AP PSYCH TEST 2 REVIEW (PT 8)

Which of the following most accurately describes a dependent variable?

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

An individual who drinks alcohol daily finds it necessary to drink increasing amounts to achieve the state of well-being attained in the past. This individual is showing

alcohol tolerance

Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer view emotion as resulting from

cognitive LABELS of physiological changes

According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the need to have respect for ourselves and to be valued by others is classified within the category of

esteem needs

All human languages have several basic sounds in common called

phonemes

A supervisor who doubts the competence of a new employee unwittingly criticizes everything the new employee does. If the new employee consequently performs poorly, which of the following will most likely have occurred?

self fulfilling prophecy

Alicia has started a new and very different job but believes in her skills and ability to carry out the tasks required of her. Albert Bandura would refer to Alicia's sense of confidence as which of the following?

self-efficacy

Which part of the nervous system is most immediately activated by sudden fear?

sympathetic

The sequence of shifts in the electrical charge of a neuron is called

the action potential

The tendency to believe that another person's behavior is caused by DISPOSITIONAL factors rather than by environmental factors is called

the fundamental attribution error