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qT 1 Practice Test #1 Parc —100 Muliple-Choice Questions ‘Time—I hour and 10 minutes Soe oo ie ‘Sie olen Se 1. Neural tanumission is ofen desi at an elecochemicl proces. Which ofthe following is moe diccly involved inthe lecticl aspect? (A) the synapse @) erminal buzons (© hormones ©) mycin {®) euronansmines The “ein the word ets bet described (A) phoneme {B) morpheme (© holophrse. (D) syllable. ©) graphene. 3. When fit born, humane’ dominant sense (a) caste, @) smell (©) touch, (D) secing. @) hearing, Syce ree st 4, Ryan suffers from neadly constant, low level arousal of his autonomic nervous system. Ryan is most likly to be casified 18 suffering from (@) GAD, (B) snajor depresve disorder (C) bypachondeisis AD) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. ©) PTSD. 5. Which psychological perspective was most popular atthe wun ofthe ewentieeh ‘century in Western Europe? (A) neuroscience (B) evolutionary {C) beheviorse (D) cognitive ©) perchoanalyric 6, Pascale is interested in the processing ‘stategies children use to learn new ‘information, Pascale would best be lasified as what typeof psychologis? (A) socioculeural (B) clinical, (©) cognitive (D) behaviorise (E) personaly & Ea ce 310 Practice Test #1 7. Gyan has come up with rex identify people withthe poreni o be gree ci Fgh livyes. Such tet old be dled (a) (A) speed ect (B) achievement tt. (©) BQeest ) 1Q tes () aptitude es Use the following informasion to ariswer questions 8 and 8 “Whenever Marva has a dificole day at “work, she same her car door and screams ater children 2s soon as she enters her house, The children now cringe whenever they hear the sound of a car door. 8, The learning process described would best be labeled (A) asia conditioning (B) inserumeneal learning {O) observational lesening- (©) operant conditioning. ©) late learning. 9. The fact that the children now cringe ‘when they hear any’ car door slam is an ccxample of (A) acquisition @) generalization, (© sponcancous recovery (©) discrimination. ©) extincion. 10, Your giciiend dumps you," knev you. shouldn’ have gone outwith he,” sys your bes frend, who hay never uttered this sekiment before. Your friend's comment best ilusstes (A) overconfidence, @) theory (©) hhindsigh bias. () response bias ©) abyporbesis nL 12, iB 4 1s. ‘A low level of glucose in Sam's bloodstream ie most Hikely eo make him, vant r0 AA) engage in ssky behavion. (B) pursues romantic incees. (©) cava meal. (D) study to improve his grades. (E)_ make new frends ‘What kind of pesonality theorist would bbe most interes in the results ofthe MMP (A) prychoanalytic () humanistic (©) behaviorist (D) biological © cenit Light enters che eye hrough an opening inthe (A) tens. (B) retina (©) itis {D) Blind spot. © fovea Tn people, sods, unlike cones, (8) ae located in the comer a hein. (B) synapse with bipolar cells. (©) epnd more qui 0 ihe (D) have s lower absolute threshold for lg (©) ae unable wo detce movion Which term describes the phenomenon of, like-minded groups taking more extreme positions than the individuals that comprise che group? (A) social fltation (B) deindivduation (©) groupsbinle (D) group polarization ©) conformity 16, Julie is more aler in the morning and her brother Jack is more aler in the afiernoan. This difference stems from difference inthe siblings’ 1A) deep opcles, (B) cizcadian shythos. (©) daily acvitis. (D) personalities, () leradian shyzhms, 17. To wet Zoe's anorexia nervoss her doctors put her on intravenous feeding tubes, red to change her irrational belief that she was 100 fit, and discussed how her early Family relationships may have contributed co her current problems, This approach would best be clasiied as {A) cognitive behavioral, {B) biological (©) peychodynamic. (D) edectc. ©) bumanisc 18, Counterconditioning lie atthe heart af ‘which therapeutic approach? (A). ooding (B) systematic desensiization (©) REBT (D) token economies (8) sess inoculation 19. Which personality theory is criticized for having an untealistically optimistic vi ‘of human nature? (A) Cognitive (8) Biologeal (©) Humanistic (©) Trsie (©) Psychoanalytic Practice Test #1 311 20. Which of the following i east