AP Psych Review ChAPters 1-3 Bbb

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Quiz on the first three chapters in the psychology book. Will help to do well on ap exam in april.


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  • 1. 
    Out of these, which does B.F Skinner agree with?
    • A. 

      Every person can be good at sports if they try.

    • B. 

      Environmental factors determine behavior.

    • C. 

      Every person has their own free will.

    • D. 

      No person should be able to sleep more than 11 hours at once.

    • E. 

      Every person should engage in debates once a month.

  • 2. 
    Who was G.Stanley Hall?
    • A. 

      John Mohl's great-grandfather.

    • B. 

      My mom's high school english teacher

    • C. 

      Established the A.P.A

    • D. 

      Established the first psychology laboratory in the world.

    • E. 

      Made the first encyclopedia.

  • 3. 
    What is Applied Psychology?
    • A. 

      The widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations.

    • B. 

      The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation

    • C. 

      The tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways.

    • D. 

      The branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems.

    • E. 

      A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychology problems and disorders.

  • 4. 
    Which is not a way to show correlation and relationships?
    • A. 

      Case studies

    • B. 

      Naturalistic observation

    • C. 

      Surveys

    • D. 

      Scientific experiment

    • E. 

      Going with a hypothesis

  • 5. 
    What is Applied Psychology?
    • A. 

      The widely shared customs, beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and other products of a community that are transmitted socially across generations.

    • B. 

      The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation

    • C. 

      The tendency to view one's own group as superior to others and as the standard for judging the worth of foreign ways.

    • D. 

      The branch of psychology concerned with everyday, practical problems.

    • E. 

      A branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of psychology problems and disorders.

  • 6. 
    What is not one of the ways one could measure central tendency?
    • A. 

      Mean

    • B. 

      Middle

    • C. 

      Median

    • D. 

      Mode

    • E. 

      Averaging

  • 7. 
    Which of these is not a method that could change an experiments outcome?
    • A. 

      Response set

    • B. 

      Social desirability bias

    • C. 

      Experimenter bias

    • D. 

      Placebo effect

    • E. 

      All of the above could change the outcome.

  • 8. 
    What connects the spinal cord with the brain?
    • A. 

      Amygdala

    • B. 

      Thalamus

    • C. 

      Brain-Stem

    • D. 

      Hippo-campus

    • E. 

      Medulla

  • 9. 
    What structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain?
    • A. 

      Corpus-collosum

    • B. 

      Cerebellum

    • C. 

      Bronchas Area

    • D. 

      Thalamus

    • E. 

      Hypothalamus

  • 10. 
    What connects the spinal cord with the brain?
    • A. 

      Amygdala

    • B. 

      Thalamus

    • C. 

      Brain-Stem

    • D. 

      Hippo-campus

    • E. 

      Medulla

  • 11. 
    What neurotransmitter is responsible for movement?
    • A. 

      Acyltacholine

    • B. 

      GABA

    • C. 

      Endorphins

    • D. 

      Dopamine

    • E. 

      Saratonin

  • 12. 
    What are the branch-like structures of a neuron that receive the information from other neurons?
    • A. 

      Neurotransmitters

    • B. 

      Glia cells

    • C. 

      Dendrites

    • D. 

      Axon

    • E. 

      Soma

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