WorksheetsAP Psychology Midterm Measure of Growth
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Quentin has been monitoring what his siblings do when his parents yell at them, and how their actions change. His approach is most in line with what school of psychological thought?
Behavioral
Cognitive
Psychoanalytical
Humanistic
Structuralist
Theoretically today many people pull from multiple fields in order to support their comprehensive view of how to treat a client. Which view would probably be used to do this?
Structuralist
Functionalist
Biopsychosocial
Psychoanalytical
Developmental
George sees his clients for a brief period of time, and mostly concentrates his questions on how their medication is working so he can find out if he should issue them a new scrip or change the milligram dosage he has prescribed. George is most likely a:
personality psychologist
clinical psychologist
psychometrician
psychiatrist
industrial-organizational psychologist
Julian believes that everything we do was determined with our personality that we were born with. Thanos believes that we are the sum product of our life experiences. The basic conflict that sums the difference between these two perspectives is:
nature vs. nurture
freedom vs. determinism
dualism vs. monism
structuralism vs. functionalism
simplicity vs. difficulty
Brielle is working to increase the productivity of employees during the holiday season at the retail store she is employed by. She is most likely what type of psychologist?
counseling
clinical
psychoanalytic
humanistic
industrial-organizational
Which of the following correctly describes how to randomly select a representative high school population?
picking every fifth person with a high gpa from schools that are located in southern states
selecting every other person from every student in multiple high schools around the country
selecting 50 people from every school in the country with staff input
selecting 5 students from every middle, elementary and high school through drawing straws
selecting six students and staff from a lottery system at schools nationwide
Which scatterplot shows the strongest negative relationship between the variables?
Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound?
Phoneme
Morpheme
Semantics
Syntax
Which theory says that if a child does not learn a language of any kind by the age of 7, they will never be able to master a language?
Insight
Intuition
Phoneme
Morpheme
Critical Periods
The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word “hit” in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of
syntax.
semantics.
morphemes.
prototypes.
linguistic determinism.
Children begin to demonstrate that they know how to put words in a sensible order during the ________ stage.
babbling
syntactic
two-word
three-word
phonetic
Learning the the United States stopped importing all oil and energy from Russia but not be able to identify where you learned this information is an example of
retrograde amnesia
Anterograde amnesia
Source amnesia
constructed memory processing
When scores are "bunched up"in the center of a distribution, the
mean will be relatively low
standard deviation will be relatively low
correlation coefficiaent will be a negative number
standard deviation will be relatively high
Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Blake prefers working on a ________ schedule of reinforcement.
fixed-ratio
fixed-interval
variable-interval
variable-ratio
Purchasing state lottery tickets is reinforced with monetary winnings on a ________ schedule.
fixed-interval
variable-interval
fixed-ratio
variable-ratio
You are expecting an important letter in the mail. As the regular delivery time approaches you glance more and more frequently out the window, searching for the letter carrier. Your behavior in this situation typifies that associated with which schedule of reinforcement?
fixed-ratio
variable-ratio
fixed-interval
variable-interval
Watching the night sky for shooting stars is likely to be reinforced on a ________ schedule.
fixed-interval
fixed-ratio
variable-interval
variable-ratio
Our mental image that best represents a category is called a...
Insight
Heuristic
Prototype
Algorithm
Retrieval
Which type of creative thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions?
Divergent Thinking
Convergent Thinking
Intrinsic Motivation
Availability Heuristic
Representative Heuristic
In trying to solve a potentially complicated problem quickly, we are most likely to rely on
prototypes.
heuristics.
phonemes.
algorithms.
framing.
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
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
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
Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's
ability to assume the perspective of others.
ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories.
accumulated knowledge.
ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
If a road test for a driver's license adequately samples the tasks a driver routinely faces, the test is said to
have content validity.
be reliable.
have a normal distribution.
have predictive validity.
If a test is standardized, this means that
it accurately measures what it is intended to measure.
most test scores will cluster near the average.
the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions.
a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.
Factor analysis is a statistical procedure used to:
derive IQ scores by comparing mental age with chronological age
evaluate how accurately test items predict a criterion behavior.
identify clusters of closely related test items.
provide a quantitative estimate of heritability.
infants basic needs are met, they develop
Kids feel good about being productive, or they feel inferior for failing to do so.
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.
The three stages of the Information processing model of memory are
iconic,
echoic,
encoding
semantic, episodic, procedural
cerebellum, temporal lobe, hippocampus
sensory,
short term,
long term
According to George Miller our capacity in short-term memory is limited on average to around _______ items.
5
7
9
11
Kevin and Jonathan see each other for the first time in twenty years at a class reunion. They immediately recall the winning play of the state championship game they played in together as seniors in high school.
short-term memory.
iconic memory.
procedural memory
episodic memory
Memory of facts and concepts
Semantic Memory
Implicit Memory
Explicit Memory
Episodic Memory
The name for a living things biological processes (such as sleep) that occur roughly every 24 hours is the
Circle of life
Superchiasmatic Nucleus
Circadian Rhythm
Circulo de respirar
Deals with numbers- height, weight, time.
Collectivist cultures
Individualistic cultures
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Tendency to overstate one's role in a positive venture & underestimate in a failure.