likely to contribute to prejudice? (A) sereonping (8) seapegoating (© oucgsoup homogeneity {) superorinae goats ©) Gictiminaion 21. Which of the Following is «ey dilference Deeween the experimental method and naturalistic observation? (S) Experiments yield qualitative daca ‘while naturalistic observation yields quand data (®) Natunlistic observation involves surveys while experiments measure behavior. (©) Nanarlistic observation takes place inthe Feld while experiments take place in a lb. (D) Researchers can exercise greater contol over experiments than in naturlisic observation, (©) Experiments can yield saiically significane resus and naturalistic observation ean not 22, According to humanistic psychologiss, psychological disorders are most likely caused by (A) neurochemical imbalances (@) unbeathy atbucional sles. (©) leared asocations (©) unfulfilled need ®) genetic predisposiions. 23, A fecus with the genotype XXY will most Tikely (A) result in a miscaciage (B) suffer from srry as an dul (© de color bind () grow into a depresed adult, ©) develop inco a passive, withdrawn i | é at m4, 2. 26. 28. Practice Tost #1 Of the following, most children will develop which skill ist (A) write with « pencil () cur with a knife (C) say a sentence (D) am pages of a book () clap thei hands [Antonia has a cat, The fist ime she sees aarabbit, she cals ita cat. Her mistake is due tothe process of (A) discrimination. () generalization, (©) accommodation. (D) assimilation, (©) habitation “Which ofthe follnving eerms is most closely associated with ceaiviny? (A) bypothessresing (@) concexral intligence (©) divergene chinking {) babiestion © cchoie memory 1 The somatic nesvous system is part of the (A) central nervous sytem (8). peripheral nervous system. (©) awonomic nervous ystem. {D) parasympathetic nervous system. ()_sympachecic nervous sytem. “Which par ofthe brain the noes in an evoltionay sense? (A) pons (B) cerebral cores (© forebrain {D) reccuae formation (E) bypotalamus 28. 30, 31 32. “Which ofthe following disorders responds best co cognitive behavioral therapy? (A) disorganited schizophrenia () bipolar disorder (©) dissociative identity disorder (D) catatonic schizophrenia (E) major depressive disorder “Which secre i found inthe inner eat (8) hammer (@) basil membrane (© sympanie membrane {D) pinna (&) uditory canal ‘Whar ope of psychologist would asser that a key motivation for people isthe deste to spread theie genetic maeril? (A) cognitive (8) evolutionary (© humanisic (D) psychodynamic (©) Behavior Aier Suny decided co go tothe prom vith Dyan, Max was unconsciously Furious. Max then channeled all his cnerpes into his arwork. Which defense mechanism is Max using? (A) displacement (@) sublimation (©) rationalization (©) represion ®) projection 48, Which of he following gaps hese repress the rltionship Bere sro and performance? | — |_ IN 35. 36 ¥. Practica Tos! #7. 313 Which of the fllowing statistics provides the most information about how spread tout a distribution of sores i? (A) variance @) mean (©) range ©) median ©) mode Because Jake, the team's starting str ‘center, slate to basket practice, Coach Peterson ss him ox fr the fs ‘quarter ofthe next game. Jake ison ime forthe rest ofthe season. Coach Peceson brs sed (A) positive punishment. @) negative reinforcement (©) modeling, (D) positive reinforcement. © omission waining. Some contemporary ineligence researchers like Howard Gardner and Robert Stemberg complain that schools focus to0 much on. (A) nonessential subjecs like art and (B) encouraging creative though, (©) the envizonmennal fcrore that influence the expression of imllgence (D) tadicinal subjects and methods ©) meeting the needs of students with disabilities, Delusions of grandeur ase mace characterise of| (a) Oc. {B) paranoid schizophrenia, (C) conversion disorder. {D) antisocial personality disorder. (dissociative identiey disorder. = a 314 Practice Test #1 38, Faye belives chat vitims of natural disasters are foolish because they should have developed better advance detection apd aig mes Fae manifesting (A) fase consensus effec. {B) selling prophecy fet. (©) self serving bss. (D) juseworld bias. (&) Bamum effec. 