Test your basic knowledge |

AP Psychology

Subjects : psychology, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The more accurate recall of items presented at the end of a series






2. Areas of the retina that - when stimulated - produce a change in the firing of cells in the visual system.






3. Neo-Freudian - psychodynamic; Contributions: inferiority complex - organ inferiority; Studies: birth order influences personality






4. The behavior of giving up or not responding - exhibited by people and animals exposed to negative consequences or punishment over which they feel they have no control.






5. The tendency of one person to evaluate another person (or a symbol or image of another person) in a positive way.






6. The arithmetic average of a set of scores






7. Defense mechanism by which anxiety-provoking thoughts and feelings are forced to the unconscious.






8. Assesses and counsels students - consults with educators and parents - and performs behavioral intervention when necessary






9. Cognition and memory; studied repressed memories and false memories; showed how easily memories could be changed and falsely created by techniques such as leading questions and illustrating the inaccuracy in eyewitness testimony






10. Change in behavior that occurs when people believe they are in the presence of other people.






11. An electrical current sent down the axon of a neuron and is initiated by the rapid reversal of the polarization of the cell membrane






12. Branch of mathematics that deals with collecting - classifying - and analyzing data






13. Any of a class of drugs that relax and calm a user and - in higher doses - induce sleep; also known as a depressant






14. Able to see objects at a distance clearly but having trouble seeing things up close; farsighted






15. Piaget's thrid stage of cognitive development (lasting from approximately age 6 or 7 to age 11 or 12) - during which the child develops the ability to understand constant factors in the environment - rules - and higher-order symbolic systems






16. Graphical record of brain-wave activity obtained through electrodes placed on the scalp and forehead






17. In psychoanalysis - the repetitive cycle of interpretation - resistance to interpretation - and transference.






18. A person's experiences in the environment






19. Conditioning in which an increase or decrease in the probability that a behavior will recur is affected by the delivery of reinforcement or punishment as a consequence of the behavior;






20. The study if the overlapping fields of perception - learning - memory - and thought - with a special emphasis on how people attend to - acquire - transform - store - and retrieve knowledge.






21. Cognitive abilities requiring speed or rapid learning that tends to diminish with age






22. The study of language - including speech sounds - meaning - and grammar.






23. The middle division of brain responsible for hearing and sight; location where pain is registered; includes temporal lobe - occipital lobe - and most of the parietal lobe






24. Our emotional experience depends on our interpretation of the situation we are in






25. Defense mechanism by which people divert sexual or aggressive feelings for one person onto another person.






26. In Roger's theory of personality - the self a person would ideally like to be.






27. Motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings






28. A cognitive distortion experienced by adolescents - in which they believe they are so special and unique that other people cannot understand them and risky behaviors will not harm them






29. An individual's genetic make-up






30. Any internal condition - although usually an internal one - that initates - activates - or maintains an organism's goal directed behavior






31. The folds in the cerebral cortex that increase the surface area of the brain






32. Commonly occurring behavior can reinforce a less frequent behavior






33. Pain is only experienced in the pain messages can pass through a gate in the spinal cord on their route to the brain






34. Social cognition - cognitive dissonance; Study Basics: Studied and demonstrated cognitive dissonance






35. The characteristic of requiring higher and higher doses of a drug to produce the same effect.






36. The deeper meaning of a dream - usually involving symbolism hidden meaning - and repressed or obscured ideas and wishes






37. Developmental psychology; wrote 'On Death and Dying': 5 stages the terminally ill go through when facing death (1. denial - 2. anger - 3. bargaining - 4. depression - 5. acceptance)






38. Reflex in which a newborn fans out the toes when the sole of the foot is touched






39. Procedures used to draw conclusions about larger populations from small samples of data






40. A score that expresses an individual's position relative to the mean - based on the standard deviation






41. Group of abnormalities that occur in the babies of mothers who drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy






42. In Freud's theory - the instinctual (and sexual) life force that - working on the pleasure principle and seeking immediate gratification - energizes the id.






43. School of psychological thought that was concerned with how and why the conscious mind works






44. An anxiety disorder characterized by persistent anxiety occurring on more days than not for at least 6 months - sometimes with increased activity of the autonomic nervous system - apprehension - excessive muscle tension - and difficulty in concentrat






45. Process by which several genes interact to produce a certain trait; responsible for most important traits






46. Growth in the ability to tell right from wrong - control impulses - and act ethically






47. The scientific study of how people think about - interact with - influence - and are influenced by the thoughts - feelings - and behaviors of other people.






48. Subjects and not exposed to a changing variable in an experiment






49. The extent to which scores differ from one another






50. In problem solving - the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer.







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests