AP Psychology Exam Review Questions With Correct Answers

AP Psychology Exam Review Questions
With Correct Answers

psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the scientific study of behavior
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and mental processes
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behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an observable action
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monism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeing mind and body as different
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aspects of the same thing
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dualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-seeing mind and body as two
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different things that interact
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eclectic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-use of techniques and ideas from a
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variety of approaches
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empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view that knowledge should
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be acquired through observation and often an experiment
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,science - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-way of getting knowledge about the
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world based on observation
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theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a collection of interrelated ideas and
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facts put forward to describe, explain, and predict behavior and
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mental processes||




scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in psychology, the
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techniques used to discover knowledge about human behavior and
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mental processes||




hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a tentative statement or idea
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expressing a causal relationship between two events or variables
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that is to be evaluated in a research study
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a procedure in which a
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researcher systematically manipulates and observes elements of a
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situation in order to test a hypothesis and make a cause-and-effect
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statement


independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the variable in a
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controlled experiment that the experimenter directly and
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purposefully manipulates to see how the other variables under study
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will be affected
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,dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the variable in a
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controlled experiment that is expected to change due to the
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manipulation of the independent variable || || || ||




experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in an experiment, the
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group of participants to whom a treatment is given
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control group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-subjects and not exposed to a
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changing variable in an experiment
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variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a condition or characteristic of a
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situation or a person that is subject to change (it varies) within or
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across situations or individuals
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sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a group of participants who are
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assumed to be representative of the population about which an
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inference is being made|| || ||




random sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-selection of a part of the
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population without reason; participation is by chance
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operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a definition of a
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variable in terms of the set of methods or procedures used to
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measure or study that variable
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, participant - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an individual who takes part in
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an experiment and whose behavior is observed as part of the data
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collection process ||




double-blind procedure - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-technique in which
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neither the persons involved for those conducting the experiment
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know in what group to participate is involved
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debriefing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a procedure to inform
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participants about the true nature of an experiment after its
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completion


ethics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rules of proper and acceptable
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conduct that investigators use to guide psychological research
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ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tendency to believe that || || || || || || ||



one's own group is the standard, the reference point by which other
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people and groups should be judged
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case study - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a highly detailed description of a
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single individual or a vent
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