439, Four-yearold Kate positions herself squarely in front of ll the other bids t0 svatch a magicia. Piaget would atibute this wm Kate's (4) grea {@) lick of object permanence (© imabiliy ro conserve. (©) aniasism (B) anificilsm, 40, Jamie has wouble wich her printer, but she has earned shat if she cure it off for a minuce and rests her computes, it ‘usually starts Working again. Last "Thorsday, che priner ean out of pape. Jamie didn't nocice and, after turing the ‘computer and printer on and off afew times, became very frustrated, Jamie's printer problems on Thursday are most cleasly 4 result of (A) belt bias {B) low expetietiaineligence. (©) divergent sinking, (D) Functional fxednes. (©) meneal set. 41. The brainstem is comprised of the (A) forebrain and RAS. (8) hindbsin and midbrain, (©) cerebellum and cerebrum, (D) tight and left hemispheres. (B) comtex and the limbic system, 2. 4% 4%, 46, ‘The limbie sytem plays an important role in (A) maintaining balance. (B) regulating emotion. (C) monitoring arousal. {D) processing sensory information, (planning for the future “Whose work demonstrated that people often mistersember events due ‘misinformation and leading questions? (8), Blzabedh Lofus (8) Richaed Thompson (© Hermann Ebbinghaus (D) Rober Rescoria {() Eleanor Gibson Erikson’ initiative versus guilt stage is most closely elated ro Freud's (A) orl stage. (B) anal sage (©) phallic stg. ©) baeny period () adule genie sage Daniel is a toddler who lags behind his peers in terms of speech development. He avoids eye contact with people and resss alterations to routine. Daniel is most likely sa be diagnosed with (a) Down syndrome. (@) feral alcohol syndrome (©) mental reeardation, {D) astism. () Klinefetersyndzome. “Approximately what percent of the ‘population scores becween 70 and 130 on she WISC? (a) 34 @) 50 (C) 68 (D) 84 © 9% Ue she folowing information to answer ‘quesions 47 and 48, ‘The school libratian wants to encousage \ children to read over the summer. \\ Therefore, she sets up system where scudencs ge a prize for every ive books they read over the summer. 47. ‘The librzian is using (A) continuous reinforcement (@) a fixed rato schedule (©) a variable ratio schedule (D) a fixed imerval schedule (©) a variable interval schedule 48, The librarian is pleased co find that seudents report reading moze books over the summer than ever before. Howeves, the number of books borrowed from the library decreases in the fll. Psychol ‘would likely explain these findings with (A) the overjustication effect. (@) social leaming theory. (© the Premack prince (©) the law of eee @) latent leaeing. 49. In order to prove psychological cheory, (A) you need to run an experiment {B) you need to find searstcally significane ecslt, (©) you mus replicate your findings. (D) youhave to frst prove your hypotheses. ) iis imposible o:prove s theory. 50, Lupe has been dating Cri for afew months. She's anracted to him and has fan wich him, bur she can't stand his fiends or his family. Lope’s conflict would best be classified as (A) an approsch-approach conflict. () an approach avoidance conic. (© an avoidance avoidance conflict. (D) a muleple approach-avoidance conflict, (8) Lape does not have a confi, 3 2 33, Practice Tost #1. 318 [Ani believes that her atiudes and behavior play a central role in what happens to her. Such a belief i ely to be ascociated with (A) a strong superego, @) low selesteem. (© low seletficacy. {D) an internal locus of contol (®) an exteaverted personality. ‘The fac that people's ea ae located on. ‘opposite sides oftheir heads is most, adaprive because i helps us (A) sense a grater range of fequencies. (B)_ gauge the intensity ofa stimulus. (©) identify the origin of «sound. (D) respond to noises behind wt, ©) figure oue whe sounds 10 ignore. ‘Young Tina had never seen the space shusdle wnil hee parents pointed out & picture of ready to lunch. When she next sw a piceure oF Bying, she had dificult recognising it. Which concept ‘bes explains this problem? (A) autokinetie effect (@) dishabiruation (C) summation (D) shape constancy GE) egacentiam Sal meets Petunia forthe fine time. She ie outgoing and funny. He walks away with the opinion char Petunia i a fon person, whereas in acualcy Petunia is temporarily because che just won the lottery Sal opinion that Pewania ie funy is best caplsined by (A) che mere-exposuce effect (self-serving bias (©) equipotent. (D) the fundamental arsibution exor. ©) cognitive dissonance, 216 58. 