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






2. 'Wernicke's area'; discovered area of left temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this area uses correct words but they do not make sense






3. Part of the brain which controls living functions such as breathing - heart rate - blood pressure - body temperature






4. A period after firing when a neuron is returning to its normal polarize state and will only fire again if the incoming message open parentheses impulse) is stronger than usual; returning to arresting state






5. Revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life






6. A need or want that causes someone to act






7. The process by which a person uses behavior and appearance of others to form attitudes about them.






8. The general state of being aware of and responsive to events in the environment - as well as one's own mental processes






9. The appearance of one overt symptom to replace another that has been eliminated by treatment.






10. Behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught to fear a white rat






11. Top of the spinal column






12. Named for its developer - B.F. Skinner - a box that contains a responding mechanism and a device capable of delivering a consequence to an animal in the box whenever it makes the desired response






13. Wrinkled outer portion of brain; center for higher order brain functions such as thinking - planning - judgment; processes sensory information and directs movement






14. Deals with the extent to which heredity and the environment each influence behavior






15. Conscious experience of emotion and physiological arousal occur at the same time






16. Shift in electrical charge in a tiny area of the neuron (temporary); transmits a long cell membranes leaving neuron and polarized state; needs higher than normal threshold of excitation to fire






17. Action potential; the firing of a nerve cell; the entire process of the electrical charge (message/impulse) traveling through inner on; can be as fast as 400 fps (with myelin) or 3 fps (no myelin)






18. Vermont railroad worker who survived a severe brain injury that changed his personality and behavior; his accident gave information on the brain and which parts are involved with emotional reasoning






19. The purposeful process by which a person generates logical and coherent ideas - evaluates situations - and reaches conclusions.






20. Morality based on one's own individual moral principles (i.e. - conscience)






21. Conscious memory that a person is aware of






22. A descriptive research method in which researchers study behavior in its natural context.






23. Social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication - self-fulfilling prophecies; Studies: Pygmalion Effect-effect of teacher's expectations on students






24. The emotional state or condition that arises when a person must choose between two or more competing motives - behaviors - or impulses






25. An explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain - reestablish - or maintain some goal that helps with survival






26. The belief that a person can successfully engage in and execute a specific behavior






27. According to Piaget - the process by which existing mental structures and behaviors are modified to adapt to new experiences






28. A descriptive study that includes an intensive study of one person and allows an intensive examination of a single case - usually chosen for its interesting or unique characteristics






29. Learned knowledge and skills such as vocabulary - which tends to increase with age






30. Small area of retina where image is focused






31. Social psychology; German refugee who escaped Nazis - proved the democratic style of leadership is the most productive; studied effects of 3 leadership styles on children completing activities






32. Austrian-Jewish woman (real name: Bertha Pappenheim) diagnosed with hysteria - treated by Josef Breuer for severe cough - paralysis of the extremities on the right side of her body - and disturbances of vision - hearing - and speech - as well as hall






33. A reinforcement schedule in which a reinforcer (reward) is delivered after a predetermined but variable number of responses has occurred






34. Member of the gene terror that controls the appearance of a certain trait only if it is paired with the same gene






35. Defense mechanism by which people behave in a way opposite to what their true but anxiety-provoking feelings would dictate.






36. Noradrenaline; chemical which is excitatory - similar to adrenaline - and affects arousal and memory; raises blood pressure by causing blood vessels to become constricted - but also carried by bloodstream to the anterior pituitary which relaxes ACTH






37. A type of therapy in which two or more people who are committed to one another's well-being are treated at once - in and effort to change the ways the interact.






38. Visual theory - stated by Young and Helmholtz that all colors can be made by mixing the three basic colors: red - green - and blue; a.k.a the Young-Helmholtz theory.






39. Able to see clearly things that are close but having trouble seeing objects at a distance; nearsighted.






40. Endocrine gland that produces melatonin that helps regulate sleep/wake cycle






41. Memory for specific information






42. Type of schizophrenia characterized by hallucinations and delusions of persecution or grandeur (or both) - and sometimes irrational jealousy.






43. Discovered classical conditioning; trained dogs to salivate at the ringing of a bell






44. A procedure to inform participants about the true nature of an experiment after its completion






45. Practice of placing children with special needs in regular classroom settings - with the support of professionals who provide special education services






46. Problem-solving technique that involves considering all possible solutions without making prior evaluative judgments.






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






48. A research method that focuses on a specific group of individuals at different ages to examine changes that have occurred over time






49. The tendency to attribute other people's behavior to dispositional (internal) causes rather than situational (external) causes.






50. Process of presenting an undesirable or noxious stimulus - or removing a desirable stimulus - to decrease the probability that a preceding response will recur