AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS


Wilhelm Wundt - cx cx




ansSet up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection and Structuralism
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Introspection - cx




ansSubject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a simple stimuli
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Structuralism - cx




ansIdea that the mind operates by combining subjective emotions and object sensations
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William James - cx cx




ansPublished "Principles of Psychology" and furthered Structuralism towards Functionalis
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Gestalt Psychology - cx cx




ansAgainst dividing thought and behavior; examine a person's total perception
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Sigmund Freud - cx cx




ansPsychoanalytic approach who believed the unconscious mind showed who a person w
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as - caused by repression of thoughts
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John Watson - cx cx




ansBehavioralist who said that psychology must focus on observable concepts -
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Little Albert Study
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Behavioralism - cx




ansPsychology should focus on only 'observable' behavior through stimuli and responses
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BF Skinner -
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ansExpanded ideas of behavioralism to include the concept of reinforcement. He became t
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he father of Operant Conditioning
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Reinforcement - ansEnvironmental stimuli that encourage or discourage a response cx cx cx cx cx cx cx cx cx




Eclectic - ansLooking at thought/behavior from multiple perspectives - play it by ear
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Humanistic Psychology - cx cx




ansStresses choice and free will of people; we choose our action and make our own destini
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, Psycho-Analytic Approach - cx cx




ansthe unconscious mind controls much of our thought and action; to understand unconsci
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ous, dream analysis and other techniques are used
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Biological Psychology - cx cx




ansHuman cognition and reactions are caused by our genes, hormones, and neurology
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Evolutionary Psychology - cx cx




ansExamine human thoughts and actions through natural selection - best thoughts/
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Cognitive Psychology - cx cx




ansExamine human thought and behavior by how we interpret, process, and remember ev
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ents. Why we think the way we do
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Hindsight Bias - cx cx




ansPeople feel that they've "known all along" after hearing research findings that they did n
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ot know
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Applied Research - ansresearch that has a clear, practical application that's used in life
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Basic Research - ansResearch that does not intend to impact immediate, real-
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world problems cx




Hypothesis - cx




ansExpresses the relationship between the independent and dependent variables -
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based on theory
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Theory - cx




ansAttempt to explain a phenomena in a way that generates a testable hypothesis for supp
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ort

Valid Research - ansMeasures what the researcher intended and is accurate
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Reliable Research - ansResearch results can be replicated to find identical results
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Sampling - ansProcess of selecting subjects from a totally random cross-section of society
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Stratified Sampling - cx cx




ansSampling of random people but all of whom meet a certain criteria (age, gender, race, e
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Case Study - cx cx




ansUsed to get a full, detailed picture of one or a small group of participants. Not generalize
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