6th HOUR AP PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
RESEARCH METHODS
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Researchers concluded that subjects who were given a sugar pill experienced the same results as those who
took the real one. This is known as?
2. The three measures of central tendency are?
3. Professor Washburn noticed that her class scores on their first test were between 89 and 14. Professor
Washburn is describing her class
4. Which of the following correlation coefficients would be considered to have the greatest relationship
strength?
5. Researching with factual information in order to arrive at a valid conclusion is know as
6. Watching people in their natural environment is known as
7. The group that receives the treatments?
8. A scientist selects participants from a population that the experimenter wishes to study?
9. The numerical value that appears in the middle of all presented data.
10. Mr. Felix concluded that the more spanking you do to your child the better he will turn out. This is known as
11. Dr. Armpit is concerned that his body language might influence the outcome of his experiment. Which of the
following methods should Dr. Armpit use to ensure that he will not impact the result of the study?
12. In an experiment studying the effect of alcohol on memory, subjects tolerance levels relating to alcohol
consumption would be considered
13. Dr. Banana is interested in studying people who have sustained brain damage after ingesting banana peels.
Over the past 37 years he studies only one patient. Which of the following research methods is Dr. Bananas
most likely using?
14. Professor Higen is interested in studying the effects of caffeine on the aggression levels of dodo birds.
Which research method would most likely be used.
15. Mr. Hackysack makes an educational guess. What is an educational guess?
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
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The fact that a neuron either fires at full strength or does not fire at all is the results of which of the
following?
2. It is reasonable to conclude that which area of the brain is most likely affected by Alzheimer's disease?
3. Emily is running and experienced an increase in her body's natural painkiller? Which of the following has been
associated with the alleviation of pain?
4. Brittney's ability to maintain balance is due to the functioning of what areas of her brain?
5. What are the building blocks of the nervous system?
6. The central nervous system is made up of what?
7. What connects the two halves of the brain?
8. The cerebellum does what?
9. What is known as the master gland?
10. Which hormone regulates sleep?
11. What are the branch-like structures that receive information from adjacent neurons?
12. Which area of the brain is called the "pleasure center"?
13. An excess of which neurotransmitter has been associated with schizophrenia, while a deficiency of the same
neurotransmitter has been associated with Parkinson's?
14. What is a lesion?
15. The amygdala is associated with which of the following?
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Vinnie is five months old and enjoys playing peek-a-boo mainly because, as Vinnie understands it, the human
face is there, then it disappears, then is reappears. According to Piaget, what stage is Vinnie currently in?
2. Tim is fourteen years old and believes that everyone is a concerned with his looks as he is. What is Time
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Keiko drops out of her high school drama club and joins the rugby club instead in an effort to meet new
people. According to Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development, Keiko is currently experiencing
Harry Harlow felt that for infant monkeys
Lightly touching an infant’s cheek will result in movement of the infant’s mouth to whichever side of his face
was touched. This is known as what type of reflex?
Students at Bayside High School are amazed by all the knowledge Dr. Jones possesses. Having taken
psychology, you know that the professor’s extensive knowledge can be likely attributed to a high level of
Maturation refers to
Which of the following correctly represents Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s theory of death and grief?
Brody is contemplating whether to cheat on his upcoming psychology examination. He knows that he needs to
get an A on the test. However, he also recognizes that getting an A on the exam outweighs the risk of getting
caught. According to Kohlberg, Brody is currently at what level of morality?
The term used to define any agent that may interfere with development in a human fetus is called
According to Baumrind, the type of parenting that would most likely produce a cooperative, caring, and
empathic child is
According to Erikson, the first crisis encountered in human development is
Fluid intelligence _______ with age, while crystallized intelligence _________ with age.
Tommy, a toddler, is sitting in a room with his mother when a stranger enters, causing Tommy is cling tightly
to his other. His mother reassures Tommy that everything is al right and that he can play with the
stranger. According to Mary Ainsworth, Tommy is displaying
When asked why the sky is blue, Erin responds, “Because blue is my favorite color!” According to Piaget, Erin is
displaying
COGNITION
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When asked to give an example of what a bird is, Tom replied, “Do you mean a robin?” For Tom, a robin is an
example of a(n):
2. Which if the following best describes the use of an availability heuristic?
3. Jillian is struggling with a challenging physics problem she can't seem to solve. Which problem-solving strategy
would she benefit from?
4. One-year-old Hayden points to a horse and says “doggie.” Hayden is displaying
5. According to psychoanalysis, what distinguishes true language from the language produced by lower animals?
6. Mr. Flanders asks Sean to deliver a message to Mrs. Rogers. Sean has never been to Mrs. Roberts room, but is
told that it is two classrooms to the right of Mrs. Smith’s room. Because Sean had Mrs. Smith last year, he
knows where Mr. Rogers’ classroom is. Sean has used what component of thought to help him?