Self-serving bias
Anterograde Amnesia
Retrograde Amnesia
Self-fulfilling prohecies
When ten-month-old Frances throws her toy out of sight, she looks to see where it falls. Developmental psychologists would say that Frances’ behavior indicates that she has developed
centration
conservation
egocentrism
object permanence
accommodation
Four-year-old Craig understands that birds build nests in trees. In his front yard, Craig notices an unusually large nest. He is scared to go near it, fearing that some large bird may attack him. Craig’s father explains to him that squirrels also build nests and that the nest in the front yard is that of a squirrel. Craig changes his thinking to now include the fact that squirrels build nests. Jean Piaget would say that Craig’s new way of thinking about nests is an example of
insight
accommodation
an algorithm
a heuristic
conservation
A child reading a book points to a picture on the page and calls to his mother in another room and says, “Mommy, who’s in this picture?” He expects that she will know what he is pointing at, even though she cannot see it. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this example?
Animism
Assimilation
Conservation
Egocentrism
Object permanence
Generally speaking, heritability is the extent to which
differences among people are accounted for by genes.
An individual's traits are due to genes or the environment.
differences among people are due to the environment.
differences among people are due to their cultural heritage.
Vygotsky called the space between what a child could learn with and without help the
theory of mind
zone of abstract logic
zone of abstract reasoning
zone of proximal development
zone of developmental readiness
Your friend's baby brother, Matt, loves to play with his pet cat. When he sees a puppy, he points and calls it " Mi Mi, " which is what he calls his cat. Matt is demonstrating Piaget's process of
conservation
accomodation
cognition
object permanence
assimilation
A student who scored a percentile rank of 90 on an achievement test is best characterized as having?
scored lower than 90% of the test takers
scored higher than 90% of the test takers
answered 90% of the test questions correctly
scored 90% of the highest possible score
Your best friend has seen a number of news reports recently about plane crashes. He is more frightened of flying than driving in a car, even though car crashes are much more prevalent. His fear is most likely attributed to:
the representative heuristic
the availability heuristic
functional fixedness
gambler's fallacy
Scenario: A 65-year old woman has a stroke. She still has all of her memories from before the stroke but has difficulty remembering new information. What is this called?
anterograde amnesia
dissociative disorder
retrograde amnesia
conversion disorder
Over time, intelligence test scores have gradually increased. This phenomenon is due to the:
fluid intelligence effect
Flynn Effect
culture-fair tests effect
lack of heritability of intelligence
Typically, if we look at a list and are asked to recall what was on the list, we will remember the first and last words better than words from the middle of the list. This is due to:
misinformation effect
next-in-line effect
spacing effect
serial position effect
If Dr. Brennan is telling you a joke and cannot remember where she heard it, she is suffering from:
retrieval failure
encoding failure
source amnesia
retrograde amnesia
When you are studying by focusing on facts and not the meaning of information, you are using:
shallow processing
implicit memory
deep processing
classical conditioning
Susan thinks she does worse on tests that are administered on Fridays, when in reality her test scores are not influenced by the day of the week. This situation is an example of an:
sublimation
illusory correlation
projection
hindsight bias
Before school, you watch a show about rabbits. Later, in Psych class, you view this image and easily identify it as a rabbit instead of a duck. What explains this phenomenon?
habituation
priming
discrimination
conditioned response
What are the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system?
central and peripheral
parasympathetic and sympathetic
brain and spinal cord
nerves and ganglia
Imagine this! Clio and Zoe are at a social gathering, and Clio is a staunch vegetarian due to her firm belief in animal rights. But, oh no! She finds herself unknowingly biting into a juicy steak that Ansh had offered her. She feels a wave of discomfort and guilt wash over her as she realizes she's acting against her own beliefs. Can you guess which psychological theory this scenario illustrates?
Mere Exposure Effect
Central Route of Persuasion
Norms of Reciprocity
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Foot in the door Phenomenon
Imagine this! Zoe is a charismatic salesperson at a local bakery. She cleverly asks Jennifer to try a free taste of a new pastry. Once Jennifer accepts, Zoe smoothly transitions into suggesting she purchase the full-sized pastry. This savvy strategy is based on which intriguing psychological phenomenon?
stereotype
Prejudice
Norms of Reciprocity
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Foot in the door Phenomenon
Imagine you're in a buzzing company meeting at TechCorp, where everyone including Laith, Zoe, Ansh, Allijah, and Annie are excitedly discussing a brand new project. Can you guess what the group polarization effect might trigger in this scenario?
The team, including Laith and Zoe, turning into a house divided over the project.
The team's opinion on the project, especially Ansh and Allijah, becoming supercharged after chatting with colleagues who think alike.
The team's viewpoints on the project, particularly Annie's, becoming extreme when they face opposition.
Everyone, including Laith and Zoe, nodding along with the team's decision on the project just to keep the peace.
Imagine you're at a school reunion and you meet Stewart. Stewart is convinced that people always get what they deserve in life, and if they're going through a tough time, it's because they've done something to earn it. Jennifer, Ansh, Allijah, and Sania are listening to Stewart's theory. Can you guess which psychological phenomenon Stewart's belief is an example of?
Social Facilitation
Just-World Phenomenon
Scapegoat theory
ingroup bias
At first Jimmy did not like his teacher, but after sitting in this teacher's class for a number of weeks Jimmy as started to like his teacher. this new perspective would be an example of:
Diffusion of responsibility
Mere-exposure effect
Ethnocentrism
In-group bias
