Collegeboard questions Ap psych

law of closure

states that individuals perceive objects such as shapes, letters, pictures, etc., as being whole when they are not complete

make generalizations about a population

the benefit of using inferential statistics is that it allows a researcher to

dreams fulfull unconscious wishes

the psychodynamic theory of dreaming would postulate that

Psychometric

the study of tests and measurements

Adresses a number of ethical guidelines for the practice of psychology

American Psychological Association

Creative intelligence

Arthur is helping his friend set up her new phone. Arthur has never used this type of phone, but he uses his knowledge of setting up his own phone to help figure out how to use the new phone. According to Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, Arthur is using which type of intelligence?

Ninety percent of toddlers can walk at the age of 15 months.

Ninety percent of toddlers can walk at the age of 15 months.

long-term memories being formed from short-term memories

Consolidation can be described as the process of

michael Gazaniga

Known for studying split-brain patients

She has heard other children using the incorrect form and has learned that it is correct.

Rodrigo's three-year-old sister says the phrase "We goed to the store" instead of "We went to the store." According to Noam Chomsky, what is the best explanation for her behavior?

Tension headaches, because Rogelio can use the cues from biofeedback to learn to relax

Rogelio has a number of health problems and would like to avoid medication as much as possible. He is considering biofeedback as an alternative form of treatment. Biofeedback would most benefit which of Rogelio's health problems?

likely to be as similar and dissimilar to one another as are Vince's and Frankie's personalities

Ruth and Debbie are identical twins who were raised by the same family. Vince and Frankie are identical twins who were separated at birth and raised by different families. According to research on the heritability of personality traits, Ruth's and Debbie's personalities are statistically

Marsha thinks the waiter asked her whether she wanted water even though he did not, because she thinks waiters ask patrons whether they want water.

Which of the following describes the concept of schema?

Markus was stung by a wasp, and now he is scared of not only wasps but also bees.

Which of the following scenarios demonstrates stimulus generalization?

Immediately reinforcing correct responses enhances student learning, because immediate reinforcement has shown to be most effective with regard to learning.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the application of operant conditioning to learning?

temporal lobe

object recognition

structuralism

presenting a participant with an object, such as a can of soda, and having the subject report his or her perceptions or experience of the can

parietal lobe

spatial processing