7. Many students often miss multiple-choice questions that state, “Which of the following does NOT...” The
failure to notice a differently worded question such as this is an example of which obstacle to problem
solving?
8. Clarisse goes to the store to purchase chips for her upcoming graduation party. Which problem solving
strategy would ensure Clarisse finds the aisle containing chips?
9. Which of the following demonstrates the principle of confirmation bias?
10. The process of acquiring information and entering it into memory is referred to as
11. Mary is able to remember her mother’s birth date. Remembering that date is an example of which type of
memory?
12. Rosita was having a hard time remembering the material she learned in class and that she knew was going to be
on the test. As she walked into her classroom on the day of the test she started to remember the forgotten
content. This sudden occurrence could be explained by
13. Steve can only remember his old locker combination; he keeps forgetting his new combination. Steve is
experiencing
14. Ray hurt his head in a car accident and has been experiencing problems recalling past events. Ray’s doctors
told his parents that Ray may be suffering from
15. What psychologist believed the forgetting of information will occur rapidly at first and will then level off,
with the remaining information being retained for a long period of time?
MOTIVATION, EMOTION, AND STRESS
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Internal and external factors that direct an organism's behavior towards a desired outcome is referred to as
2. Vladimir wakes up in the middle of the night to get some water. Which theory of motivation explains why he
got up out of bed?
3. Jeff wants to leave a boring party. What theory tells why Jeff wants to leave?
4. Alec was motivated to work flex-time at his job because if he worked an extra hour Monday through
Thursday, he could leave at noon on Friday. Which motivational theory would best explain the one for Joe
wanting to work a flex time schedule?
5. CCK is a signal for satiety of what type of hunger? What type of hunger is Leptin a signal for?
6. Which of the following monitors the internal states of the body?
7. Which part of the Hypothalamus triggers hunger? Which part stops hunger?
8. Sam is eating less and less. He also spends hours at the gym every day. If anyone even mentions food to him,
he gets very upset and will not listen to anyone who suggests he eats more. Sam could be suffering from
9. According to Abraham Maslow, what is/are at the top of the hierarchy of needs?
10. Which part of the limbic system is important in perceiving emotion?
11. Bartholomew hears a noise outside. Her heart rate increases, resulting in her becoming scared. Which theory
explains Bart's response to the noise?
12. Emotion being the result of placing a cognitive label to explain a psychological reaction is which of the
following theories?
13. What type of psychology deals with the study of the effects of stress on the human body and how to handle
it with an effective lifestyle?
14. In the fight or flight response, the adrenal medulla releases a hormone that alerts the body by elevating
heart rate and respiration whilst tightening muscles. Name the hormone.
15. Sebastian doesn't like to talk in front of groups, so he convinces a co-worker to make her scheduled
presentation. What type of coping strategy does Sebby use?
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
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The process by which we receive, transform, and process stimuli is
2. The minimal difference between two stimuli that people can reliably detect is
3. In vision, the sensory receptors are called
4. _______ is another term for the sense of smell.
5. All of the following are basic tastes except
6. In response to pain, the brain signals the release of
7. Receptors for kinesthesis are located in
8. When watching a movie, what type of apparent movement gives you the perception of a “moving picture”?
9. The perception of stimuli that are below the threshold of conscious awareness is called
10. All sensory information is sent to the thalamus except
11. Devin understands that when a door opens, it does not lose its original shape. This is known as
12. Which sense monitors the position of your body in space and helps maintain balance?
13. Which term best captures them meaning of Gestalt?
14. The gestalt principle of _____ describes the tendency to perceive objects as belonging together when they
are close to one another.
15. _____ explains why a person holding a 25lb bag of rocks would not notice if a three ounce rock was added.
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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Susanne is paying close attention to her teacher as he lectures about the history of psychology. Which
level is awareness describes Susanne’s attentiveness?
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is able to remember. Which level of awareness describes his ability to remember last night’s dinner?
Jen is excited to be taking the AP psychology exam. She is fully alert and ready to handle the task at
hand. Which waves of brain activity is Jen displaying?
REM sleep is characterized by
As an individual sleeps throughout the night, which two stages of sleep become longer?
Jon traveled from Nashville to Los Angeles yesterday. He has had a hard time adapting to the time
change. Last night he found it hard to fall asleep and during the day he has had a hard time staying
awake. The time change has affected Jon’s
What hormone, released by the pineal gland, causes a person to become drowsy and tired?
The restoractive theory of sleep that ________ sleep helps the brain to restore and ________ helps the
body to recover.
