AP Psychology Midterm Test Questions With Correct Answers

AP Psychology Midterm Test Questions With
Correct Answers

Mental health professionals who have earned a medical degree and
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prescribe medications are known as
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(A)clinical psychologists.
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(B) counselors
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(C) psychiatrists
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(D) psychoanalysts
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(E) physiological psychologists. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Wundt and Titchener developed structuralism, an early approach to
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psychology that emphasized
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(A) the role of the unconscious.
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(B) introspection and basic elements of conscious experience.
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(C) thoughts and thought processes.
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(D) experience as a whole.
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(E) learned experiences - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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,In explaining human behavior, Sigmund Freud emphasized the
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important influence of | | |




(A) neurotransmitters.
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(B) learning.
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(C) unconscious drives.
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(D) self-determinism.
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(E) genetics. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C
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Ana's psychologist is a humanistic psychologist and believes that Ana's
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need to do things "perfectly" is mostly governed by
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(A) her inability to adapt.
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(B) her unconscious.
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(C) genetic influences.
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(D) her self-concept.
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(E) operant conditioning. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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The primary focus of positive psychology is
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(A) providing therapy for those who suffer
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from psychological disorders.
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,(B) examining the factors that lead
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people to feel happy and satisfied in
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their lives. | |




(C) understanding childhood development
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(D) finding ways to help people cope after a
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traumatic event. | |




(E) describingvariouscategoriesof
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psychological disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B | | | |




Mariah is a psychologist. In her work with clients, she diagnoses and
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treats psychological problems and disorders. Mariah works in the field
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(A) cognitive psychology.
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(B) developmental psychology.
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(C) biological psychology.
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(D) clinical psychology.
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(E) quantitative psychology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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The first psychology laboratory was established by
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, (A) Edward Titchener.
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(B) William James.
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(C) John B. Watson.
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(D) Wilhelm Wundt.
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(E) Sigmund Freud. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D
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John B. WatsonobjectedtoSigmundFreud's explanation of human
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behavior on the grounds that Freud's theory
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(A) focused on biological processes only.
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(B) emphasized explanations for human
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behavior that could not be observed or
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measured. |




(C) attributed human behavior to learned
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(D) confined research on human behavior to
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the laboratory alone.
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(E) had an overly optimistic view of human
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nature. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B
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Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are most closely associated with the
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psychological school of thought known as | | | | | |