Unit 1 & 2 Exam Study Guide AP Psychology
Which of the following is the correct sequence of the neural chain of events set in motion by an environmental stimulus?
receptors, afferent neurons, interneurons, efferent neurons, effectors
in developmental psychology, one advantage of cross-sectional over longitudinal studies is that cross-sectional research
requires comparatively little time
Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system results in which of the following?
Relaxation of the GI tract
The correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a
Scatterplot
A child's sex is genetically determined by the
father
consistent with the concept of neural plasticity, neurons in mammals have been found to charge the way they function as a result of repeated stimulation by doing which of the following
growing new dendritic spines
stimulation of portions of the left temporal lobe of the brain during surgery will cause the patient to
hear sounds
The role of the parasympathetic division of the automatic nervous system is to
helps maintain normal body functions and conserves physical resources.
joseph has blue eyes and brown hair and is tall. These characteristics are best described as
phenotypic traits
which if the following is reduced in fight-or-flight reaction
digestion
an individual who drinks alcohol daily finds it necessary to drink increasing amounts to achieve the state of a well being attained in the past. This individual is showing
Alcohol tolerance
which of the following will NOT increase behavioral and mental activity
Barbiturates
Caffeine and nicotine are in the same class as which of the following drugs
Cocaine
The brain scans of people with amnesia are most likely to show damage to the
Cognitive
Which of the following allows the examination of living brain tissue visually without preforming surgery?
Computerized Axial Tomography
a participant in a study of music perception listens to music with electrodes attached to her scalp while data are collected on the activity of her brain. this technique is called
Electroencephalogy (EEG)
most glands in the human body are a part of which system
Endocrine System
which of the following systems produces, circulates, and regulates levels of hormones in the body?
Endocrine system
The result of the evolutionary process that preserves traits that enhance the adaptation of an organism and suppresses traits that do not is called
Natural Selection
Which of the following provides information regarding brain function by monitoring the brain at work through metabolism of glucose?
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
metabolic activity is different areas of the brain can best be visualized by means of
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Ben was enjoying a walk in the woods on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. As he went around a curve, he noticed a bear walking toward him. Immediately his pupils dilated, he began to perspire, and his heart accelerated. These changes are most closely related to the function of the
Sympathetic nervous system
Which of the following assertions is best supported by empirical evidence?
The two cerebral hemispheres are specialized to process different types of cognitive tasks
A person will most likely develop aphasia as a result of damage to which of the following parts of the brain?
Wernicke's Area
A person displays a set of rare behaviors that psychologists had not known about previously, because nobody had ever shown them before. The best strategy to investigate the nature of those behaviors is?
a case study
immediately after firing, a neuron is incapable of responding to stimulation. This condition is referred to as
absolute refractory phase
The sequence of shifts in the electrical charge of a neuron is called
action potential
which of the following correctly describes the firing of neurons
an all or none principle
john b Watson best known as the founder of
behaviorism
which of the following psychoactive drugs increases nervous system activity
cocaine
the painful experience associated with termination of the use of an addictive substance is known as
denial
In an experiment to test the effects of hunger on aggressive behavior, aggressive behavior would be the
dependent variable
In terms of the affect of the central nervous system, alcohol is most accurately classified as which of the following types of drugs?
depressant
Painkilling substances produced by the brain are known as what?
endorphins
which of the following research approaches would be best for testing the hypothesis that the presence of certain odors causes people to gamble more?
experimental
When people consume large amounts of alcohol, they are often unable to recall what they did and said while they were drinking. This occurs because alcohol interferes with the brain's ability to form new memories in the...
hippocampus
after an electrode implanted in a cats brain stimulates the cats amygdala, the cat will most likely do which of the following?
immediately withdraw in fear
which of the following most accurately characterizes the role of the hypothalamus in the regulation of hunger
it acts with the endocrine system to control hunger and satiety
In a normal distribution, which of the following statements is true about the area that falls between one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean?
it contains the middle 68% of the distribution
which of the following statements best describes the effect of alcohol on human functioning
it depresses the central nervous system
the most distinctive characteristic of the experimental method is that it
it studies a few people in great depth studies a few people
Juana accidentally touched a hot iron. She immediately drew back her hand. Which of the following is true about the withdrawal of her hand?
it was indicated by the spinal cord
the area of the brain stem that is important in controlling breathing is the
medulla
Dopamine, norepinephrine, and acetylcholine are all
neurotransmitters
Students from a journalism class ask only their friends to participate in a school newspaper survey and neglect to ask the rest of the student body. The journalism students' data may not be generalizable due to
sampling bias
information is relayed to the spinal cord of the brain by
sensory neurons
in right handed individuals, which of the following abilities is predominantly a function of the right hemisphere of the brain.
spatial reasoning
a research phycologist generalizes from a particular sample to an entire population. this is an example of?
statistical reference
which of the following characteristics is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens
the experience of vivid, distorted images that are not based on sensory input
A test with normally distributed results was returned to a class of 100 students. Later, the teacher realized an error was made and added 10 points to each student's score. Which of the following must have changed as a result of the increase in scores?
the mode
standard deviation is a measure of how much
variation there is from the arithmetic mean
Neurotransmitters are typically stored in which parts of a neurons
vesicles
