Ap Psych midterm review

All summer Thomas hears the sound of the icecream truck approaching before his brother Oscar hears it. Thomas most likely has which of the following?

a lower absolute threshold

Researchers want to study the effects of teratogens.

an experiment on pregnant rats

After a traumatic head injury, John is unable to form new memories, though he can remember details from before the accident. This type of memory loss is referred to as:

anterograde amnesia

Increases and decreases in your heart rate are determined by the

autonomic nervous system

According to Jean Piaget, what is the earliest stage at which a child is capable of using simple logic to think about objects and events?

concrete operational

In a study on early childhood development, researchers focus on the first three years of life, identifying this period as crucial for emotional and social development. This specific focus highlights the importance of:

critical period

A person is asked to listen to a series of tones presented in pairs, and asked to say whether the tones in each pair are the same or different in pitch. In this situation the experimenter is most likely measuring the individual's

difference threshold

ivan palvolv

dogs salivating

After attending a concert, Layla can still hear the last song played in her mind for a few seconds. This echo of sound that lingers in the auditory system is an example of:

echoic memory

Which part of the scientific method would a researcher gather evidence? *

experiment

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

A 10-year-old can think abstractly about mathematics and hypothesize about outcomes not based on direct observation or hands-on manipulation. This ability to think abstractly and logically in hypothetical situations suggests the child has entered Piaget's:

formal operational stage

What school of thought in psychology examines human thought and the mind as a whole, analyzing patterns in order to create expected, whole experiences of the mind?

gestalt psychology

Gestalt principles of organization explain how we

group our sensations to make sense of the world

If a researcher overestimates their ability to predict outcomes and claims they could have predicted the outcome of an experiment after the data is collected, this is a research problem known as

hindsight basis

While Allison was watching a storm over the lake at night, a flash of lightning lit up the dark skies. Even though the flash of light disappeared from the sky quickly, Allison could still briefly "see" the light and the entire lake. It appears that this information was being held in Allison's ___________.

iconic memory

A young adult is at Stage 6 in Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. What issue must this person resolve?

intimacy vs isolation

The network of structures involved in emotion, motivation, and memory is the

limbic system

While preparing for a presentation, John repeatedly goes over his notes to keep the information fresh in his mind. This repetitive review to help retain information is known as:

maintenance rehersal

The tendency to conclude that a person who likes to read poetry is more likely to be a college professor of classics than a truck driver illustrates the use of ___________.

representative heuristic

Light-sensitive membrane at the back of the eye & contains sensory receptors for light:

retina

procedural memory

riding a bike

Which of the following is true about rods and cones?

rods are sensitive to low levels of light and ones are sensitive to color

Damage to the cochlea could result in

sensorineural deafness

The division of the nervous system that most directly allows voluntary muscle movement is the *

somatic

The action of swinging a tennis racket involves the

somatic nervous system

What school of thought in psychology concerns studying individual parts of thought, such as vision, hearing, and touch?

structuralism

A psychologist was interested in how people of different cultures choose a pet. They posted on social media a question that asked people to respond with what kind of animal would make a good pet. Which of the following psychological concepts would best characterize what the psychologist was examining?

Heuristic

Which of the following studies demonstrates a cross-sectional research design?

Testing first, third, and fifth graders at the beginning of the school year