AP Psych Midterm Review

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.” Parents are using

positive punishment

negative punishment

positive reinforcement

classical conditioning

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The part of the brain most closely associated with maintaining balance and the coordination of complex sequences of movements is the

hypothalamus

cerebellum

medulla

pons

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A binocular cue that allows for depth perception when images from the two eyes differ

Relative size

Color Constancy

Linear perception

Retinal Disparity

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In adult humans, which of the following is typically true of REM sleep?

It is correlated with dreaming.

It leads to a marked increase in muscle tone.

It alternates with NREM sleep in 30 minute cycles.

It occurs during the first half of an individual's sleep cycle.

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

This style of parenting calls for imposing rules and demanding obedience without debate or discussion between parent and child.

Permissive

Neglectful

Authoritative

Authoritarian

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

___ is when one's attitudes don't match his/her feelings.

Obedience to Authority

Cognitive Dissonance

Conformity

Social Influence

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The tendency to comply with a large request if one has previously complied with a small request is known as...

Bystander Effect

Attribution Theory

Foot-in-the-Door Phenonomon

Groupthink

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Lance is in cross country runner. He tends to run faster when he is running with someone than when he is running alone. This is an example of...

social facilitation

bystander effect

foot-in-the-door phenomenon

mere exposure effect

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Kelvin witnesses a bad car accident on his way to school. He doesn't stop and help because there are more people in the area who can help. This is an example of...

social inhibition

social facilitation

fundamental attribution error

bystander effect

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is most important when conducting survey research?

Choosing a representative sample

Choosing a large sample

Choosing a biased sample

Choosing a sample whoes answers will likely support your hypothesis

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Drugs that calm neural activity and slow body functions...

Depressants

Stimulants

Hallucinogens

Hypnosis

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which theory of color vision states that the thalmaus will produce afterimages of black-white, red-green, and blue-yellow colors when overly stimulated?

Young-Helmholtz

Place

Parallel Processing

Opponent Processing

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Drugs that heighten alertness, arousal, and decrease appetite, including: cocaine, caffeine, nicotine, and methamphetamine

Hallucinogens

Depressants

Stimulants

Opiate

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In a normal curve, about _____% of scores fall within one standard deviation of the mean.

50%

68%

95%

99%

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What natural morphine does the body create that is considered a “runner’s high”

Dopamine

Serotonin

Glutamate

Endorphins

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which organ of the brain processes the emotions of fear and anger?

Thalamus

pons

medulla oblongata

amygdala

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the function of the hippocampus with in the brain?

The organization of emotional events

To store long term memories and regulate short term memories

to regulate fear and anger

the process of connecting the left and right hemispheres

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

All those in a group being studied is referred to as the...

Random sample

Representative sample

Population

Sampling bias

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The best way to assure that there is no bias in a study is to have a...

Control group

Random assignment

Confounding variable

Double-blind procedure

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which correlation coefficient demonstrates the highest correlation?

0.92

-0.38

-0.11

0.67

21.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm is typically used to test young children's

ego strength

intelligence

attachment

reaction time

22.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

A normally functioning 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a

phenomenon that is uncommon for people of his age

phenomenon predicted by Erik Erikson as part of the eight stages of psycho-social development

decrease in his crystallized intelligence

decrease in his fluid intelligence

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Paul takes a test in the army to see if he would make a good pilot. Such a test is

a standardized test.

an aptitude test.

an intelligence test.

an achievement test.

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is group polarization?

the lack of critical thinking that results for a desire for harmony

the radicalization of the groups' ideology through discussion

a split within a group produced by differences of opinion

the tendency of individuals to exert more effort when working as part of a group

25.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Shaping is a(n) ________ technique for ______ a behavior.

operant; establishing

operant; supressing

respondent; establishing

respondent; supressing

26.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mariah developed a fear of the water when she fell off a river raft last summer. This year she took swimming lessons and thought she had finally overcome her fear of water. She was eagerly looking forward to an upcoming rafting trip, however, as soon as she stepped onto the raft she was instantly terrified again.

extinction

generalization

spontaneous recovery

observational learning

27.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

You could receive a text message at any random time. You are reinforced on a ______schedule of reinforcement

fixed ratio

variable ratio

variable interval

fixed interval

28.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Random sampling is to ________ as random assignment is to ________.

surveys; experiments

illusory correlation; control group

description; prediction

replication; correlation

29.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Diamond went swimming with friends who did not want to get into the water because it was cold. Diamond jumped in and after a few minutes declared it was cold when she first got in but then her body got used to it.Diamond's body got accustomed to the water due to....

perceptual set

absolute threshold

selective attention

sensory adaptation

30.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

__________ are retinal receptors that detect black,white, and grey.

cones

rods

optic nerves

foves

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