Jim has reported that he can control his dreams and affect the content of his dreams. This is
referred to as
Nate has had problems quitting smoking in the past. A friend suggested he has a hypnotist. Nate has a bit
reluctant but agreed. After the hypnotic session, the hypnotist told Nate that he would no longer have the
urge to smoke. This is referred to as
The role theory of hypnosis states that
Which of the following characterized by an altered state of consciousness in which the power of suggestion is
able to affect behavior?
Ever since Deb quit smoking, she has experienced terrible headaches, nausea, and a tremendous craving for
nicotine. Deb is experiencing what kind of symptoms?
Depressants depress activity in the central nervous system by causing neural communication to slowdown.
Which of the following is an example of a depressant?
As Tracy sits in class she grows tired. She is having a hard time paying attention to the teacher and often
loses her place in her book. Tracy is experiencing which type of brain waves?
LEARNING
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When Catbug was younger, he ate some sugar peas that caused him to become sick. Now Catbug is older and
becomes nauseous when he smells sugar peas. Catbug has experienced what principle?
2. Every time Kelly behaves in Mr. Harmeling’s class, he gives her a gold star. After a certain amount of stars are
accumulated, Kelly can trade the gold stars in for a cookie. What type of operant conditioning technique is
this?
3. Lucifar was out past curfew because he is a thug. As a result his parents took away his pet Marley. Lucifar
no longer stays out past curfew. What type of punishment is experienced.
4. Kelly has intense phobia of happiness. Her psychologist surrounds her with happy people to alleviate this fear.
What type of phobia reduction technique is this?
5. Katie is teaching her dog Ripley to stop chasing laser lights. Every time Ripley ignores a laser light, Katie
rewards her with a treat. Which type of reinforcement schedule is this?
6. In operant conditioning, removal of an aversive stimulus causes the behavior to…
7. In the Little Albert experiment, the white rat prior to conditioning served as what?
8. Lucifar works in an Ipod factory and is paid based on the number of Ipods he makes each day. This is an
example of what type of schedule?
9. Which of the following is a primary reinforcer?
10. In operant conditioning, a _____ is any stimulus that increases a behavior, a _______ is any stimulus that
decreases a behavior.
11. Every time Kelly’s parents leave her with Kate, Kelly cries. Katie came to Kelly’s birthday party and Kelly cried.
According to classical conditioning, what is the conditioned stimulus?
12. Katie receives ice cream every day at 1:00 a.m. What type of schedule is this?
13. When Katie gives Kelly directions to her house Kelly pictures the landmarks she will pass along the way. What
is this an example of?
14. One of Pavlov’s dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a tuning fork. The tuning fork was a(n) . . .
15. Lucifar loves to fish. He puts his line in the water and waits until he feels a tug. What reinforcement schedule
is he on?
TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
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Which psychologist proposed that people have one general level of intelligence?
2. Charles Spearman is associated with:
3. The psychologist who developed the first IQ test originally for the French government was
4. Tim took the ACT and got a 25. He took it again and scored the same. According to this, the test has
5. These types of tests predict how someone will do in the future
6. Someone who excels in math but struggles in art would have what type of intelligence
7. Johnny took an IQ test and scored two standard deviations above the mean. Johnny has an IQ of
8. Gardener’s multiple intelligences includes all of the following EXCEPT
9. Someone who is social and understanding of other’s emotions is said to have
10. An advantage of group testing is
11. The information included on a test measures what it is designed to has
12. Savant syndrome is primarily characterized by
13. The cognitive abilities of a person based on experience is the definition of
14. The three parts of Sternberg’s triarchaic theory of intelligence are
15. The ability to perceive and manage the emotions of oneself and others is
PERSONALITY
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Personality is defined as
2. Which of the following discovered that not all disorders could be explained through physical cause?
3. Sigmund Freud believed that a person's thoughts, feelings, and behavior are determined by
4. A baby cried in the middle of the night and demands immediate gratification from his or her caregiver. Freud
would suggest that this child's immediate gratification is based on the
5. Suzy was tempted to cheat on her exam, but quickly remembered that cheating is wrong and immoral. Freud
would say that the thought that cheating was wrong came from the
6. Will received an "F" on his exam. He quickly pointed out to fellow classmates that the exam questions were not
covered on the review and that the teacher had not indicated that they would be included in the exam. Will is
exhibiting which type of defense mechanism
7. During which psychosexual stage does a boy develop strong sexual desire for his mother?
8. Stan is the youngest in a very competitive family. As a result, Stan often does not get attention or succeed in
family activities. Stan’s classmates have noticed that he strives to win at all classroom activities. Which neoFreudian would state that Stan’s competitiveness is in response to his childhood experience?
9. Everyone who knows him describes Tom as a caring person. No matter what the situation, he is always there to
offer support to those who need it. According to Gordon Allport, Tom’s display of caring would be an example
of what trait?
