AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Cognitive Psychologists -
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ansPsychologists who study the mental processes underlying judgment, decision making,
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Psychology - ansThe science of behavior and mental processes

Positive Psychology - ansA field of research that focuses on people's positive
experiences and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism, and resilience.

Biological Psychologists - ansPsychologists who analyze the biological factors
influencing behavior and mental processes.

, Developmental Psychologists - ansPsychologists who seek to understand, describe,
and explore how behavior and mental processes change over a lifetime.

problem solving, imagining, and other aspects of human thought or cognition. Also called e
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xperimental psychologists. cx




Clinical And Counseling Psychologists - cx cx cx cx




ansPsychologists who seek to assess, understand, and change abnormal behavior.
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Educational Psychologists - cx cx




ansPsychologists who study methods by which instructors teach and students learn and w
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ho apply their results to improving those methods
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School Psychologists - cx cx




ansPsychologists who test IQ's, diagnose students' academic problems, and set up progra
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ms to improve students' achievement
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Forensic Psychologists - cx cx




ansPsychologists who assist in jury selection, evaluate defendants mental competence to
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stand trial, and deal with other issues involving psychology and the law.
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Psychodynamic Approach - cx cx




ansA view developed by Freud that emphasizes the interplay of unconscious mental proce
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sses in determining human thought, feelings, and behavior.
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Behavioral Approach - cx cx




ansAn approach to psychology emphasizing that human behavior is determined mainly by
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what a person has learned, especially from rewards and punishments.
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Critical Thinking - cx cx




ansThe process of assessing claims and making judgments on the basis of well-
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supported evidence. cx




Hypothesis - cx




ansIn scientific research, a prediction stated as a specific, testable proposition about a phe
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nomenon.

Variable - ansA factor or characteristic that is manipulated or measured in research
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Theory - cx




ansAn integrated set of propositions that can be used to account for, predict, and even sug
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gest ways of controlling certain phenomena
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Naturalistic Observation - cx cx




ansThe process of watching without interfering as a phenomenon occurs in the natural env
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ironment.