Myers Ap Psychology

1. Which philosopher most clearly emphasized that human knowledge is heavily dependent upon sensory experience?

Immanuel Kant

Ren Descartes

John Locke

Plato

2. A random sample of a large group is one in which:

The number of people included in the sample is determined by chance.

Every member in the group has an equal chance of being included.

Personality differences among research participants are practically nonexistent.

All the above are true.

3. The tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our own attitudes is known as:

An illusion of control.

The false consensus effect.

Illusory correlation.

The hindsight bias

4. The dependent variable in an experiment is the factor:

That causes the behavior being studied.

That may be influenced by the experimental treatment.

Whose effect is being studied.

That is directly manipulated by the investigator.

5. Contemporary psychology is best defined as the science of:

Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions

Behavior and mental processes

Observable responses to the environment

Conscious and unconscious mental activity

6. Unlike correlational studies, experiments involve:

Randomly selecting participants.

Studying observable behaviors.

Manipulating factors of interest

All the above.

7. A researcher would be most likely to discover a negative correlation between:

Intelligence and academic success.

Education and personal wealth.

Self-esteem and depression

Body height and body weight

8. The cognitive perspective in psychology emphasizes how:

People process, store, and retrieve information.

Behavior is influenced by environmental conditions

People seek to understand their own unconscious motives

Thoughts and feelings are influenced by brain chemistry.

Myers AP Psychology