2014-2015 Mid-Term Exam (Comprehensive) – AP Psychology
Part I : Multiple Choice Recall and Application (100 Questions)
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Concepts, Theories, Laws, Principles, Phenomena, & Effects
Part II : Free Response
F-R Paragraph Formula
Use this 4-part formula to create paragraphs of at least 3-4 sentences for each major section (point)
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Accurately define the concept in psychological terms (consideration and thought required)
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Provide a general example (from text, class, personal life)
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Apply the concept/term to the question (as called for by the question)
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Discuss the importance of this concept or any other knowledge you have that is relative.
Stress Inoculation Tool
Relax. The exam may be difficult, but it will be difficult for everyone else, too. I prepared enough to do well on this test, and I am highly logical and exceptional person!
Unit I Terms (History and Research Methods)
Scientific Method
Definition of Psychology
Structuralism
Functionalism
Placebo/ Placebo Effect
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Empirical Evidence
Confounding/Extraneous Variables
Random Assignment
Random Sampling
Single Blind/Double Blind Procedures
Operational Definition
Case Study
Correlational Research
Control Group
Experimental Group
External Validity
Internal Validity
Standard Deviation
Unit II Terms (Memory and Cognition)
Heuristics
Confirmation Bias
Belief Bias
Belief Perseverance
Representative heuristics
Availability heuristics
Prototype
Exemplar
Information Processing (Encoding, Storage, then
Retrieval)
Deductive (Formal) Reasoning
Inductive (Informal Reasoning
Proactive Interference
Retroactive Interference
Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking
Functional Fixedness
Retrograde Amnesia
Anterograde Amnesia
Flashbulb Memory
Schema
Iconic/Echoic Memory
Implicit vs Explicit
Maintenance Rehearsal/Elaborative Rehearsal
Method of Loci
Retrieval Cues (Recognition and Recall)
Priming
Serial Position Effect
Retrospective vs Prospective Memory
H.M. (The man without memory)
Important Figures
Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner
Wilhem Wundt
Albert Bandura
Edward Thorndike
John B. Watson
Beth Loftus
Hermann Ebbinghaus
George A. Miller
Michael Gazzaniga
Sigmund Freud
David Hubel &Torsten Wiesel
Paul Broca & Carl Wernicke
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
Leon Festinger
Benjamin Whorf
Noam Chomsky
Ed Tolman
Ernst Weber
Ernest Hilgard
Wolfgang Köhler
Levi Hutchins

Unit III Terms (Biological Foundations)
Evolutionary Theory of Mate Selection
Thyroid Gland
Pituitary Gland
Endocrine System
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Neurons
Mirror Neurons
Glial Cells
Sensory Nerves/Motor Nerves (Afferent/Efferent)
Axon
Dendrites
Agonist
Antagonist
Resting Potential
Action Potential
4 Lobes (FPOT)
Reticular Formation
Medulla Oblongata
Somatosensory Cortex
Motor Cortex
Cerebellum
Prefrontal Cortex
Hippocampus
Hypothalamus
Limbic System
Neurogenesis
CAT Scan
MRI
PET
Unit IV Terms (Sensation and Perception/ States of
Consciousness)
Sensation
Perception
Gestalt Theory
Sensory Receptors
Bottom Up Processing
Top Down Processing
Absolute Threshold
Just Noticeable Difference
Weber’s Law
Difference Threshold
Subliminal Senses
Signal Detection Theory
Parallel Processing
Binding
Sensory Adaptation
Place Theory (Pitch)
Frequency Theory (Pitch)
Sound Localization
Cochlear Implant
Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision
Opponent-Process Theory of Color Vision
Structures and function of the visual system
Structures and Function of the auditory system
Olfaction
Vestibular Sense
Kinesthesis
Sensory Interaction Principle
Synesthesia