Page |1
AP Psych 500 Questions Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
1. Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which field of psychology
should she choose?
(A) Cognitive
(B) Social
(C) Personality
(D) Learning
(E) Perception
Ans: 1. (A) Cognitive psychology is the study of how we
process, store, and retrieve informa- tion. Choices (B) and (C)
are devoted to studying the way people relate to others and the
unique attributes of a person; neither field focuses on one's
thought process. (D) deals with long-lasting changes in
behavior, usually through experience. (E) is the experience of a
meaningful pattern of a stimulus.
2. I believe people choose to live meaningful lives. I share many of the
same beliefs as Carl Rogers. Most important, I believe many people
have the ability to reach self-actualization. Who am I?
(A) Wertheimer
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |2
(B) Skinner
(C) Maslow
(D) Terman
(E) Seligman
Ans: 2. (C) Abraham Maslow is a humanist. The humanist
approach emphasizes that each indi- vidual has free will to
determine his or her own future. Self-actualization is an
inherent tendency to reach our true potential.
3. Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of
psychology?
(A) John Watson
(B) William James
(C) Ivan Pavlov
(D) Max Wertheimer
(E) Sigmund Freud
Ans: 3. (D) Wertheimer, along with Wolfgang Kohler and Kurt
Koffka, studied the illusion of flashing lights and the perception
of movement. Wertheimer argued that perceptual expe -
riences, such as flashing lights, resulted from a "w hole pattern"
or, in German, "Gestalt."
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |3
4. Which of the following psychologists wrote The Principles of
Psychology?
(A) William James
(B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) John Watson
(D) Sigmund Freud
(E) Max Wertheimer
Ans: 4. (A) William James wrote the Principles of Psychology,
published in 1890. This book included the study of the mind,
sensation, memory, and reasoning. James is associated with
functionalism. Wundt is associated with structuralism. Watson
is associated with behavior- ism. Freud is associated with
psychoanalysis. Wertheimer is associated with Gestalt.
5. Psychology is considered a science mainly because it relies on direct
observation. Which field of psychology supports this?
(A) Behaviorism
(B) Psychodynamic psychology
(C) Social psychology
(D) Cognitive psychology
(E) Structuralism
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |4
Ans: 5. (A) John Watson published a paper called "Psychology
as a Behaviorist Views It." Wat- son rejected the notion that
introspection can be used as a technique to determine the
behavior of human beings. Watson believed psychology needed
to be an objective experi- mental science. Unlike choices (B),
(C), (D), and (E), behaviorism was the first field to study
psychology in an observable and measurable manner.
6. Which of the following best defines eclectic psychology?
(A) The study of animal instinct
(B) The study of child development
(C) The study of abnormal behavior
(D) The study of a variety of theories with in the field
(E) The study of the human brain and central nervous system
Ans: 6. (D) The definition of the eclectic approach is a
combination of techniques and ideas from many different
schools of thought in psychology.
7. Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:
(A) Rewards and punishments
(B) Self-esteem and self-actualization
(C) Biology and genetics
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
AP Psych 500 Questions Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
1. Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which field of psychology
should she choose?
(A) Cognitive
(B) Social
(C) Personality
(D) Learning
(E) Perception
Ans: 1. (A) Cognitive psychology is the study of how we
process, store, and retrieve informa- tion. Choices (B) and (C)
are devoted to studying the way people relate to others and the
unique attributes of a person; neither field focuses on one's
thought process. (D) deals with long-lasting changes in
behavior, usually through experience. (E) is the experience of a
meaningful pattern of a stimulus.
2. I believe people choose to live meaningful lives. I share many of the
same beliefs as Carl Rogers. Most important, I believe many people
have the ability to reach self-actualization. Who am I?
(A) Wertheimer
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |2
(B) Skinner
(C) Maslow
(D) Terman
(E) Seligman
Ans: 2. (C) Abraham Maslow is a humanist. The humanist
approach emphasizes that each indi- vidual has free will to
determine his or her own future. Self-actualization is an
inherent tendency to reach our true potential.
3. Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of
psychology?
(A) John Watson
(B) William James
(C) Ivan Pavlov
(D) Max Wertheimer
(E) Sigmund Freud
Ans: 3. (D) Wertheimer, along with Wolfgang Kohler and Kurt
Koffka, studied the illusion of flashing lights and the perception
of movement. Wertheimer argued that perceptual expe -
riences, such as flashing lights, resulted from a "w hole pattern"
or, in German, "Gestalt."
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |3
4. Which of the following psychologists wrote The Principles of
Psychology?
(A) William James
(B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) John Watson
(D) Sigmund Freud
(E) Max Wertheimer
Ans: 4. (A) William James wrote the Principles of Psychology,
published in 1890. This book included the study of the mind,
sensation, memory, and reasoning. James is associated with
functionalism. Wundt is associated with structuralism. Watson
is associated with behavior- ism. Freud is associated with
psychoanalysis. Wertheimer is associated with Gestalt.
5. Psychology is considered a science mainly because it relies on direct
observation. Which field of psychology supports this?
(A) Behaviorism
(B) Psychodynamic psychology
(C) Social psychology
(D) Cognitive psychology
(E) Structuralism
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
, Page |4
Ans: 5. (A) John Watson published a paper called "Psychology
as a Behaviorist Views It." Wat- son rejected the notion that
introspection can be used as a technique to determine the
behavior of human beings. Watson believed psychology needed
to be an objective experi- mental science. Unlike choices (B),
(C), (D), and (E), behaviorism was the first field to study
psychology in an observable and measurable manner.
6. Which of the following best defines eclectic psychology?
(A) The study of animal instinct
(B) The study of child development
(C) The study of abnormal behavior
(D) The study of a variety of theories with in the field
(E) The study of the human brain and central nervous system
Ans: 6. (D) The definition of the eclectic approach is a
combination of techniques and ideas from many different
schools of thought in psychology.
7. Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:
(A) Rewards and punishments
(B) Self-esteem and self-actualization
(C) Biology and genetics
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
