AP Psychology Semester Exam

Which of the following correlation coefficients most likely represents the relationship between length of sleep deprivation and level of alertness?

-0.4

Selective Mutism is a considered a disorder in what specific category in the DSMV

Anxiety Disorder

A double-blind control is essential for which of the following?

Assessment of a new drug treatment designed to reduce schizophrenic symptoms

In order to yield info that is generalizable to the population from which it was drawn, a sample must be

Representative of the population

Prozac has been shown to reduce depression primarily by

Blocking reuptake and increasing the level of serotonin in the synapses

Difficulty in typing smoothly on a keyboard would most likely result from damage to the

Cerebellum

What is the major nerve fiber pathway connecting the right and left hemisphere of the brain?

Corpus Callosum

Pat has just finished participating in an experiment that a pro. has conducted. The prof. gives Pat a summary that describes the study and explains to him if he was part of the experimental group or the control group. He offers to answer any questions that Pat may have about the study before he leaves. What is this process called that must be done at the end of every experiment?

Debriefing

What is reduced during a fight or flight reaction?

Digestion

A psychologist designed a study to test the effects of cell phone use on driving safety. Participants were randomly assigned either to drive an automobile simulator while talking to a friend on a cell phone or to drive a simulator without talking on a phone. Which type of research does the scenario describe?

Experimental

William James, a prominent American psychologist and philosopher, focused on human interactions with the outside world, the ability to adapt to change, and the purpose of thoughts. What were his views?

Functionalism

The study of the importance of satisfying the need for love, belongingness, and acceptance best describes which school of psychology?

Humanistic

Brain structure that controls hunger and satiety

Hypothalamus

Which of the following research findings supports a strong biological basis for behavior?

Identical twins who are reared apart have similar levels of intelligence

The primary effect of the myelin sheath us to

Increase the velocity of conduction of the action potential along the axon

What field of psychology is most appropriate to analyze the efficiency of businesses in their hiring, basic training, and management leadership skills training?

Industrial/Organizational

A study of an individual or group of people over an extended period of time is called

Longitudinal Study

Professor Jones carefully watches and records the behavior of children on the playground in order to track the development of their physical skills. He makes sure that he is being as unobtrusive as possible. The prof. is engaged in

Naturalistic Observation

The debate about the relative contribution of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as what ?

Nature- Nurture issue

What provides information regarding brain function by monitoring the brain at work through metabolism of glucose?

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Eva is a 5 year old girl who has been brought to Dr. Frost for therapy because she has suddenly stopped speaking. She will not answer any questions and communicates with no one. Dr. Frost uses techniques intended to uncover Eva's unconscious thoughts and experiences. He believes that the answer lies within her unconscious mind. What is Dr. Frost's approach to psychology?

Psychodynamic

A psychologist develops a new assessment instrument for depression. She gives it to a sample of clients and then, some time late, gives it to the same sample again. What aspect of the assessment is she evaluating?

Reliability

Which of the following most accurately described a dependent variable?

Some aspect of a participant's response that is measured in an experiment

Which is the correct chronological order of the following perspectives of psychology, from past to present?

Structuralism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, and Humanism

Self Reflective introspection about the elements of sensation and perception best describes a techniques used by which school of psychology?

Structuralists

While reviewing scores from a chapter test, a teacher discovered that the mean score was higher statements. Which of the following statements is most likely correct?

The distribution of scores for the test is positively skewed

Which of the following is most likely to be the focus of study for a behavioral psychologist?

The effect of rewards and punishments on a child's behavior

A person will most likely develop aphasia as a result of damage to which of the following parts of the brain?

Wernicke's area

What is the mode of function of synaptic transmission?

a chemical messenger

What would most likely result to the medulla?

a life-threatening disruption of heartbeat and breathing

A research group conducted a study investigating the connection between self-reported number of hours slept in a given week and scores on a happiness measure. Base on the scatterplot above, the group can report that there is

a positive correlation

A basic assumption underlying the evolutionary approach to sexual attraction is that men seek potential mates who?

appear fertile

part of the brain most active in decision making

cerebral cortex

Uncontrolled variable that were not taken into consideration at the beginning of an experiment but that may have effects on the dependent variable (instead of just the independent variable causing the end result) are described as

confounding variables

Rochelle is anxious because she believes that nearly everyone must approve of everything she does. Which of the following is a cognitive therapist most likely to do to help Rochelle overcome her anxiety?

desensitize her to people's reactions

In experimental psychology, a significant difference( statistically significant) refers to

difference not likely due to chance

Which of the following philosophies holds that knowledge is best gained through observation and experiences?

empiricism

In a research study, informed consent is a concern of

ethics

The pituitary gland is controlled by the

hypothalamus

In the study, cell phone use can be described as

independent variable

The variable that the experimenter manipulates in a study to see what it will lead to is called

independent variable

Statements that describe in detail the exact methods used to manipulate and/or measure the variables in research experiments and are helpful for the replication process by other scientists are known as...

operational definitions

Which of the following procedures is intended to control for preexisting difference between the groups of participants in an experiment?

random assignment

Of the following, an evolutionary psychologist will most likely investigate the

reason why many people have an innate fear of the dark

The correlation between two measure obtained on a group of individuals is graphically represented as a

scatterplot

The most distinctive characteristic of the experimental method is that it...

seeks to establish a cause/effect relationship

An evolutionary psychologist would explain that humans desire social interactions, social acceptance, and social affiliation due to a need for

survival

After an electrode implanted in a cat's brain stimulating the amygdala

the cat will immediately withdraw in fear

A research group involved with advertising is conducting a study to investigate whether shoppers are more likely to engage in impulse buying at the checkout than at any other place in the store. For results of the study to be generalizable, the researchers should?

use a representative sample