AP Psych - Questions that Randomly Appear
The correlation between two measures obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a
Scatterplot
Ethical principles developed by the APA help ensure that human participants in psychological research are
Protected from physical and psychological harm.
The belief that human behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts represents what theoretical perspective?
Psychoanalytic
What is the circadian rythym?
A cycle of biological functioning that lasts about 25 hours.
If an individual's GPA raises alongside their tests grades, it would be an example of
A positive correlation.
The depletion of what neurotransmitter is most closely associated with the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease?
Acetylcholine
Information relayed to the spinal cord or brain by
Afferent neurons
Operational definitions are used for
Allowing researchers to replicate studies by precisely describing the variables and how they are used.
Curare blocks action at acetylcholine synapses and causes paralysis. The drug is an example of an
Antagonist
A double-blind control can be essential for
Assessment of treatment designed to reduce schizophrenic symptoms.
What pair subdivisions within the major divisions of the human nervous system?
Autonomic... sympathetic and parasympathetic.
Surgically severing the corpus callosum is a treatment for what condition?
Epilepsy
What allows for the examination of living brain tissue visually without performing surgery?
Computerized axial tomography
In developmental psychology, one advantage of cross-sectional over longitudinal studies is that cross-sectional research allows for
Controls for cultural influences.
What would an industrial-organizational psychologist be LEAST likely to study?
Corporate profitability
A statistical approach concerned with forming conclusions about the effect of the independent variable on variations in the dependent variable is
Correlational
What research method would be used if the subjects being tested are two, four, and six years old?
Cross-sectional
Alcohol is most accurately classified as what type of drug with its effects on the central nervous system
Depressant
Introspection, practiced by early structuralists, is best illustrated by
Describing one's immediate sensations while looking at a rose.
A person with damage to Broca's area would most likely demonstrate what symptom?
Difficulty with speech production.
An industrial-organizational psychologist would be most likely to study the
Effectiveness of management training.
While men place greater value on physical attractiveness and youthfulness, women place value on social status and financial resources in dating. This approach best describes this attraction
Evolutionary
What research approach would be best for testing the hypothesis that the presence of certain odors causes people to gamble more?
Experimental
A child's sex is genetically determined by the
Father
Sigmund Freud believed that dream analysis was a useful device for
Gaining insight into unconscious drives.
Which approach argues that every person has the potential to become self-actualized?
Humanistic
What research finding supports a strong biological basis for behavior?
Identical twins who are reared apart have similar levels of intelligence.
The area that falls between one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below means
It contains the middle 68% of the distribution.
A study can be regarded as scientific only if
Its conclusions can be verified or refuted by subsequent studies.
Which area of the body has the largest number of sensory neurons?
Lips
A cognitive psychologist would be most likely to study
Problem-solving strategies in chess.
A research psychologist generalizes from a particular sample to an entire population which is an example of
Random sampling
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.
The American Psychological Association ethical guidelines do not cover
Research involving deception.
Standard deviation is a measure of how much
Scores in a group differ from the mean of that group.
What study had a profound impact on ethical issues in psychological research?
Stanley Milgram's study of obedience.
Evolutionary psychologists would explain that humans desire social interaction, acceptance, and affiliation due to a need for
Survival
Which part of the nervous system is most immediately activated by sudden fear?
Sympathetic
What characteristic is generally associated with the use of hallucinogens?
The experience of vivid, distorted images that are not based on sensory input.
If the hypothalamus was cut, it would result in
The individual no longer eating and losing weight.
A dependent variable is
The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
What can be said about how an individual sleeps?
They do not typically act out their dreams.
