AP Psychology Midterm Review ChAPters 1-8

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This review quiz was designed to test your knowledge on chapters one threw eight. The content of the quiz is challenging but not impossible. Have fun!

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1.

The tendency to view one's group superior to anotther is called?
- A.
  
  Humanism
- B.
  
  Functionalism
- C.
  
  Behavioral
- D.
  
  Ethnocentrism
- E.
  
  Cognitive
2.

Which of the following is said to be psychologys intellectual parents?
- A.
  
  Physiology and interpretation
- B.
  
  Physiology and perception
- C.
  
  Preception and interpretation
- D.
  
  Preception and purpose
- E.
  
  Philosophy and physiology
3.

Which of the following is not a step in the scientific investigation?
- A.
  
  Design study
- B.
  
  Formulate connections between variables
- C.
  
  Report findings
- D.
  
  Formulate a hypothesis
- E.
  
  Collect data
4.

Which of the following is NOT a flaw in evaluating research?
- A.
  
  Sampling bias
- B.
  
  Double-blind procedure
- C.
  
  Response set
- D.
  
  Level of education of experimenter
- E.
  
  Social desirability bias
5.

Which of the following would show the strongest correlation between two variables?
- A.
  
  -.20
- B.
  
  -.50
- C.
  
  -.90
- D.
  
  0
- E.
  
  -.60
6.

The structure in the forebrain through which all sensory information (except smell) must pass to get to the cerebral cortex is?
- A.
  
  Hypothalamus
- B.
  
  Thalamus
- C.
  
  Cerebrum
- D.
  
  Medulla
- E.
  
  Spinal cord
7.

The medulla controls all the following except?
- A.
  
  Circulating blood
- B.
  
  Regulating reflexes
- C.
  
  Stamina
- D.
  
  Breathing
- E.
  
  Muscle tone
8.

Split brain surgery is preformed to prevent which of the following?
- A.
  
  Impaired motor skills
- B.
  
  Epileptic seizures
- C.
  
  Strokes
- D.
  
  Heart attacks
- E.
  
  Concusions
9.

The ______ lobe is to hearing as the occipital lobe is to vision.
- A.
  
  Parietal
- B.
  
  Cerebellar
- C.
  
  Hindbrain
- D.
  
  Frontal
- E.
  
  Temporal
10.

Sound heard in the left ear is registered?..
- A.
  
  Faster in the right hemisphere
- B.
  
  Only in the right hemisphere
- C.
  
  Both hemispheres at an equal pace
- D.
  
  Faster in the left hemisphere
- E.
  
  Neither
11.

Which of the following is NOT a structure of the human eye?
- A.
  
  Cornea
- B.
  
  Retina
- C.
  
  Soma
- D.
  
  Fovea
- E.
  
  Pupil
12.

The neural tissue lining the back of the surface of the eye that absorbs light, processes images, and sends visual information to the brain is?
- A.
  
  Fovea
- B.
  
  Lens
- C.
  
  Pupil
- D.
  
  Iris
- E.
  
  Retina
13.

All of the following are Gesalt Principles of Perceptual Organization except?
- A.
  
  Similarity
- B.
  
  Proximity
- C.
  
  Continuity
- D.
  
  Perceptual set
- E.
  
  Closure
14.

Which of the following is NOT assoicated with the EEG pattern of sleep-delta?
- A.
  
  8-12 cps
- B.
  
  Less than 4 cps
- C.
  
  Dreamless sleep
- D.
  
  Slow-wave sleep
- E.
  
  Deep sleep
15.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of REM sleep?
- A.
  
  Low amplitude
- B.
  
  Vivid dreams
- C.
  
  Relatively deep stage of sleep
- D.
  
  Theta waves
- E.
  
  High frequency
16.

When an event following a response increases an organisms tendency to make that response, it is called?
- A.
  
  Law of effect
- B.
  
  Instrumental learning
- C.
  
  Operant conditioning
- D.
  
  Reinforcement
- E.
  
  Classical conditioning
17.

Which of the following is false?
- A.
  
  Fixed-ratio is less resistant to extinction
- B.
  
  Extinction is the gradual weakening of a stimulus
- C.
  
  Continuous reinforcement is the most effective
- D.
  
  Acquisition is the intial stage of learning
- E.
  
  Varible-ratio has a higher resistance to extinction
18.

When an organism acquires a response that decreases or ends some aversive stimulation, it is called?
- A.
  
  Escape learning
- B.
  
  Negitive reinforcement
- C.
  
  Positive reinforcement
- D.
  
  Punishment
- E.
  
  Avoidance learning
19.

Classical conditioning was deeply influenced by which of the following?
- A.
  
  B.F Skinner
- B.
  
  Albert Bandura
- C.
  
  Wilhelm Wundt
- D.
  
  William James
- E.
  
  Ivan Pavlov
20.

Continued rehearsal of material after you mastered it is referred to as?
- A.
  
  Acronym
- B.
  
  Overlearning
- C.
  
  Rehearsal
- D.
  
  Mnemonic device
- E.
  
  Link method
21.

Which of the following is NOT a method of encoding?
- A.
  
  Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
- B.
  
  Attention
- C.
  
  Visual imagery
- D.
  
  Elaboration
- E.
  
  Levels of processing
22.

Pseudoforgetting refers to?
- A.
  
  Forgetting relevent information
- B.
  
  Forgetting material just learned
- C.
  
  Forgetting vivid details of childhood years
- D.
  
  The phenonenon that you cant forget material you never learned
- E.
  
  Needing help to remember past memories
23.

A heuristic is?
- A.
  
  A flash of insight
- B.
  
  Functional fixedness
- C.
  
  A guiding principle or "rule of thumb" used in problem solving
- D.
  
  Mental set
- E.
  
  Solved through fast mapping
24.

Problem space refers to?
- A.
  
  The technique to finding a specific answer to a math problem
- B.
  
  A system to solving a problem in a specific location
- C.
  
  The space on the paper where a problem is found
- D.
  
  Not being able to solve a problem in a certain area
- E.
  
  The set of possible pathways to a solution
25.

Research indicates bilingualism has a negitive effect on?
- A.
  
  Religious belief
- B.
  
  Problem solving
- C.
  
  Memory storage
- D.
  
  Language devolpment
- E.
  
  None of the above