AP Psych Final Multiple Choice
1. By triggering the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, ________
boosts alertness and diminishes appetite. a. THC
b. heroin
c. alcohol
d. nicotine
e. MDMA: d. nicotine
2. The distinctive feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis
on
a. natural selection.
b. unconscious conflicts.
c. introspection.
d. learned behaviors.
e. brain chemistry.: b. unconscious conflicts
3. Severing a cat's reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the
cat to
a. lapse into a coma.
b. cower in fear.
c. become violently aggressive.
d. become sexually preoccupied.
e. experience convulsive seizures.: a. lapse into a coma
4. Visually associating five items needed from the grocery store with
mental images of a bun, a shoe, a tree, a door, and a hive best illustrates
the use of
a. the spacing effect.
b. the peg-word system.
c. serial position effect.
d. the testing effect.
e. implicit memory: b. the peg- word system
5. Which brain area is primarily involved with controlling speech?
a. association areas
b. sensory cortex
c. Broca's area
d. hypothalamus
e. angular gyrus: c. Broca's Area
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6. Alexis is addicted to drugs. The room in which she usually takes them is
likely to become a(n) ________ for drug
a. CS
b. operant chamber
c. primary reinforcer
d. US
e. CR: a. CS
7. Margie insists that she never dreams, but her sister feels she can
prove otherwise. To prove that Margie does dream, the sister should a.
feed Margie lots of rich food just before bedtime.
b. wake Margie after she has been asleep for about 5 minutes and ask her
what she's dreaming.
c. make an all-night audiotape of the sounds Margie makes while sleeping.
d. wake Margie after 5 minutes of REM sleep and ask her what she's dreaming.
e. use posthypnotic suggestion to increase the chances of dream recall: d.
wake Margie after 5 minutes of REM sleep and ask her what she is dreaming
8. Students routinely underestimate how much time it will take them to
complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of
a. overconfidence.
b. the availability heuristic.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
d. framing.
e. fixation: a. overconfidence
9. Working in a community mental health center, Dr. Thatcher treats adults
who suffer from severe depression. Dr. Thatcher is most likely a(n) ________
psychologist
a. clinical
b. social
c. industrial-organizational
d. developmental
e. personality: a. clinical
10. Bandura's experiments indicate that ________ is important in the process
of learning.
a. shaping
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b. secondary reinforcement
c. respondent behavior
d. generalization
e. modeling: e. modeling
11. Memories are primed by a. the serial position effect.
b. retrieval cues.
c. source amnesia.
d. repression.
e. retroactive interference.: b. retrieval cues
12. As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, it
is unlikely that the horse will appear to grow larger. This best illustrates the
phenomenon of
a. binocular cues.
b. size constancy.
c. closure.
d. linear perspective.
e. convergence.: b. size constancy
13. Which cognitive neuroscience term reflects the idea that "much of our
everyday thinking, feeling, and acting operates outside our conscious
awareness"?
a. cerebral cortex
b. reticular formation
c. dual processing
d. interneurons
e. limbic system: c. dual processing
14. Movement of the hair cells along the basilar membrane
a. allows us to sense our body's position and movement.
b. initiates transduction and the transmission of neural messages to the
auditory cortex.
c. stimulates the taste receptor cells and helps us to distinguish between
different taste sensations.
d. produces large-fiber activity in the spinal cord that closes the "gate" so we
don't feel pain.
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e. causes the olfactory bulb to send signals to the primary smell cortex.: b.
initiates transduction and the transmission of neural messages to the auditory
cortex
15. Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to result in
a. nerve deafness.
b. conduction hearing loss.
c. loss of movement.
d. accommodation.
e. loss of the sense of balance.: a. nerve deafness
16. Resting potential is to action potential as ________ is to ________.
a. sensory neuron; motor neuron
b. temporal lobe; occipital lobe
c. dendrite; axon
d. polarization; depolarization
e. adrenal gland; pituitary gland: d. polarization, depolarization 17. The
semicircular canals are most directly relevant to
a. the vestibular sense.
b. parallel processing.
c. accommodation.
d. kinesthesis.
e. hearing.: a. the vestibular sense
18. What do methamphetamine, caffeine, and cocaine have in common?
a. They slow body functions and calm neural activity.
b. They distort perceptions and evoke sensations without sensory input.
c. They excite neural activity and arouse body functions.
d. They depress neural functioning and reduce pain.
e. They relax the body, lead to disinhibition, and produce euphoria.: c. They
excite neural activity and arouse body functions
19. How many morphemes are in the word "bats"? a.
0
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4
e. 1: c. 2
1. By triggering the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine, ________
boosts alertness and diminishes appetite. a. THC
b. heroin
c. alcohol
d. nicotine
e. MDMA: d. nicotine
2. The distinctive feature of the psychodynamic perspective is its emphasis
on
a. natural selection.
b. unconscious conflicts.
c. introspection.
d. learned behaviors.
e. brain chemistry.: b. unconscious conflicts
3. Severing a cat's reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the
cat to
a. lapse into a coma.
b. cower in fear.
c. become violently aggressive.
d. become sexually preoccupied.
e. experience convulsive seizures.: a. lapse into a coma
4. Visually associating five items needed from the grocery store with
mental images of a bun, a shoe, a tree, a door, and a hive best illustrates
the use of
a. the spacing effect.
b. the peg-word system.
c. serial position effect.
d. the testing effect.
e. implicit memory: b. the peg- word system
5. Which brain area is primarily involved with controlling speech?
a. association areas
b. sensory cortex
c. Broca's area
d. hypothalamus
e. angular gyrus: c. Broca's Area
, AP Psych Final Multiple Choice
6. Alexis is addicted to drugs. The room in which she usually takes them is
likely to become a(n) ________ for drug
a. CS
b. operant chamber
c. primary reinforcer
d. US
e. CR: a. CS
7. Margie insists that she never dreams, but her sister feels she can
prove otherwise. To prove that Margie does dream, the sister should a.
feed Margie lots of rich food just before bedtime.
b. wake Margie after she has been asleep for about 5 minutes and ask her
what she's dreaming.
c. make an all-night audiotape of the sounds Margie makes while sleeping.
d. wake Margie after 5 minutes of REM sleep and ask her what she's dreaming.
e. use posthypnotic suggestion to increase the chances of dream recall: d.
wake Margie after 5 minutes of REM sleep and ask her what she is dreaming
8. Students routinely underestimate how much time it will take them to
complete assigned course projects. This best illustrates the impact of
a. overconfidence.
b. the availability heuristic.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
d. framing.
e. fixation: a. overconfidence
9. Working in a community mental health center, Dr. Thatcher treats adults
who suffer from severe depression. Dr. Thatcher is most likely a(n) ________
psychologist
a. clinical
b. social
c. industrial-organizational
d. developmental
e. personality: a. clinical
10. Bandura's experiments indicate that ________ is important in the process
of learning.
a. shaping
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b. secondary reinforcement
c. respondent behavior
d. generalization
e. modeling: e. modeling
11. Memories are primed by a. the serial position effect.
b. retrieval cues.
c. source amnesia.
d. repression.
e. retroactive interference.: b. retrieval cues
12. As the retinal image of a horse galloping toward you becomes larger, it
is unlikely that the horse will appear to grow larger. This best illustrates the
phenomenon of
a. binocular cues.
b. size constancy.
c. closure.
d. linear perspective.
e. convergence.: b. size constancy
13. Which cognitive neuroscience term reflects the idea that "much of our
everyday thinking, feeling, and acting operates outside our conscious
awareness"?
a. cerebral cortex
b. reticular formation
c. dual processing
d. interneurons
e. limbic system: c. dual processing
14. Movement of the hair cells along the basilar membrane
a. allows us to sense our body's position and movement.
b. initiates transduction and the transmission of neural messages to the
auditory cortex.
c. stimulates the taste receptor cells and helps us to distinguish between
different taste sensations.
d. produces large-fiber activity in the spinal cord that closes the "gate" so we
don't feel pain.
, AP Psych Final Multiple Choice
e. causes the olfactory bulb to send signals to the primary smell cortex.: b.
initiates transduction and the transmission of neural messages to the auditory
cortex
15. Damage to the basilar membrane is most likely to result in
a. nerve deafness.
b. conduction hearing loss.
c. loss of movement.
d. accommodation.
e. loss of the sense of balance.: a. nerve deafness
16. Resting potential is to action potential as ________ is to ________.
a. sensory neuron; motor neuron
b. temporal lobe; occipital lobe
c. dendrite; axon
d. polarization; depolarization
e. adrenal gland; pituitary gland: d. polarization, depolarization 17. The
semicircular canals are most directly relevant to
a. the vestibular sense.
b. parallel processing.
c. accommodation.
d. kinesthesis.
e. hearing.: a. the vestibular sense
18. What do methamphetamine, caffeine, and cocaine have in common?
a. They slow body functions and calm neural activity.
b. They distort perceptions and evoke sensations without sensory input.
c. They excite neural activity and arouse body functions.
d. They depress neural functioning and reduce pain.
e. They relax the body, lead to disinhibition, and produce euphoria.: c. They
excite neural activity and arouse body functions
19. How many morphemes are in the word "bats"? a.
0
b. 3
c. 2
d. 4
e. 1: c. 2
