AP Psychology 2025 Exam Update Questions and
Answers.
1. Which of the following is used to reduce the
effects of confounding variables in experiments?
(A) Descriptive statistics
(B) Inferential statistics
(C) Meta-analysis
(D) An algorithm
(E) Random assignment - ✅✅✅ E
2. Thomas gained a lot of weight because he was
eating too many sweets. A psychologist suggested
to Thomas that he pair the pleasant taste of sweets
with the taste of something he finds unpleasant.
So, Thomas put broccoli, which he hates, in his
ice cream, cake, and pie. He now feels nauseated
at the sight of dessert and avoids eating it. This
technique is known as
(A) flooding
(B) a token economy
(C) client-centered therapy
(D) systematic desensitization
(E) aversion therapy - ✅✅✅ E
3. Which of the following is reduced during
a fight-or-flight reaction?
(A) Adrenaline level
(B) Glucose level
(C) Respiration rate
(D) Heart rate
(E) Digestion - ✅✅✅ E
4. Ana injured her eye in an accident and has to wear
a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the
following cues would she best be able to use to
make judgments about the distance objects are
from her?
(A) Convergence
(B) Binocular disparity
(C) Linear perspective
(D) Similarity
(E) Closure - ✅✅✅ C
5. During therapy sessions, Gerry's therapist often
,rephrases things that Gerry has said or asks for
clarification. This action is consistent with what
aspect of client-centered therapy?
(A) Empathy
(B) Unconditional positive regard
(C) Genuineness
(D) Active listening
(E) Self-worth - ✅✅✅ D
6. A psychologist gives the same test to a class of
students at the beginning of the day and again at
the end of the school day. The extent to which test
scores are similar across the two administrations
demonstrates which of the following test
properties?
(A) Validity
(B) Reliability
(C) Standardization
(D) Statistical significance
(E) Utility - ✅✅✅ B
10. Which of the following supports the
opponent-process theory of color vision?
(A) Color constancy
(B) Feature detection
(C) Subtractive color mixing
(D) Afterimages
(E) Parallel processing - ✅✅✅ D
11. What is the correct chronological order of the
following perspectives of psychology, from past
to present?
I. Behaviorism
II. Psychoanalysis
III. Structuralism
IV. Humanism
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) II, III, IV, I
(C) I, IV, III, II
(D) III, II, I, IV
(E) III, II, IV, I - ✅✅✅ D
12. Incentive theories of motivation explain the desire
of people to achieve goals in terms of
(A) maintenance of physiological equilibrium
, (B) internal states of tension that need to be
resolved
(C) external stimuli that have the capacity to
affect behavior
(D) tendencies that strike a balance between
biological and social needs
(E) resolution of cognitive dissonance - ✅✅✅ C
13. In elementary school, Lisa learned to speak some
Japanese in addition to English. As a sophomore
in high school, Lisa took a class in Chinese.
She found that some of the new vocabulary was
difficult to learn because her earlier Japanese
vocabulary was competing with the new Chinese
words. This situation best illustrates
(A) positive transfer
(B) repression
(C) proactive interference
(D) retroactive interference
(E) misattribution - ✅✅✅ C
14. Of the following, an evolutionary psychologist
will most likely investigate the
(A) age of children when they speak their
first words
(B) speed of an action potential
(C) reason why many people have an innate fear
of the dark
(D) factors that make a person feel accepted by
others
(E) features of a car that make it easier for a
person to operate - ✅✅✅ C
15. The first time four-year-old Savannah attempted
to make her bed, her father praised her for
covering the pillow with a blanket. After a few
times, her father began praising Savannah for
covering the pillow and tucking in the corners of
the sheet. Finally, Savannah's father praised her
when she covered the pillow, tucked in the
corners of the sheet, and smoothed the blanket.
The process described in this scenario is known as
(A) negative reinforcement
(B) spontaneous recovery
(C) shaping
(D) latent learning
Answers.
