship
What kind of relationship?
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
No Relationship
What kind of relationship?
Positive Correlation
Negative Correlation
No Relationship
In Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority, the participants believed the responsibility for the shocks fell to:
the machine
themselves
the authority figure
their fellow participants
In Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority, many participants administered the shocks because:
they believed the shocks weren't real
they respected the professor's authority
they were told that they had no choice
they were misled regarding the strength of the shocks
Each participant in Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority tested their willingness to:
abandon their trust of machines
disobey their personal conscience
ignore their technical expertise
push their tolerance for pain
What did the results of Milgram's famous experiment show?
that people aren't important in experiments
that people were willing to obey orders to hurt others
that ethics in science don't matter
that guards are mean to prisoners
study of behavior in a natural situation without manipulation
naturalistic observation
experimental group
case study
cross-sectional method
Group polarization is the tendency for
a group to become divided on an issue.
a group's opinion to strengthen after talking with like-minded people.
a group to become extreme in their viewpoints when challenged.
agreeing with a group to keep everyone happy
After agreeing to Nat’s request to share her lecture notes from one class, Maria now agrees to Nat’s request to share her notes from three classes. This example illustrates the ________technique.
door-in-the-face
foot-in-the-mouth
all-in
lowball
foot-in-the-door
What is a difference between obedience and conformity?
In conformity, there is a perceived difference in status between the one who conforms and the group.
In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.
Conformity requires strict adherence to the rules, whereas obedience does not.
Obedience is an indirect request, whereas conformity is a direct request.
Conformity involves agreeing to change in response to a request, whereas obedience involves an indirect request for agreement.
Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ________.
groupthink
the self-serving bias
the actor-observer effect
the fundamental attribution error
Damage to which of the following brain structures would affect the processing of new explicit memories
hypothalamus
hippocampus
thalamus
limbic system
Which of the following neurotransmitters has been linked to Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia?
Acetylcholine
Dopamine
GABA
Norepinephrine
Serotonin
Which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with Schizophrenia?
Norepinephrine
Acetylcholine
Glutamate
Dopamine
Serotonin
Which brain structure filters and relays sensory info to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex?
thalamus
hypothalamus
hippocampus
cerebellum
This anxiety disorder Includes short, sudden attacks of fear, fear of losing control, or terrors.
generalized anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder
agoraphobia
panic disorder
This anxiety disorder is characterized by Irrational fears that lead individuals often to avoid certain objects and specific situations all together.Irrational fears that lead individuals often to avoid certain objects and specific situations all together.
general anxiety disorder
agoraphobia
phobia
social anxiety disorder
This anxiety disorder is diagnosed if an individual l has excessive worry and anxiety which occurs more often than not for at least 6 months.
generalized anxiety disorder
phobia
panic disorder
social anxiety disorder
The Amygdala helps...
you dance and sing.
you make plans and decisions.
you control your emotions (fear and aggression)
keep you balanced while you are doing your favorite activities.
The main function of the occipital lobe is...
vision.
touch.
taste.
smell.
Logical decision making is processed here.
occipital lobe
visual cortex
frontal lobe
thalamus
The area of the brain that regulates hunger, thirst and other drives (Fighting, fleeing, feeding, and family)
thalamus
hypothalamus
amygdala
cerebellum
If I want to find sriracha sauce in the grocery store, I could go up and down every aisle until I found it. This would take longer, but guarantee I find it. This is called using
An algorithm
A heuristic
Someone who cannot encode new memories has...
Anterograde amnesia
Long-term potentiation
Retroactive Interference
Proactive Interference
The awareness that things continue to exist even when they cannot be seen
Habituation
Egocentrism
Object permanence
Pretend play
The best time for proper human development
Critical time
Development period
Critical period
Development time
Which of the following is an example of sensory adaptation?
When you slowly adjust to the cold after standing outside
When your senses become overloaded
When you adjust too quickly to a sensation and it confuses your brain
When you go outside in the heat and you begin to sweat
Ohio State University pedestrians were more likely to cross streets unsafely if they were talking on a cell phone. This best illustrates the impact of
place theory.
gate-control theory.
selective attention.
the phi phenomenon.
retinal disparity.
While waiting in line at Starbucks, Kramer was playing games on his cell phone and subsequently failed to see the customer in front of him rob the cashier. This is an example of...
inattentional blindness
place theory
blind spot
feature detectors
sensory adaptation
Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and her parents take her car away for 2 weeks. What type of Operational Conditioning is taking place?
positive punishment
negative punishment
positive reinforcement
negative reinforcement
If a child is offered a reward after they earn five A’s on her homework assignments. After her fifth A on a homework assignment, she gets to pick out a new toy, what type of intermittent reinforcement does this display?
Variable Ratio Schedule - VR
Fixed Interval Schedule - FI
Variable Interval Schedule - VI
Fixed Ratio Schedule - FR
Which is the defintion of extinction?
No longer an organism species exists
Getting rid of an unconditioned response
Diminishing a conditioned response
Only answering to the stimulus
The tendency to respond to stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses
Acquisition
Generalization
Discrimination
Modeling
