AP Psych Review ChAPters 1-3 Jk
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This quiz tests AP psychology students on chapters 1-3 of the AP psychology textbook. It covers the history of psychology, statistics, the nervous system, and the brain.
- 1.If there is a .8 correlation between hand size and brain size, then there is a:
- A.
Weak positive correlation
- B.
Strong positive correlation
- C.
Weak negative correlation
- D.
Strong negative correlation
- E.
No correlation
- 2.This man campaigned to make psychology its own separate science and made the first laboratory for psychology research.
- A.
G. Stanely Hall
- B.
B.F. Skinner
- C.
Sigmund Freud
- D.
Wilhelm Wundt
- 3.
- A.
Social desirability bias
- B.
Sampling bias
- C.
Placebo effect
- D.
Experimenter bias
- E.
All of the above
- 4.The "All-or-None" law states that:
- A.
Either a neuron fires off, or it doesn't
- B.
All of the Hormones are released into the bloodstream at once
- C.
The Synaptic Cleft absorbs every neurotransmitter or none
- D.
Either all of the neurons in the Central Area are effected or none are
- 5.
- A.
Stimulating a portion of the brain with electricity and observing the effects
- B.
Enhancing or suppressing activity in a particular region of the brain
- C.
Monitoring electrical activity in the brain
- D.
Monitoring radioactive chemicals as they flow through the blood into the brain
- 6.The part of the brain that acts as a relay system by monitoring all incoming information and sending it to the correct place
- A.
Thalamus
- B.
Medulla
- C.
Cerebrum
- D.
Pons
- 7.Ethnocentrism is:
- A.
Behavior explained in terms of Psychological processes
- B.
The mental process involved in acquiring knowledge
- C.
The Emphasis the unique qualities of humans
- D.
Viewing ones group as superior and as the standard for judging
- 8.The requirements for a control group are:
- A.
Random Sampling
- B.
Random Assignment
- C.
Results must be due to independent variable
- D.
All of the Above
- 9.In order to use deception in an experiment, the experimenter must:
- A.
Tell the participants that they will be deceived in some way
- B.
Fully debrief the participant after the experiment is over
- C.
Only deceive when necessary
- D.
Both A and C are correct
- E.
Both B and C are correct
- 10.Which of the following is not a part of the Peripheral Nervous System?
- A.
Central Nervous System
- B.
Somatic Nervous System
- C.
Autonomic Nervous System
- D.
Sympathetic Nervous System
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