56. 57, 58 Practice Tost #1 ‘As pare of er campaiga for school president, Edy personally gives out Eookies that say "Vote for Edy” on ther. ‘Which of te following is one reason hat this approsch might improve Edy’s chances in the election? (A) foovinebe door (B)_mere-cxposure effect (©) central route of persuasion {D) plurlissic ignorance () deindividuation [Alyssa ptesents one group of shoppers ‘with an adverisement for milk cha is 99 percent fat fee and another group of ‘hoppers with an advertisement for mill that is 1 percene fat, What is Alysa most likely testing? (A) representativeness heutsic (B) confirmation bias (C) schema (D) mere-exposure effect (2) framing i is juse beginning eo sic up. Assuming be i deveaping 2 al how old (A) 1 month (B) 3 months (©) 6 months {0) 9 months (©) 12 months Harlow’s monkey experiment iluseated (A the importance of physi contact 10 development (@) that language i uniquely baman skill. (©) that primates can make and we oaks (©) the danger of separating babies fom thie natal pares, (€) that shyness highly heritable. 59, a a. “Ae what age ie the onset of schizophrenia rose eypcal? (A) pubersy (8) exty 20s (© mid 30s (D) late 40s (E) afer 65 Jupiter plots his newly created peifecionism scale on a high schoo! Daychology class, He recurs one month {reer to administer the same test to the same scudents, and then he cotelates the ‘ovo sets of celts, What is Jupiter ‘probably doing? (A) checking for outliers (B) standardizing the rst (C) looking to se ifthe mean level of petfectionism has changed (D) assesing the ts’ validity (&) measuring the tess relibilicy “Which paychologis is known for his pioneering work on modeling and the Felationship berween violent television and aggression? (A) B.F, Skinner (B) Albert Bandura (©) Robert Rescor (D) Wolfgang Kohler G) Edward Thorndike ‘Coach Perry is taining Lana robe the indergarcen soccer team’s goalie. Coach Perry stares by rolling the ball vo Lana slowly so she can sop it; be gradually ‘begins to sol the ball faster and to dlferens pares of che goal, all che while praising her succesful aempts. The fechnique Coach Perry is using i called (A) he lw of eff. {B) the parca seinforcement fle (© shaping. NN {(D) second-order conditioning. () a token economy, Use the following information ro ansuer questions 63-65. ‘Matt wants to contrast gis! and boys? views about leadership. He selects 2 sandom sample of 100 students from ‘Northeastern High School in Maine and administers a standardized leadership survey, Scores range from 5 0 20, 63. What ype of number will tell Mare shether or not chere ie significant Aiference beoween how the boys and girls scored? (A) standard deviation @) mean (© pralue (D) ehi square value (B) correlation coeficient (6A, Maré’ research design could est be clsified as a(n) (A) experimental. (B) ex post facto study (©) case rudy, {D) naturalistic obsewvation ©) conten analysis. 165, What was the population in Mae's seudy? (A) the 100 students who took the survey (B) American students (C) high school scudents in Maine (D) seadente at Northeastern High School (© igh school seudenssthroughour the world 66. Which pare ofthe brain was thought vo play the most important role in the Cannon-Bard cheory of emotion? (A) thalamas (8) hippocampus (©) medulla () association areas ©) bypothalamas Practice Test #1 317 67. One month before finals, Consad makes sudy schedule and begins to review his notes. Two weeks before finals, Conrad is studying for hours each day to prepare, Right afer finale a the star of summer vacation, Conrad comes down with the fig, Which ofthe following theories best cexphins this chain of events? (a) Selves general adaptation syndrome (@) Yerkes-Dodson lew (©) Thorndike’ law of effect ©) esiges cope donee theory {)_Jamer-Lange theory of emotion 68. Learned helplessness is most likely to be directly related vo (8) the Barmum eer (@) scleserving bias (©) an enzrnal loess of ante {D) unconditional positive regacd. (©) an