AP Psychology
Practice Exam #3
Spring Semester 2015
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PRACTICE EXAM #3 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.
Topics Covered
Motivation & Emotion
Personality
Abnormal Psychology
Social Psychology
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Deidre is constantly worried about her eating habits. In addition, a few times a week, she will eat
large quantities of food and then force herself to vomit. As a result, she also suffers from nutritional
imbalances, intestinal damage, and dental problems. Deidre is most likely suffering from:
a. Weight obsession
b. Bulimia nervosa
c. Anorexia nervosa
d. Body dysmorphic disorder
e. Obesity
Score: __________/50 points
2.
According to the James-Lange Theory, the conscious experience of emotion ____________ physiological arousal; according to the CannonBard Theory, the conscious experience of emotion ___________ physiological arousal.
a. Precedes; follows
d. Coincides with; precedes
b. Precedes; coincides with
e. Follows; coincides with
c. Follows; precedes
3.
You are a space alien who wishes to conquer the earth. You use a special ray gun that makes humans immobile by making them too fat
to move. Your ray gun should ______________ in the hypothalamus.
a. Destroy the lateral hypothalamus
d. Destroy the ventromedial nucleus
b. Stimulate the thalamus
e. Stimulate the suprachiasmatic nucleus
c. Stimulate the ventromedial nucleus
4.
Which of the following is the best example of an action that maintains homeostasis?
a. Screaming during a scary movie scene
b. Dimming the lights before a romantic encounter
c. Depositing a check into your newly opened checking account
d. Shivering to generate body heat when you are cold
e. Starting to salivate when you smell freshly baked cookies
5.
Leon is intrinsically motivated to wash his neighbor's car. Accordingly, he expects his neighbor to give him:
a. Nothing
d. Praise
b. Money
e. Food
c. Respect
6.
Patrick and Amanda are team leaders in a small organization. Patrick does not supervise his team very closely, is always asking for team
members' ideas, and is very concerned about people's feelings and job satisfaction. Amanda, however, supervises her team very closely,
gives direct orders without asking members' opinions, and does not encourage a lot of discussion among team members. Patrick is a(n)
______________ leader, whereas Amanda is a(n) ______________ leader.
a. Reciprocal; commanding
b. Person-oriented; task-oriented
c. Injunctive; descriptive
d. Effective; ineffective
e. Task-oriented; person-oriented
7.
The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that:
a. Facial expressions are virtually identical across cultures
b. Other people can identify your emotional state by observing your facial expressions
c. The internal state causes the facial expression
d. You can affect how you feel by making a certain facial expression
e. A facial expression is simply an external sign of the internal feelings
8.
Chad can only tune in two stations on his car's radio. One station plays only country music, while the other station plays only disco
music. Because Chad hates both types of music he is faced with a(n) ______________ conflict.
a. Avoidance; approach
d. Approach-avoidance
b. Multiple approach-avoidance
e. Approach-approach
c. Avoidance-avoidance
9.
One problem with the common-sense view of emotions, the James-Lange Theory of emotions, and the Cannon-Bard Theory of emotions,
is that all three fail to consider the role of:
a. Expressive reactions in the experience of emotions
b. Physiological responses in the experience of emotions
c. The interaction between physiological responses and conscious experiences
d. Genetic factors in the expressive reactions of emotional experiences
e. Cognitive interpretations in the experience of emotions
10. Drive Reduction Theory has the greatest difficulty explaining the behavior of:
a. Eating food when you are hungry
b. Sleeping when you are very fatigued
c. Going to a horror movie for the thrill of it
d. Earning money when you need to pay bills
e. Drinking water with a salty meal
11. Imagine that your house is on fire and you are afraid. Which of the following explanations best represents the James-Lange Theory?
a. “My shaking must be due to fear, since my house is on fire…”
b. “My fear is a built-in, primary reaction to a dangerous situation…”
c. “I’m afraid because I’m shaking…”
d. “My fear is based on my fear of fire, which is why I’m shaking…”
e. “I’m shaking because I’m afraid…”
12. According to Schachter's two-factor theory of emotion:
a. Emotions develop because of their adaptive value
b. The experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and the situational influences of the experience
c. The experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and one’s cognitive interpretation of that arousal
d. Different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions
e. Emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system
13. According to Drive Reduction Theory, an imbalance in homeostasis creates a(n) _____________, to which the brain responds by creating a
psychological state called a(n) ____________.
