AP Psychology Psychologists Exam Review Questions and
A+ Level pass rate solutions; Latest 2025/2026
Benjamin Whorf - correct answer 1897-1941; Field: language;
Contributions: his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think
Robert Rosenthal - correct answer 1933-present; Field: social psychology;
Contributions: focus on nonverbal communication, self-fulfilling prophecies;
Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students
Judith Langlois - correct answer dates ?; Field: developmental;
Contributions: social development & processing, effects of appearance on
behavior, origin of social stereotypes, sex/love/intimacy, facial expression
David Rosenhan - correct answer dates?; Field: social psychology;
Contributions: proved that once you are diagnosed with a disorder, your care
would not be very good in a mental health setting; Studies: Hospital
experiment-checked into hospital to check diagnosis
Daniel Goleman - correct answer 1946-present; Field: intelligence;
Contributions: emotional intelligence
Charles Spearman - correct answer 1863-1945; Field: intelligence;
Contributions: found that specific mental talents were highly correlated,
concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled
'g' (general ability)
Albert Ellis - correct answer 1913-2007; Field: cognitive-behavioral;
Contributions: Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET), focuses on altering client's
patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
, Harry Stack Sullivan - correct answer 1892-1949; Field: psychoanalysis;
Contributions: groundwork for enmeshed relationships, developed the Self-
System-a configuration of personality traits
Robert Yerkes - correct answer 187601956; Field: intelligence,
comparative; Contributions: social behavior of gorillas/chimps, Yerkes-Dodson
law-level of arousal as related to performance
Alfred Binet - correct answer 1857-1911; Field: testing; Contributions:
general IQ tests, designed test to identify slow learners in need of
remediation-not applicable in the U.S. because too culture-bound (French)
Little Albert - correct answer ca. 1920; Field: behaviorism; Contributions:
subject in John Watson's experiment, proved classical conditioning principles:
Studies: Little Albert-generalization of fear
Karl Wernicke - correct answer 1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions:
area of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person
damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense
Ernst Weber - correct answer 1795-1878; Field: perception; Contributions:
just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law;
Studies: 1st study on JND
Gustav Fechner - correct answer 1801-1887; Field: perception;
Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is
proportionate to the # of JND's that the stimulus causing the experiences
above the absolute threshold
Mary Cover-Jones - correct answer 1896-1987; Field: learning;
Contributions: systematic desensitization, maintained that fear could be
unlearned
A+ Level pass rate solutions; Latest 2025/2026
Benjamin Whorf - correct answer 1897-1941; Field: language;
Contributions: his hypothesis is that language determines the way we think
Robert Rosenthal - correct answer 1933-present; Field: social psychology;
Contributions: focus on nonverbal communication, self-fulfilling prophecies;
Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students
Judith Langlois - correct answer dates ?; Field: developmental;
Contributions: social development & processing, effects of appearance on
behavior, origin of social stereotypes, sex/love/intimacy, facial expression
David Rosenhan - correct answer dates?; Field: social psychology;
Contributions: proved that once you are diagnosed with a disorder, your care
would not be very good in a mental health setting; Studies: Hospital
experiment-checked into hospital to check diagnosis
Daniel Goleman - correct answer 1946-present; Field: intelligence;
Contributions: emotional intelligence
Charles Spearman - correct answer 1863-1945; Field: intelligence;
Contributions: found that specific mental talents were highly correlated,
concluded that all cognitive abilities showed a common core which he labeled
'g' (general ability)
Albert Ellis - correct answer 1913-2007; Field: cognitive-behavioral;
Contributions: Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET), focuses on altering client's
patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
, Harry Stack Sullivan - correct answer 1892-1949; Field: psychoanalysis;
Contributions: groundwork for enmeshed relationships, developed the Self-
System-a configuration of personality traits
Robert Yerkes - correct answer 187601956; Field: intelligence,
comparative; Contributions: social behavior of gorillas/chimps, Yerkes-Dodson
law-level of arousal as related to performance
Alfred Binet - correct answer 1857-1911; Field: testing; Contributions:
general IQ tests, designed test to identify slow learners in need of
remediation-not applicable in the U.S. because too culture-bound (French)
Little Albert - correct answer ca. 1920; Field: behaviorism; Contributions:
subject in John Watson's experiment, proved classical conditioning principles:
Studies: Little Albert-generalization of fear
Karl Wernicke - correct answer 1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions:
area of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person
damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense
Ernst Weber - correct answer 1795-1878; Field: perception; Contributions:
just-noticeable-difference (JND) that eventually becomes Weber's law;
Studies: 1st study on JND
Gustav Fechner - correct answer 1801-1887; Field: perception;
Contributions: stated that the magnitude of a sensory experience is
proportionate to the # of JND's that the stimulus causing the experiences
above the absolute threshold
Mary Cover-Jones - correct answer 1896-1987; Field: learning;
Contributions: systematic desensitization, maintained that fear could be
unlearned
