AP PSYCHOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔To understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist
carefully investigates the client's current life situation and his physical, social-cultural,
and educational history. Which research method has the psychologist used? - ✔✔the
case study
✔✔The home environment most clearly has a greater influence on children's ________
than on their ________. - ✔✔religious beliefs; personality traits
✔✔Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was
guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in
past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates
- ✔✔belief perseverance
✔✔After repeatedly taking alcohol spiked with a nausea-producing drug, people with
alcohol dependence may fail to develop an aversive reaction to alcohol because they
blame their nausea on the drug. This illustrates the importance of ________ in classical
conditioning. - ✔✔cognitive processes
✔✔Dr. Ensing studies the reactions of very young children who are briefly separated
from their mothers while in an unfamiliar setting. It is most likely that Dr. Ensing is
conducting research on - ✔✔attachment
✔✔Infant novelty preferences have been discovered by assessing infants' -
✔✔habituation
✔✔Which theory can best explain why people respond differently to the same stimuli? -
✔✔signal detection theory
✔✔After prolonged exposure to television violence, viewers became more indifferent to
violence when later viewing a brawl, whether on TV or in real life. This finding best
illustrates - ✔✔desensitization
✔✔We compute motion based on the assumption that shrinking objects are -
✔✔retreating
✔✔How do evolutionary psychologists explain why pregnant women from cultures
across the world tend to avoid bitter, strongly flavored foods? - ✔✔Bitter tastes can be
an indication of foods toxic toward a developing baby, so this preference developed
through natural selection.
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔To understand the unusual behavior of an adult client, a clinical psychologist
carefully investigates the client's current life situation and his physical, social-cultural,
and educational history. Which research method has the psychologist used? - ✔✔the
case study
✔✔The home environment most clearly has a greater influence on children's ________
than on their ________. - ✔✔religious beliefs; personality traits
✔✔Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was
guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in
past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates
- ✔✔belief perseverance
✔✔After repeatedly taking alcohol spiked with a nausea-producing drug, people with
alcohol dependence may fail to develop an aversive reaction to alcohol because they
blame their nausea on the drug. This illustrates the importance of ________ in classical
conditioning. - ✔✔cognitive processes
✔✔Dr. Ensing studies the reactions of very young children who are briefly separated
from their mothers while in an unfamiliar setting. It is most likely that Dr. Ensing is
conducting research on - ✔✔attachment
✔✔Infant novelty preferences have been discovered by assessing infants' -
✔✔habituation
✔✔Which theory can best explain why people respond differently to the same stimuli? -
✔✔signal detection theory
✔✔After prolonged exposure to television violence, viewers became more indifferent to
violence when later viewing a brawl, whether on TV or in real life. This finding best
illustrates - ✔✔desensitization
✔✔We compute motion based on the assumption that shrinking objects are -
✔✔retreating
✔✔How do evolutionary psychologists explain why pregnant women from cultures
across the world tend to avoid bitter, strongly flavored foods? - ✔✔Bitter tastes can be
an indication of foods toxic toward a developing baby, so this preference developed
through natural selection.