a. Instinct; motive
d. Motive; instinct
b. Drive; need
e. Need; drive
c. Instinct; need
14. When Lani has an unpleasant task to complete, such as writing a term paper, she sets up rewards for herself. When she completes her
outline, she watches TV for one hour. When she completes the rough draft, she spends an evening relaxing with her friends. When she
finishes the final draft, she goes to the mall and purchases a CD she has been wanting. The ______________ theory of motivation best
explains Lani's behavior.
a. Instinct
b. Evolutionary
c. Drive Reduction
d. Incentive
e. Optimal Arousal
15. Kris is taking the TAT test. She looks at a picture and says, "The woman in the picture is trying to solve a problem at work. She is thinking
hard. She knows if she thinks about it long enough, she'll be able to figure it out." This response reflects ______________ motivation.
a. Parenting
d. Emotional
b. Achievement
e. Affiliation
c. Attachment
16. Dr. Schwartz is a humanistic psychologist. There are many things that he believes about his clients. Which of the following is not one of
them?
a. They are responsible for the ways in which they think and behave
b. They are capable of consciously controlling their own actions
c. Their behavior is motivated by sexual or aggressive drives
d. They will improve on their own, given the right conditions
e. Their behavior is motivated by personal growth
17. Yaveen is writing a paper criticizing the humanistic approach to personality. What is the best title for his paper?
a. “Wait a Minute! Are We Simply a Set of Learned Responses?”
b. “Driven by Instincts: Unscientific Evidence from a Few Case Studies”
c. “How Naïve, Romantic and Unrealistic! Is Everyone Really Innately Good?”
d. “How Do We Think? Memory is the Key to Understanding”
e. “What about the Situation? We Don’t Always Act the Same Way!”
18. Glenda is developing a new test to assess individuals' personalities. She asks people to draw a picture of their families, and then she
interprets the drawing to reflect aspects of the individual's personality. Glenda's test is a(n) ______________ test of personality.
a. Projective
d. Reliable
b. Objective
e. Achievement
c. Five-factor
19. According to Freud, if conflicts at any given psychosexual stage are unresolved, the:
a. Person regresses back to the previous stage of development
b. Person will become a chain smoker or an alcoholic
c. Ego will fail to develop
d. Person will make a rapid transition to the next stage in the sequence
e. Person will be unconsciously preoccupied with the corresponding area of pleasure
20. Janine is a neat freak. She can't stand it when anything is out of order. She is also reluctant to lend anything to her friends. According to
Freud, Janine is suffering from a fixation at the ___________ stage of development
a. Latency
d. Genital
b. Phallic
e. Oral
c. Anal
21. Tilda took a personality test on Friday and learned that she was high on extraversion and agreeableness. On Monday, she took a
different form of the test and found that she was high on extraversion and agreeableness. This personality test is based on the
_____________ theory of personality and is high in _____________.
a. Trait; reliability
d. Type; validity
b. Trait; validity
e. Social-cognitive; validity
c. Social-cognitive; reliability
22. Roland was hungry, so he went to McFood Place; however, when he got in line, he realized he didn't have any money. He saw a woman
place her french fries down on a table and walk away. Roland quickly grabbed the fries and left. According to Freud, Roland's actions
were driven by his __________, which operates on the __________ principle.
a. Ego; reality
d. Id; reality
b. Id; pleasure
e. Superego; pleasure
c. Ego; pleasure
23. Andre is very organized and efficient but also very anxious and tense. Which two of the Big-Five Personality factors best describe
Andre?
a. Open to experience; agreeable
d. Conscientious; neurotic
b. Assertive; anal
e. Dependable; anal
c. Energetic; vulnerable
24. When Stacey's husband has had a frustrating day at work, he is easily irritated and sometimes screams at her. According to Freud, when
Stacey's husband yells at her, he is employing the defense mechanism known as:
a. Sublimation
d. Displacement
b. Repression
e. Denial
c. Rationalization
25. A psychologist at a mental health center was confused about how to diagnose a client. Which objective personality test might the
psychologist administer to help develop a diagnosis?
a. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
b. Draw-a-Person Test (DAP)
c. Irresistible-Impulse Test (IIT)
d. Rorschach Inkblot Test
e. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
26. Dilbert has many traits that help him to succeed at his job as an engineer. He is organized, efficient, dependable, thorough, regimented
and productive. According to the Big Five Model of Personality, Dilbert is high in __________ and low in _________.
a. Extraversion; conscientiousness
d. Conscientiousness; openness to experience
b. Conscientiousness; agreeableness
e. Agreeableness; openness to experience
c. Agreeableness; conscientiousness
27. Which of the following characteristics would be most likely to be exhibited by a person with narcissistic personality disorder?
a. Exaggerated self-importance
d. Disorganized speech
b. Neologisms
e. Paranoia
c. Impulsivity
28. Which of the following is commonly used to treat the symptoms of bipolar disorder?
a. Anxiolytics
d. Prozac
b. Neuroleptics
e. Lithium
c. Antipsychotics
29. Which of the following is not considered to be an anxiety disorder?
a. Generalized anxiety disorder
b. Panic disorder
c. Phobia
d.
e.
Dissociative disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
30. Sylvester suffers from schizophrenia. He has negative symptoms, such as never feeling pleasure; he also has positive symptoms, which
could include all of the following except:
a. Delusions
d. Multiple personalities
b. Disorganized thoughts
e. Hallucinations
c. Word salad
31. Twenty-year-old Elton inherited a predisposition to depression and was brought up by a manic-depressive mother. Until now, Elton has
avoided depression, but according to the diathesis-stress model, he may develop depression if he:
a. Develops serious diathesis
b. Encounters very stressful events
c. Experiences conditions of worth
d. Fails to recognize his genuine feelings about himself
e. Fails to undergo psychotherapy
32. Kristine and Nicole are seeing therapists for their psychological problems. Kristine constantly thinks that she is stupid and worthless,
and sometimes she has thoughts of killing herself. Nicole cleans her house so much that she doesn't have time to do anything else; she
realizes that her house is already clean, but she can't stop herself. The therapists are most likely treating Kristine for her ______________
and treating Nicole for her ______________.
a. Hallucinations; delusions
d. Compulsions; obsessions
b. Obsessions; compulsions
e. Obsessions; obsessions
c. Compulsions; compulsions
33. Your therapist is helping you to overcome the irrational thoughts that you have recently developed. Specifically, he asks that you
complete "homework" to help challenge your false beliefs. Your therapist likely adheres to the principles of ____________ therapy.
a. Beck’s cognitive
b. Object relations
c. Behavioral
d. Psychodynamic
e. Client-centered
34. Winston has been taking neuroleptics for several years, and he now suffers from an irreversible disorder of the nervous system that
involves uncontrollable, repetitive movements of the body and face. Winston probably began taking neuroleptics to treat his
_____________, but the drug led to the disorder known as ____________.
a. Anxiety disorder; tardive dyskinesia
d. Schizophrenia; agranulocytosis
b. Depression; agranulocytosis
e. Anxiety disorder; agranulocytosis
c. Schizophrenia; tardive dyskinesia
35. Sally goes to Lucy for psychotherapy. In Lucy's office, Sally relaxes and says whatever comes to her mind. She also describes her dreams,
and Lucy offers interpretations. Lucy claims that these methods help Sally become more aware of her unconscious mind. Lucy is most
likely a _____________ psychotherapist.
a. Cognitive
d. Gestalt
b. Humanist
e. Psychodynamic
c. Behavioral
36. Lori's therapist asks her to report everything that comes to mind no matter how trivial or bizarre it may seem. Lori's therapist is using:
a. Transference
d. Free association
b. Countertransference
e. Reflection
c. Conditions of worth
37. Becky is extremely afraid of snakes. Her therapist puts her in a room full of snakes and doesn't allow her to leave for several hours.
