AP Psychology Modules 29-30 Questions with Correct Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1: cognitive map
Answer: a mental representation of the layout of one's environment
Question 2: latent learning
Answer: learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
Question 3: insight
Answer: a sudden realization of a problem's solution
Question 4: intrinsic motivation
Answer: a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake
Question 5: coping
Answer: alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
Question 6: problem-focused coping
Answer: attempting to alleviate stress directly--by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that
stressor
Question 7: emotion-focused coping
Answer: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs
related to one's stress reaction
Question 8: learned helplessness
Answer: the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated
aversive events
Question 9: external locus of control
Answer: the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate
Question 10: internal locus of control
Answer: the perception that you control your own fate
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(Grade A+)
Question 1: cognitive map
Answer: a mental representation of the layout of one's environment
Question 2: latent learning
Answer: learning that occurs but is not apparent until there is an incentive to demonstrate it
Question 3: insight
Answer: a sudden realization of a problem's solution
Question 4: intrinsic motivation
Answer: a desire to perform a behavior effectively for its own sake
Question 5: coping
Answer: alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods
Question 6: problem-focused coping
Answer: attempting to alleviate stress directly--by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that
stressor
Question 7: emotion-focused coping
Answer: attempting to alleviate stress by avoiding or ignoring a stressor and attending to emotional needs
related to one's stress reaction
Question 8: learned helplessness
Answer: the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated
aversive events
Question 9: external locus of control
Answer: the perception that chance or outside forces beyond our personal control determine our fate
Question 10: internal locus of control
Answer: the perception that you control your own fate
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