Unit 1 & 2 Exam Study Guide AP Psychology

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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


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