1. Which of the following is used to reduce the
effects of confounding variables in experiments?
(A) Descriptive statistics
(B) Inferential statistics
(C) Meta-analysis
(D) An algorithm
(E) Random assignment - ✅✅✅ E
2. Thomas gained a lot of weight because he was
eating too many sweets. A psychologist suggested
to Thomas that he pair the pleasant taste of sweets
with the taste of something he finds unpleasant.
So, Thomas put broccoli, which he hates, in his
ice cream, cake, and pie. He now feels nauseated
at the sight of dessert and avoids eating it. This
technique is known as
(A) flooding
(B) a token economy
(C) client-centered therapy
(D) systematic desensitization
(E) aversion therapy - ✅✅✅ E
3. Which of the following is reduced during
a fight-or-flight reaction?
(A) Adrenaline level
(B) Glucose level
(C) Respiration rate
(D) Heart rate
(E) Digestion - ✅✅✅ E
4. Ana injured her eye in an accident and has to wear
a patch over the eye while it heals. Which of the
following cues would she best be able to use to
make judgments about the distance objects are
from her?
(A) Convergence
(B) Binocular disparity
(C) Linear perspective
(D) Similarity
(E) Closure - ✅✅✅ C
5. During therapy sessions, Gerry's therapist often
,rephrases things that Gerry has said or asks for
clarification. This action is consistent with what
aspect of client-centered therapy?
(A) Empathy
(B) Unconditional positive regard
(C) Genuineness
(D) Active listening
(E) Self-worth - ✅✅✅ D
6. A psychologist gives the same test to a class of
students at the beginning of the day and again at
the end of the school day. The extent to which test
scores are similar across the two administrations
demonstrates which of the following test
properties?
(A) Validity
(B) Reliability
(C) Standardization
(D) Statistical significance
(E) Utility - ✅✅✅ B
10. Which of the following supports the
opponent-process theory of color vision?
(A) Color constancy
(B) Feature detection
(C) Subtractive color mixing
(D) Afterimages
(E) Parallel processing - ✅✅✅ D
11. What is the correct chronological order of the
following perspectives of psychology, from past
to present?
I. Behaviorism
II. Psychoanalysis
III. Structuralism
IV. Humanism
(A) I, II, III, IV
(B) II, III, IV, I
(C) I, IV, III, II
(D) III, II, I, IV
(E) III, II, IV, I - ✅✅✅ D
12. Incentive theories of motivation explain the desire
of people to achieve goals in terms of
(A) maintenance of physiological equilibrium
, (B) internal states of tension that need to be
resolved
(C) external stimuli that have the capacity to
affect behavior
(D) tendencies that strike a balance between
biological and social needs
(E) resolution of cognitive dissonance - ✅✅✅ C
13. In elementary school, Lisa learned to speak some
Japanese in addition to English. As a sophomore
in high school, Lisa took a class in Chinese.
She found that some of the new vocabulary was
difficult to learn because her earlier Japanese
vocabulary was competing with the new Chinese
words. This situation best illustrates
(A) positive transfer
(B) repression
(C) proactive interference
(D) retroactive interference
(E) misattribution - ✅✅✅ C
14. Of the following, an evolutionary psychologist
will most likely investigate the
(A) age of children when they speak their
first words
(B) speed of an action potential
(C) reason why many people have an innate fear
of the dark
(D) factors that make a person feel accepted by
others
(E) features of a car that make it easier for a
person to operate - ✅✅✅ C
15. The first time four-year-old Savannah attempted
to make her bed, her father praised her for
covering the pillow with a blanket. After a few
times, her father began praising Savannah for
covering the pillow and tucking in the corners of
the sheet. Finally, Savannah's father praised her
when she covered the pillow, tucked in the
corners of the sheet, and smoothed the blanket.
The process described in this scenario is known as
(A) negative reinforcement
(B) spontaneous recovery
(C) shaping
(D) latent learning