When Becky leaves the room, she is no longer afraid of snakes. Becky’s therapist helped her overcome her snake phobia through the use
of ______________, which is a technique used by ______________ therapists.
a. Systematic desensitization; humanistic
d. Aversion therapy; gestalt
b. Flooding; psychodynamic
e. Flooding; behavioral
c. Aversion therapy; biological
38. Alistair's psychologist realizes that she has addressed all of the DSM-IV axes except for Axis IV. What question might she ask Alistair to
begin to gather information about Axis IV?
a. “Do you ever hear voices when there is nobody there?”
b. “How is your physical health lately?”
c. “Is there a pattern of alcohol abuse in your family?”
d. “How well would you say you’re functioning these days at work, at home and in general?”
e. “What kind of stressors have you had in your life during the past year?”
39. Spencer is about to be evaluated at his job. Unfortunately, he wakes up Monday morning and finds that he is paralyzed and cannot go to
work. On Friday evening, Spencer is miraculously able to walk again, yet the following Monday he is once again paralyzed. Spencer is
most likely suffering from ___________ disorder.
a. Panic
d. Somatization
b. Cyclothymic
e. Conversion
c. Hypochondriasis
40. One of the major factors in the development of dissociative identity disorder appears to be:
a. Vicarious conditioning
d. Heredity
b. Extremely high stress
e. Physical abuse as a child
c. Environmental conditions
41. Discrimination is the ____________ component of a prejudiced attitude.
a. Cognitive
b. Evaluative
c. Behavioral
d.
e.
Emotional
Affective
42. Devin is running to catch a bus when he sees a person trip and fall. As Devin is getting on the bus, he sees another man walk right past
the person in need of help. Devin thinks to himself, "I can't believe that man didn't help that person. He is really a selfish person. I would
have helped, if I hadn't been in such a hurry." He is displaying:
a. Defensive attribution
b. Ultimate attribution error
c. Actor-observer bias
d. Unique invulnerability bias
e. Cognitive dissonance
43. Kerry and Ben had dated a couple of times, but Kerry wasn't too interested and hadn't called Ben for over a month. However, when she
received a birthday card from Ben in the mail, she called him and decided to ask him out. This change in Kerry's attitude was probably
due to:
a. Social facilitation
d. Social comparison
b. A mental set
e. The reciprocity norm
c. Effective persuasion
44. In a tug-of-war competition, Hunter pulled much harder on the rope when competing as an individual than when he competed as a
member of a team. This phenomenon is known as:
a. Cognitive dissonance
d. Social referencing
b. Group polarization
e. Social facilitation
c. Social loafing
45. Darlene is always helping people, even when it involves a potential risk. She has no expectation that she will be rewarded for her
actions. Darlene might be described as highly:
a. Self-controlled
d. Dogmatic
b. Proactive
e. Pragmatic
c. Altruistic
46. Ezekiel asks, “Mom, may I eat a hot fudge sundae with extra whipped cream?” When his mother replies that he may not, Ezekiel then
asks if he may eat one cookie. Ezekiel is using the ______________ strategy for gaining compliance.
a. High-ball
d. Door-in-the-face
b. Low-ball
e. Foot-in-the-door
c. Bait-and-switch
47. Randolph is playing badminton, a task that he is particularly good at. Soon, a crowd gathers to watch him play. Randolph ends up having
one of the best badminton games of his life. His improved performance is a result of social:
a. Referencing
d. Anxiety
b. Ability
e. Impairment
c. Facilitation
48. Cognitive dissonance arises when ____________.
a. Attitudes do not match behaviors
b. Stereotypes do not match reality
c. Spoken words do not match actions
d.
e.
Passion does not match commitment
One person’s beliefs do not match others’ beliefs
49. Alexei does not show up for soccer practice. Which of the following explanations for Alexei’s absence is dispositional?
a. He is irresponsible
d. He has a prior commitment
b. He is stuck in traffic
e. He has decided to quit the soccer team
c. He has injured himself
50. According to Sternberg, committed couples who also have intimacy and passion are in the form of love called ____________.
a. Empty love
b. Fatuous love
c. Romantic love
d. Consummate love
e. Companionate love