Oedipal complex (69, Which of the following are found in Jung’ collective unconscious? (A) Scsionalfinaisms @) complexes (©) acherypes (D) feclings of inferioviy &) bad memories 70, What color ate the shore eleeromagnctic waves hams can se? (8) gen (B) Viole (© red (D) orange © yelow = u & ste 1. n B. Practice Tast #1 People wha ate able o be hypnotized ceaily are likey to score high on which of the following dimensions of the big five personality Cais? (a) agrecablenes (B) openness (C) conscientiousness {D) emotional stability ©) queaversion Due ma brain damage, 10-year-old Gens ‘underwent surgery to remove nearly the entire right hemisphere of her bra. ‘Which of the following observations the day after che operation best illustrates the brain's plasticity? (A) Genna was able to understand what sas sid to her. (8) Genna was able 10 speak. (© Genna was able ro move her left hand (D) Genna was able © move her Fight leg. (6) Genna was able to solve a logic problem. “Which ofthe illowing i the srongest piece of evidence forthe ide cas animals fe capable of developing and using a Sophisiated language? (8) ‘The discovery of physieal smuctres jn animal brain ze analogous tothe Bogs set dev (B) Primates quick earn words cha resin food eewards {© Sptems of communication bave ‘been documented in species fom oneyhees 0 dolphins (D) Apes have been able rouse the wouds they know to express novel concep (Young apes and young hamaas pick up new vocabulary at similar ates, 1, Bs. 16. 7 Research has shown that pople who read 1 job descripion wren only with male pronouns (eg he, his) are more kel co think of an employee as male than people who read a deserption that uses gender devel language (he or she) This finding is mose os inked 1 (A) the linguistic relaivity hypothesis (B) gender schema theory (©) the soda role hypothesis (©) modeling @® edhnocentrsm. Tn che nate versus nurture debate, nature is most closely associated with (A) environment, B) culture (©) leaming, (D) cemperiment © family. If the College Board neglected ro put any questions that had co do with penmacience on the AP Paychology exam fone pear, the test would lack (A) construe validity. {B) predicive validity. (©) concurrent vali (D) concent validry. (E) face vai. Which bese summarizes the results of ‘Tolman’ latent learning experiment? (A) The schedule of reinforcement had litle impact on the rats’ performance (B) The sare that were reinforoed on every tral completed the maze fastest. (©) The sats thar never received reinforcement completed the maze faces. (0) The rats that were reinforced on the second balf of the cals ultimately performed the same as the rats that were reinforced on every wal (©) The rats chat were reinforced om the second half of the trials ukimarely ppefotmed the same asthe ras that svere newer reinforced, —| Practice Test #1 919 78. Me. Mai gives a txt ro his cass of 25, 81. Which ofthe folowing models of scudents. All bur thee students score personality is che lease deterministic? between 82 and 94, The other three (A) humanistic seen score 7, 55, and 62. These © biog carapace (©) evolutionary (A) modes, (D) behavirise (B) skewers, ® psychoanalytic (© outer, (D) vesiancs, 82, Vance’s therapist believes Vance is (E) standard deviations piyehotc. From which ofthe following medications would he most likely believe 179. What area of psychology focuses on the Vance would beneSi? study of subjective well-being, optimism, — and happiest 0 ards (A) peychometics (©) benzodiazepines (8) human factors peychology (D) SSRIs (©) social psychology B) fichiom (D) positive psychology eee 4B) health paychology 83. Spesing’s paral reporsechnique was Aesigned to rest the 80 Ale alng AP Poy a ig SS Wetindetir nlendrcine Ban (athena ‘goes to college, If Donald is interested in pacity of Sensory memory. (© ddan of working emery. eae ee (D) difence beeen STM and LTM. a (6) misinformation effec. @) ‘ake an introductory psychology class 84, Which of che following has been linked in which he knows that he will exe, wa deficit of dopamine? @) nso in an upper-level graduate ioe an which he wil be eposed {A) major depressive disorder ae oy iiiyonmeggae =” Tekin hoe Se aerees © store ee See ee eee 85. Runners i 