2004 AP Psych Test

1. 2004 AP Psych Test .

2. 1. the answer is B. Sensory adaptation explains why we can’t feel our underwear most of the time.

3. 2. A. experimental – in a lab B. cognitive – how we think C. developmental – how we develop D. social – how we interact with other people E. clinical – in a clinic or hospital

4. 3. The answer is A. It helps people diagnose and classify disorders.

5. 4. The answer is E. Post = after traumatic = traumatic. PTSD is common with war veterans but it also happens with other horrific events.

6. 5. The answer is D. Humanists emphasize free will, self actualization, finding yourself, choosing your own path. Humanists – hippies.

7. 6. Remember the moon walking bear??? The answer is A. selective attention (similar to the cocktail party effect).

8. 7. A. stimulus discrimination is when you know the difference. B. second order conditioning is when you train a dog to drool to a bell, then the dog associates light with the bell then drools to C. Just like Little Albert, you generalize your association to similar things.

9. 8. A. Longitudinal studies take a long long long time (like decades). They measure how things change over time. B. ???? C. cross sectional studies study different sections of the population (different ages, class levels, race). D. Case studies study something in depth E. Observational – observe and take notes

10. 9. The answer is C. People who do things for the love of it are intrinsically motivated. Intrinsic – inside (the heart)

11. 10. The answer is D. (seeing a camouflaged bug)

12. 11. E. A dog drooling to a bell but not a gong.

13. 12. C (racial)

14. 13. D When deciding if a behavior is abnormal, gender is not a consideration.

15. 14. Read this one a couple of times. If twins are reared apart then their environment is different. Since IQ scores have a lower correlation when reared apart, then environment is important. The answer is B.

16. 15. A. standardization means it was given the same way to different people and the answers form a bell curve. B. ?? C. ?? D. validity means tests what it is supposed to. E. reliability means the results are the same again and again.

17. 16. The answer is A. Electricity will travel to both sides of the brain but always originate on one side. So they cut it.

18. 17. The answer is C. maturation. Biologically, she is growing up.

19. 18. A. Cognitive = thinking. The psychologist is trying to change Wade’s behavior, not his thinking. • B. Biological – give Wade medicine or surgery • C. Psychodynamic – probe Wade’s unconscious mind through dream analysis or transference • D. Humanistic – help Wade remove barriers to self actualization or find himself • E. Behavioral therapy involves reinforcements and punishments to change a behavior.

20. 19. a. RET therapy is a technique that challenges a person’s irrational thoughts, so it’s very confrontational! • C. aversive conditioning- might involve shocking someone every time something is done or thought (classical cond.) • D. person-centered usually means the client does most of the talking. • E. systematic desensitazion involves gradually exposing someone to their source of fear or anxiety.

21. 20. Think optical – occipital So rule out C, D, and E since they don’t have it. Hearing goes to the temporal lobe (think ears are near the temple) The answer is B.

22. 21. The answer is c.

23. 22. Pick the answer that is closest to 24 hours. Circa means about dian means day Circadian rhythms are your day/night cycles. The answer is A.

24. 23. The answer is B. 10

25. 24. a. behavior – behavioral therapy B. reach full potential – self actualization – humanistic therapy C. alter thought processes – cognitive therapy D. the answer E. get rid of irrational thoughts – cognitive (RET)

26. 25. The answer is D. If the mean is 70, and the standard deviation is 10, How many test takers scored above 60? 60 is 1 standard deviation below the mean. If you are going to guess, will your answer be more or less than 50?

27. 26. Salt and bananas! The answer is B.

28. 27. What is another word for “relationship”? A. correlation

29. 28. Hippocampus – hippos attend college campus to remember. The answer is B.

30. 29. B semicircular canals

31. 30. A. cocaine is a stimulant B. marijuana is a hallucinogen C. dopamine is a neurotransmitter D. alcohol is the answer E. nicotine is not a depressant

32. 31. E. Only an experiment can establish cause and effect.

33. 32. C

34. 33. A. a “reflex to the bell” what does that mean? B. huh?? C. C is the best answer

35. 34.The Stanford-Binet test is the actual name for what we call the IQ test. The answer is A.

36. 35. A. and E. Rewards are better for extrinsically motivated musicians B. If the musician is achievement motivated, then the piece can’t be too hard. After all, they still want to achieve. C. If achievement is important, then easy pieces aren’t likely D. Practice is fun for the intrinsically motivated. The difficulty can’t be too hard for the achievement motivated.

37. 36. diffusion means spread. The answer is C.

38. 37. The answer is A. Confirmation bias is when we only notice things that confirm our already held beliefs.

39. 38. A schema is a set of expectations, a mental construct, that we have about something. 30 people were asked about this office picture below. Click for results of survey. 29 out of 30 recalled Chair, desk, and walls Only 8 subjects recalled it had a skull 9 subjects recalled it had books which it did not Memory for location is influenced by the person’s schema for that location.

40. 39. The answer is C. If you catch a virus, then eat at a Mexican food restaurant, throw up, then you will NOT want to eat at that restaurant, even if you know that’s not where you got the virus. That’s the Garcia effect. The answer is C.

41. 40. C C C C Cones C C C CC Color Rods – black and white light. The answer is A.

42. 41. Which answer deals with excitability and personality? The answer is D.

43. 42. Her behavior is an example of what? Classical conditioning deals with reflex-like responses. Like a dog drooling to a bell. She’s not recovering anything No. that’s like Little Albert fearing all white furry things ?? Observational learning (like the Bobo doll experiment)

44. 43. E.

45. 44. The answer is B. A client will “project” their personality onto the therapist.

46. 45. E. Behaviorism. Watson was famous for the Little Albert experiment when he classically conditioned a baby to fear a white rat (and generalized that fear to all white furry things).

47. 46. What is the brain made of? What are nerves made of? The answer is B. neuron

48. 47. If you give an 11-year-old non-alcoholic beer, he’ll start acting drunk because he expects the alcohol to make him feel that way. The answer is A. expectations.

49. 48. B. Which answer deals with an individual conforming to the group? B.

50. 49.A. No. That’s behaviorism B. Although Abraham Maslow talked about peak experiences, he said that not all people have them. No. C. based on the ideas of unconditional positive regard, even mass murderers are good inside. D. Humanists are more positive than that! E. Nah, they valued free will more than that.