AP Psych First Semester Final FRQ Bank
AP Psych First Semester Final FRQ Bank
Essay
1. Your friend Dave says: “How can you stand to study the history of psychology? Every single one of those theories is basically the same: the brain controls our behavior.” Given the history of psychology, evaluate Dave's claim using the following terms in their appropriate context:
•Introspection
•Psychoanalytic theory
•Behaviorism
•Humanistic psychology
•Cognitive revolution
•Cognitive dissonance
•Conformity
•Social-cultural perspective
2. Professor Hahn received a grant to study the relationship between childhood obesity and video game playing. Answer the following questions about Professor Hahn's research study: A. Explain how Professor Hahn could use each of the following research methods to study this topic:
• Case study
• Survey
• Naturalistic observation
B. Design an experiment Professor Hahn could use to investigate this topic, including the following terms in the context of your design.
• Operational definition
• Independent and dependent variable
• Random assignment C. Explain how Professor Hahn's experimental design would conform to ethical guidelines.
D. Explain how Professor Hahn would use statistics (including at least one measure of central tendency and inferential statistics) to examine the data from the study to reach a conclusion.
3. If you stub your toe, how does the impulse travel through your nervous system allowing you to pull your toe back and jump up and down in pain? Explain how this process occurs (including the process of neural transmission) using the following terms in context: • Sensory neuron
• Peripheral nervous system
• Central nervous system
• Interneuron
• Motor neuron
• Action potential
• Neurotransmitter
• Synapse
4. A patient who is admitted to the hospital after a stroke suffers from the following symptoms: episodes of intense, unexplainable fear; difficulty speaking and reading aloud; and blindness in his right visual field.
Part A: Using the terms below,
Essay
1. Your friend Dave says: “How can you stand to study the history of psychology? Every single one of those theories is basically the same: the brain controls our behavior.” Given the history of psychology, evaluate Dave's claim using the following terms in their appropriate context:
•Introspection
•Psychoanalytic theory
•Behaviorism
•Humanistic psychology
•Cognitive revolution
•Cognitive dissonance
•Conformity
•Social-cultural perspective
2. Professor Hahn received a grant to study the relationship between childhood obesity and video game playing. Answer the following questions about Professor Hahn's research study: A. Explain how Professor Hahn could use each of the following research methods to study this topic:
• Case study
• Survey
• Naturalistic observation
B. Design an experiment Professor Hahn could use to investigate this topic, including the following terms in the context of your design.
• Operational definition
• Independent and dependent variable
• Random assignment C. Explain how Professor Hahn's experimental design would conform to ethical guidelines.
D. Explain how Professor Hahn would use statistics (including at least one measure of central tendency and inferential statistics) to examine the data from the study to reach a conclusion.
3. If you stub your toe, how does the impulse travel through your nervous system allowing you to pull your toe back and jump up and down in pain? Explain how this process occurs (including the process of neural transmission) using the following terms in context: • Sensory neuron
• Peripheral nervous system
• Central nervous system
• Interneuron
• Motor neuron
• Action potential
• Neurotransmitter
• Synapse
4. A patient who is admitted to the hospital after a stroke suffers from the following symptoms: episodes of intense, unexplainable fear; difficulty speaking and reading aloud; and blindness in his right visual field.
Part A: Using the terms below,