2 park were found to pick up wal bse wrk had nerd a and will learn new thi . nee ihustates (© tke he AP ot agin eH he Phenom of tan caiman cen fewer core (A) scl ication, 1B) conor. (© deindvicen {D) noms WB) oes Py 320. Practice Test # 186. ‘The Rosenkan study of mental institutions showed that (A) eatmene at pevare institutions tends to be beter than treatment at public instcuions. (8) men are diagnosed at higher sates than women reporting the same sympoms, (C) i is dificle co convince medical professionals that one has a disorder rehen one docs not (0) people are overly concerned about the stickiness of diagnos labels. (©) confirmation bias may influence inicans’ views and cearments of, ‘mental patents 57. An American cenager’s proworpe of chaicis most Bikey to include (A) desk andlor table {B) four legs and a seat. (C) a feeling of ansiery associated with ‘choc (D) an armchair, 2 cif, and a ‘wheelchair. (©) pens, pencils, books, anda ‘computes 188, Acconding to Kohlberg in order to reason. atthe postconventional level, people must (A) be generous. {B) believe in God, (©) be able eo take another person's repective. (D) have had a succesful resolution of the integrity versus despair stage (have been expased to good, moral role modes 89, ‘The incidence of schizophrenia in the population is closes 10 (a) 1in 10 (8) Vin 100. (© 1in 1000. (D) 1 in 10,000. @ 1 in 100,000. 90. ot 92. 93, “Seephanie sems to sulle fom hiseonic personality disorder, On which of the aes ff the DSM would this be noted? (a) Axis 1 (@) Acs {C) Axis (D) Axis IV (Axis “Tieed afer along, hard day a school, Cyrus decides to take a nap. An boar Jnr, his Dad wake him to lt him know es me for dinner. Cras feels worse than when he were bed and can bardly tag himself o he ule. An EEG of (Cos ight before he was awoken would snost ely have shown 2 preponderance of (A) alpha waves, (B) beta waves, (©) deka waves. (D) sleep spindles (@) Keounple waves Ep route co the brain, information from the evo eyes retinas crosses at the (A) optic nerve. (8) optic chasm. (©) fovea (©) lateral geniculate nucleus (B) basal ganglia In suadying for che AP Prychology exam, good advice would be 10 (A) store as mich 2s posible in your shoreterm memory (8) read this book over and over as many times as you can. (©) tely heavily on the stil posiion fice (D) study from multiple sources, (8). minimize incerference by saying wp the nighe before the exam to study. a 95. | | | Aleson fiom Jani's research on sgroupthin ie hae (A) unanimity is imporeane {B) small groups function berer than large ones, (©) groups function well under pressure. (D) iis important for people to voice dissent. (2) homogeneous groups come to beter decisions chan diverse groups. Information from the optic nerve is initally processed in what pa ofthe brain? (A) occipital lobe (8) byporhalamaus (©) thalamus 1D) hippocampus (©) cerebellum ‘Which theory of emotion are cogaitive psychologists most likely re suppor? (A) socal facilitation theory 8) two-factor theory (©) thalamie theory (D) James-Lange theory (©) opponent proces theary ‘dere ie neatng her 70th birthday. Over the last yeas, she has sufered a loss of appetite and began to experience dificulry sleeping. She ha lose interest in her favorite pastimes, ganiening and bridge. (dete is most likely o be diagnosed at having (A) Alcheimer's disease, {B) seasonal affective disorder. (©) insomnia and blimia. (D) major depressive disorder. ()anisocil personality disorder. Practice Test #1 924 98, One cause of the deinsirurionalization of 99, 100. many psyehiatie patients in the mid 1900s was (A) an increase in government Randing (8) the movement forthe rights f the rently il (©) the creation of new medications ©) an improvement in psychotherapy. {E) the recogncion that too many heaehy people had been inwitationalizd, ‘Whar par of Phineas Gage’ brain was damaged by his acidene while laying the raioad tack? (A) corpus eas (@) temporal lobe (© medulla oblongata (D) prefrontal eorex @) midbrain Approximately what percentage of pinicipants in Milgram’s obedience experiments thoughe they dlivered the maximum amount of shock posible? 0 @ 20 © 40 (©) 60 © 90

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