10. A mathematical formula that is used to describe the relationship among trait is called
11. The big-five traits are conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and
12. According to Albert Bandura, reciprocal determinism is the combination of thinking, behavior and
13. Carl Rogers said that the _____ is (are) an innate drive that motivates all human behavior toward growth.
14. Jane was asked to look at a series of ambiguous pictures and describes what she saw. This would be an
example of which type of personality test?
15. The MMPI is classified as a (an)
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
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A phobia is
2. Sally says she experiences anxiety throughout the day. She has no idea why, and lately it has become more
persistent. Sally more likely would be diagnosed with
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location and beginning a new life with no memory of his previous life. Luke would most likely be diagnosed with
Substance- abuse disorder would be listed on which axis in the DSM-IV-TR?
Mental retardation would be listed on which axis in the DSM-IV-TR?
General medical conditions would be listed on which axis in the DSM-IV-TR?
Anxiety is
A type of schizophrenia that is characterized by total immobility and holding of the body in a fixed position
for a long period of time, referred to as waxy flexibility, is schizophrenia.
Excessive receptors of the neurotransmitter have been linked to the development of schizophrenia.
"Split mind," used to describe schizophrenia, refers to
One difference between bipolar I and bipolar II disorder is that bipolar II disorders includes
James believes that he is God and that he therefore has tremendous powers. This would be an example of
which characteristic of schizophrenia?
Personality disorder would be listed on which axis in the DSM-IV-TR?
Personality disorder is characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of, difficulty making decisions,
and clinging behavior.
Eating disorders would be listed on which axis in the DSM-IV-TR?
METHODS OF THERAPY
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What type of therapist has medical degree and therefore is able to prescribe medications?
2. Psychoanalysis is o method of
3. The process in psychoanalysis in which o patient reports on whatever thoughts, memories, or concerns come to
mind is called
4. In a psychoanalytical session, the following dialogue demonstrates which term?
Psychoanalyst: "Why don't you tell me more about your mother?"
Patient: "You were never there for me - - why did you do the things that you did?"
5. Who developed client-centered therapy?
6. Suzy doesn't like to make speeches. Every time she gets up in front of people she starts to shake and
becomes increasingly nervous. Which therapeutic perspective would explain Suzy's response as o result of
negative associations?
7. Who conducted the first research to use the technique of counterconditioning?
8. In certain rehabilitation on centers, patients are given coupons for good behavior that later con be used to
buy desirable merchandise or acquire certain privileges. This process s ref erred to as
9. Facing a fear not controlled and non-harmful manner is on example of which type of therapy?
10. What factor would Albert Ellis agree could potentially contribute to o psychological disorder?
11. Who would suggest that cognitive distortions or errors in logic that ore blown out of proportion could lead to
psychological disorders?
12. A form of therapy that tends to be cost effective ond involves interaction omong severol people is
13. Prefrontal lobotomies ore on example of which type of therapy?
14. Which drug has been used as alternative to lithium for treating bipolar disorder?
15. Tardive dyskinesia was associated with which type of psychoactive drug?
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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______ is the process by which we come to form an understanding of our social environment.
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A ______ is a mental image or representation that a person uses to understand her/his social environment.
Stereotypes are
The fundamental attribution error involves
When people explain their own behavior by making a situational attribution and the behavior of others by
making a dispositional attribution it is called
A judgment of either liking or disliking something or someone is a(n)
Attitudes consist of which components?
People’s behaviors do not always match their attitudes because of
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Three recipient variables that have an influence on persuasion are mood, intelligence and
People are generally attracted to people who
Behavior that is beneficial to others is called ______ behavior.
The famous case of Kitty Genovese best represents which concept from social psychology?
______ is negative bias toward members of other racial group.
The contact hypothesis suggests that prejudice
______ is a negative emotional state that happens when efforts to reach one’s goals are thwarted.
HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Psychology is . . .
2. Behaviorism was built around the idea that
3. Sigmund Freud believed that . . .
4. Which School of thought focused on how an organism adapts to the environment?
5. Who suggested that nature selects organisms best suited for survival in a given environment?
6. Wilhem Wundt used the _____ method to study elements of the mind
7. Tabula rasa refers to?
8. The belief that the brain and nervous system affect behavior is fundamental to what perspective of
psychology?
9. Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow developed what perspective?
10. Which perspective is concerned with how information is processed in terms of thinking, remembering, and
communicating?
11. A researcher supporting which psychological perspective might recite the following quotation “I believe that
the memories and events of early childhood contribute to unconscious development affecting
personality?”
12. The ideas of William James agreed with which psychological school of thought
13. Which Subfield of psychology would focus on how a stroke could affect the functioning of the brain?
14. What type of psychology studies how people change over the course of a lifetime?
15. People who need psychological care receive it from a…?