AP Psychology Quizzes & Trivia

If you’ve taken a course in AP Psychology, you’ve hopefully studied theories of learning and can figure out how you learn best – which is good, because you’ve got a lot of that to do before you’re ready to take and ace your AP exam. Are you in search of some help in hitting the books to cover the heaps of material the test will cover? Look no further for a solution.

We have an AP Psychology practice quizzes for you to help you review all things psychological, from personality disorders to child development, from the biology of the brain and human behavior to the history and practice of psychological research. Are you serious about starting to review? We’re ready when you are!

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AP Psychology Quiz

In the following quiz you will find questions that will help you review Ch.1 & 2 for the AP Exam. Please chose the multiple choice answer that best answers the question.

Questions: 35 | Attempts: 9021 | Last updated: Nov 15, 2016

Sample Question
"I am primarily interested in thinking processes; I am a __________ psychologist."

Cognitive

Learning

Perception

Personality

AP Psych. Consciousness / Drugs

Questions: 35 | Attempts: 5148 | Last updated: Jan 31, 2013

Sample Question
Which of the following provides the clearest indication of a drug addiction?

Physical dependence

Hallucinations

Narcolepsy

Alpha waves

REM rebound

AP Psych: Unit 1 Vocab: History And APproaches Trivia Quiz

Questions: 28 | Attempts: 2369 | Last updated: Dec 7, 2018

Sample Question
_______________ is the view that knowledge comes from experience and that science should rely on observation and experimentation.

Empiricism

Structuralism

Functionalism

Experimental psychology

Behaviorism

Memory - AP Psychology

Memory Chapter

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 8438 | Last updated: Dec 18, 2015

Sample Question
Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention in known as:

Implicit memory

Long term potentiation

Automatic processing

State dependent memory

Chuncking

AP Psych Ch. 3 Review Questions

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 2183 | Last updated: Jan 18, 2013

Sample Question
Which of the following monitor blood and oxygen flow in the brain to identify areas of high activity?

MRI

CAT

FMRI

ECAT

EEG

Recent Quizzes

AP Psychology Modules 20 & 21 Sample Quiz

This is a sample quiz for the Advanced Placement Psychology course modules 20 and 21. This test has eight questions about hearing and sound. So, if you have been covering these modules, then taking this quiz could help see if you...

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 34 | Last updated: Mar 8, 2021

Sample Question
Because she was listening to the news of the radio, Mrs. Schultz didn't perceive a word her husband was saying. Her experience best illustrates:

Choice blindness

Opponent-process theory.

Selective attention.

Gestalt.

AP Psychology Exam: Trivia Questions! Quiz

Do you know anything about AP psychology, and do you think you can pass this quiz? The Advanced Placement Psychology course and subsequent exam are part of the college board’s advanced placement program. It is an...

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 41 | Last updated: Nov 27, 2020

Sample Question
Pure science that aims to increase the scientific knowledge base of psychology is basic _________________.

Research

Food groups

Training

Study

AP Psychology Unit 9 Practice Test

Created by Graham Vogtman, IN

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 1285 | Last updated: Jan 27, 2017

Sample Question
The branch of Psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, mental, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called...?

Clinical Psychology

Social Psychology

Biological Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Pretest For AP Psychology 2016-2017

Pretest for AP Psychology 2016-2017

Disclaimer: You have not taken anything psychology related before (maybe sociology but, that's like a cousin of psychology) do not be upset if you don't know any of the answers or if you "fail." Be honest if you...

Questions: 140 | Attempts: 138 | Last updated: Oct 4, 2016

Sample Question
This is the only type of psychologist that can offer medication as a means to treat someone.

Psychiatrist

Clinical psychologist

Educational psychologist

Human factors psychologist

No Clue! I've never taken psych before, Larsh!

AP Psychology Exam Review

Questions: 135 | Attempts: 307 | Last updated: Feb 15, 2013

Sample Question
In an experiment, which of the folowing variables refers to the outcome that is measured by the experimenter?

Independent

Dependent

Control

Random

Stimulus

AP Psychology Final Test

This test is structured like the AP Exam and many of the questions are real questions from previous AP exams.

Questions: 102 | Attempts: 1873 | Last updated: Feb 15, 2013

Sample Question
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

AP Psychology: ChAPter 7 Exam

AP PSYCHOLOGY: CHAPTER 7 EXAM

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 3573 | Last updated: Feb 26, 2012

Sample Question
Thinking is a synonym for...

Perception

Learning

Cognition

Sensation

AP Psych Learing Unit

Questions: 36 | Attempts: 783 | Last updated: Feb 11, 2013

Sample Question
The researcher most closely associated with the study of classical conditioning is:

Thorndike

Deci

Skinner

Bandura

Pavlov

AP Psychology ChAPter 6 Quiz

AP Psychology Chapter 6 Quiz

As we delve deeper into our studies on the topic of advanced placement psychology, the subject matter becomes a little bit more difficult. Make sure you’re keeping up to date with this AP Psychology Chapter 6 quiz, as...

