AP PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM (100 Questions
Practice Tests) Questions and Answers
1.what receptors would play a role in quickly alerting you to a gas leak in
your car?
ANS olfactory receptors
2.a population frequently studied to best assess the relative effects of
nature vs nurture is
ANS identical twins
3.after watching cartoons in which characters hit, punch and kick other
characters, nursery school students engage in more aggresive behavior
than after watching barney. this observation best supports
ANS social learning theory
4.smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a
ANS morpheme
5.nats therapist tells him to relax, close his eyes and breath slowly
whenever he begins to experience fear associated with being in an enclosed
space. the therapist is using a technique that is central to
ANS systematic desensitization
,6.which perspective is most concerned with self esteem and actualizing
ones potential
ANS humanistic
7.a therapist used the rorschach inkblot test to help him analyze his
patients problems. he was most likely
ANS psychananlyst
8.a pigeon trained to peck at a green light pecks at a yellow lit also
this illustrates
ANS generalization
9.who would most likely have said people are basically good?
ANS humanist carl rogers
10.more than half of the volume of the human brain is composed of the
ANS cere- bral cortex
11.joey, 25yr old convict has a history of conduct disorder in elementary
school and bullying in junior high. by high school he was mugging peers
and taking whatever he wanted from elderly shoppers without caring if he
hurt anyone. joey would most likely be diagnosed with
ANS antisocial personality disorder
12.your little cousin watches you at the computer and when you get up he
,immediately tries to use the keyboard. his behaviour in this situation can
best be explained on the basis of
ANS modeling
13.although andy wanted to cut class to get tot he yankee opener he came
to class to take a quiz and review for an exam. according to freud this
behavior evidences a strong
ANS superego
14.an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its
mem- bers is called
ANS prejudice
15.which approach emphasizes that therapists can effectively help
their clients by offering unconditional positive regard
ANS humanistic therapy
16.some groups of gang members wear head coverings and sunglasses
when they assault people. the us of such disguises contributes to
ANS deindividuation
17.what is characteristic of formal operational thinking
ANS logical reasoning and systmatic planning piaget's formal
operational thought is the final stage of reasoning characterised by
hypothetical thought, systematic planning and abstract, logicial
, reasoning abilities
18.which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with both
parkinsons disease and schizophrenia
ANS dopamine
19.today it is unlikely that a psychologist could condition a baby to fear a
rat and other small animals in a research study at a university because
ANS the study violates ethical guidelines
20.according to adler firstborn children are more likely than subsequent
children in a family to be
ANS responsible (b/c they take care of younger siblings)
21.brenda gets enraged when people criticize her, talks about becoming the
first woman president exaggerates her abilities and talents takes advantage
of classmates and constantly demands attention in class. when she
recieved a certificate for participating in an essay contest she told everyone
she'd won a prestigious writing award. she most liely would be diagnosed
as evidenc- ing
ANS narcissistic personality disorder
22.psychology is the science of behavior and mental processess commonly
difines psychology. in their definition of psychology behaviorists would be
Practice Tests) Questions and Answers
1.what receptors would play a role in quickly alerting you to a gas leak in
your car?
ANS olfactory receptors
2.a population frequently studied to best assess the relative effects of
nature vs nurture is
ANS identical twins
3.after watching cartoons in which characters hit, punch and kick other
characters, nursery school students engage in more aggresive behavior
than after watching barney. this observation best supports
ANS social learning theory
4.smallest unit of language that carries meaning is a
ANS morpheme
5.nats therapist tells him to relax, close his eyes and breath slowly
whenever he begins to experience fear associated with being in an enclosed
space. the therapist is using a technique that is central to
ANS systematic desensitization
,6.which perspective is most concerned with self esteem and actualizing
ones potential
ANS humanistic
7.a therapist used the rorschach inkblot test to help him analyze his
patients problems. he was most likely
ANS psychananlyst
8.a pigeon trained to peck at a green light pecks at a yellow lit also
this illustrates
ANS generalization
9.who would most likely have said people are basically good?
ANS humanist carl rogers
10.more than half of the volume of the human brain is composed of the
ANS cere- bral cortex
11.joey, 25yr old convict has a history of conduct disorder in elementary
school and bullying in junior high. by high school he was mugging peers
and taking whatever he wanted from elderly shoppers without caring if he
hurt anyone. joey would most likely be diagnosed with
ANS antisocial personality disorder
12.your little cousin watches you at the computer and when you get up he
,immediately tries to use the keyboard. his behaviour in this situation can
best be explained on the basis of
ANS modeling
13.although andy wanted to cut class to get tot he yankee opener he came
to class to take a quiz and review for an exam. according to freud this
behavior evidences a strong
ANS superego
14.an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its
mem- bers is called
ANS prejudice
15.which approach emphasizes that therapists can effectively help
their clients by offering unconditional positive regard
ANS humanistic therapy
16.some groups of gang members wear head coverings and sunglasses
when they assault people. the us of such disguises contributes to
ANS deindividuation
17.what is characteristic of formal operational thinking
ANS logical reasoning and systmatic planning piaget's formal
operational thought is the final stage of reasoning characterised by
hypothetical thought, systematic planning and abstract, logicial
, reasoning abilities
18.which neurotransmitter is most closely associated with both
parkinsons disease and schizophrenia
ANS dopamine
19.today it is unlikely that a psychologist could condition a baby to fear a
rat and other small animals in a research study at a university because
ANS the study violates ethical guidelines
20.according to adler firstborn children are more likely than subsequent
children in a family to be
ANS responsible (b/c they take care of younger siblings)
21.brenda gets enraged when people criticize her, talks about becoming the
first woman president exaggerates her abilities and talents takes advantage
of classmates and constantly demands attention in class. when she
recieved a certificate for participating in an essay contest she told everyone
she'd won a prestigious writing award. she most liely would be diagnosed
as evidenc- ing
ANS narcissistic personality disorder
22.psychology is the science of behavior and mental processess commonly
difines psychology. in their definition of psychology behaviorists would be
