AP Psychology Final Exam Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
1.By triggering the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine,
boosts alertness and diminishes appetite.
a. THC
b. heroin
c. alcohol
d. nicotine
e. MDMA
ANS 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.
ANS 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.
ANS 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
ANS 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
ANS c. Broca's Area
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
ANS 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
ANS 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
com- plete assigned course
projects. This best illustrates the impact of
a. overconfidence.
b. the availability heuristic.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
, d. framing.
e. fixation
ANS 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
ANS a. clinical
10.Bandura's experiments indicate that is important in the
process of learning.
a. shaping
b. secondary reinforcement
c. respondent behavior
d. generalization
e. modeling
ANS e. modeling
11.Memories are primed by
a. the serial position effect.
Questions and Answers
1.By triggering the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine,
boosts alertness and diminishes appetite.
a. THC
b. heroin
c. alcohol
d. nicotine
e. MDMA
ANS 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.
ANS 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.
ANS 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
ANS 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
ANS c. Broca's Area
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
ANS 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
ANS 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
com- plete assigned course
projects. This best illustrates the impact of
a. overconfidence.
b. the availability heuristic.
c. the representativeness heuristic.
, d. framing.
e. fixation
ANS 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
ANS a. clinical
10.Bandura's experiments indicate that is important in the
process of learning.
a. shaping
b. secondary reinforcement
c. respondent behavior
d. generalization
e. modeling
ANS e. modeling
11.Memories are primed by
a. the serial position effect.