Questions: 8 | Attempts: 493 | Last updated: Sep 27, 2018

Sample Question
Gestalt means what

Organized Part

Random Half

Clustered Sixteenth

Organized Whole

AP Psychology Project 2011 Part 2

Welcome to another instalment of our many quizzes regarding the topic of psychology, where today’s rendition “AP Psychology Project 2011 Part 2” will be a little different. We will offer you a number of...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 52 | Last updated: Sep 27, 2018

Sample Question
This college student:

Reads and writes books.

Watches more TV.

AP Psychology Project 2011

This quiz is designed specifically for Trevor, Jake, and Katie's psychology project.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 71 | Last updated: Jan 23, 2013

Sample Question
After eating lunch, this woman will:

Take a walk

Take a nap

AP Psychology Midterm Review

Questions: 300 | Attempts: 155 | Last updated: Jan 22, 2013

Sample Question
The first two major "schools" of psychology were

Structuralism and functionalism

Behaviorism and psychoanalysis

Functionalism and behaviorism

Behaviorism and Gestalt psychology

AP Psych Review ChAPter 3 Pt 5

AP Psych Review Chapter 3 PT 5

Let’s turn our attention now to the topic of psychology, as we put on our thinking caps and take this quiz at an advanced placement level! This “AP Psych Review Chapter 3 Pt 5” quiz will task you with...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 191 | Last updated: Sep 27, 2018

Sample Question
Which part of the brain is composed of the occipital lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, and frontal lobe?

Cerebellum

Hypothalamus

Medulla

Cerebrum

Thalamus

AP Psychology ChAPter 3 Jr 5

AP Psychology Chapter 3 JR 5

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 811 | Last updated: Jan 18, 2013

Sample Question
What part of the nervous system secretes neurotransmitters?

Axon

Dendrites

Terminal Button

Soma

Glia

AP Psychology Quiz: States Of Consciousness!

AP Psychology Quiz: States of Consciousness!

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 194 | Last updated: Jun 9, 2020

Sample Question
In which level of consciousness contains information which you are currently aware of?

Conscience level

Non Conscience level

Pre Conscience level

Sub Conscience level

Unconscience level

AP Psychology Sociopath Quiz

Ap Psychology Sociopath Quiz

In this quiz on the topic of psychology, we will be taking a closer look at the topic of sociopaths – those with personality disorders which manifest themselves in extreme antisocial behaviour. What can you tell us...

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 12906 | Last updated: Sep 27, 2018

Sample Question
Do you know the meaning of the term sociopath?

No.

I don't know.

Yes, it means you have a mental disorder.

Yes, it is a personality disorder

Yes, One who is affected with a psychopathic personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior.

States Of Consciousness: AP Psychology Quiz! Trivia

States of Consciousness: AP Psychology Quiz! Trivia

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 714 | Last updated: Jun 9, 2020

Sample Question
Participants in an experiment were told to listen to and repeat a prose passage played in one ear, while a novel tune was placed in thier other ear. The results of this experiment indicated that the participants:

Suffered a sense of discomfort because the novel tune was subliminal

Were able to identify exactly which tune has been played in thier ear

Produced an increasing level of alpha waves while exposed to their music

Showed an increase in thier liking of the novel tune.

AP Pyschology Accumulative Quiz On ChAPters 1-8

AP Pyschology Accumulative Quiz on Chapters 1-8

This quiz will assess your knowledge on psychology material based on AP Psychology chapters 1-8.

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 108 | Last updated: Jan 9, 2013

Sample Question
A researcher was interested in determining whether her students' test performance could be predicted from their proximity to the front of the classroom. So she matched her students' scores on a math test with their seating position. This study is an example of:

Experimentation

Survey Research

Naturalistic Observation

Correlational Research

Case Study

AP Psychology Midterm Review ChAPters 1-8

AP Psychology Midterm Review Chapters 1-8

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!

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 3954 | Last updated: Jan 9, 2013

Sample Question
The tendency to view one's group superior to anotther is called?

Humanism

Functionalism

Behavioral

Ethnocentrism

Cognitive

AP Psychology ChAPters 1-3 Je

AP Psychology chapters 1-3 JE

This quiz is a brief examine of your knowledge of concepts discussed in chapters one through three. Though these questions do not go into great depth of these chapters, the quiz is specialized to examine broad terms discussed.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 34 | Last updated: Jan 8, 2013

Sample Question
All of the following were accomplishments of Wilhelm Wundt except?

Devolping psychology into its own independent study

Studying psychology in Asia

Establishing the first formal labatory dedicated to the study of psychology at the university of Leipzig

Establishing the first journals dedicated to publishing research on psychology

Promoting the idea of psychology being a science, modeled after fields such as physics and chemistry

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