Psychology AP Exam Study

Pseudopsychology is
• the study of perception and cognition
• the scientific study of human and animal behavior
• phony, unscientific psychology masquerading as the real thing (correct answer, your response)
• the study of the psyche
• Freud's method of analyzing patients
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Working in a community mental health center, Dr. Thatcher treats adults who suffer from severe depression. Dr. Thatcher is most likely a(n) _______ psychologist.
• personality• developmental• industrial/organizational
• clinical (correct answer, your response)
• behavioralPoints earned: 1 out of 1 Wilhelm Wundt was concerned primarily with the study of
• mental processes (correct answer, your response)
• social relationships
• inherited traits
• maladaptive behaviors
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Structuralists were concerned with uncovering the basic units of
• the environment
• the unconscious
• the family unit.
• culture• the mind (correct answer, your response)
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Why was Pfungst hesitant to believe that Clever Hans could actually count?(download story of Clever Hans from teacher website)
• He was angry about all of the attention Hans was receiving.
• He knew that horses could not count.
• He wanted objective, verifiable evidence before he would believe that Hans could count. (correct answer, your response)
• He knew that Han's cognition could never be properly studied.
• He believed that Han's owner was trying to trick people into believing that Hans could count.
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Gestalt psychologists were most interested in
• perception (correct answer, your response)
• learning• cognition• memory• sensationPoints earned: 1 out of 1 In a study of human visual experience, research particiants are asked to carefully monitor and describe their own immediate and ongoing visual sensations. The participants are employing a research technique known as
• introspection (correct answer, your response)
• natural selection
• psychoanalysis• PRTR
• clinical intuition
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Applied psychology has many different fields. An individual who helps people who are recovering from addictions is likely to be a(n)_____
• industrial/organizational psychologist
• clinical psychologist
• counseling psychologist
• engineering psychologist
• rehabilitation psychologist (correct answer, your response)
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Mark believes that people's dislike of bitter-tasting foods is an inherited trait because it has enhanced human survival. His belief best illustrates the _____ perspective.
• behavioral• evolutionary (correct answer, your response)
• social-cultural
• cognitive• psychodynamicPoints earned: 1 out of 1 Ivan Pavlov pioneered the study of
• perception• learning (correct answer, your response)
• mental illness
• personalityPoints earned: 1 out of 1 John Locke emphasized that human knowledge is a product of
• natural selection
• sensory experience (correct answer, your response)
• unconscious forces
• brain chemistry
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Professor Reed estimates that most of the variation in people's susceptibility to depression can be attributed to hereditary differences. The professor's assessment would be most directly relevant to the ________ perspective.
• evolutionary• behavior genetics (correct answer, your response)
• neuroscience• psychodynamic• cognitivePoints earned: 1 out of 1 Which perspective is most directly concerned with how the brain influences behaviors and mental states?
• neuroscience (correct answer, your response)
• behavioral• psychodynamic• social-cultural
• cognitivePoints earned: 1 out of 1 Experience is to genes, as _______ is to _______.
• nurture; nature (correct answer, your response)
• heredity; environment
• Plato; Aristotle
• Wundt; Pavlov
• chromosome; DNA
Points earned: 1 out of 1 A scientist who studies the strategies involved in playing a game of chess is most likely to follow a(n)_______ approach in psychology
• humanistic• cognitive (correct answer, your response)
• behavioristic• psychoanalytic• evolutionaryPoints earned: 1 out of 1 Dr. Kozak has concluded that the unusually low incidence of alcoholism among citizens of a small African country can be attributed to strong fundamentalistic religious influences in that region. This belief best illustrates a(n) ________ perspective
• cognitive• psychodynamic• behavior genetics
• social-cultural (correct answer, your response)
• neurosciencePoints earned: 1 out of 1 The individual who believed that consciousness is a "stream of ideas" rather than elements that sould be broken into smaller parts was
• Hall
• Plato
• James (correct answer, your response)
• Darwin
• Wundt
Points earned: 1 out of 1 French philosopher Rene Descartes most likely would believe that individuals suffer from schizophrenia due to:
• the upbringing of the person
• unconscious conflicts involving sexuality and aggression
• irrational ways of interpreting events in the world
• unusual activity within the person's nervous system (correct answer, your response)
• whether an individual lives in a destructive society
Points earned: 1 out of 1 John Dewey is well-known for founding which of the following areas of study within psychology?
• memorization of facts
• Gestalt psychology
• progressive education which emphasizes learning by "doing" (correct answer, your response)
• insight learning
• learning by listening to lectures
Points earned: 1 out of 1 The study of inner thoughts and feelings is to the study of observable behavior as _______ is to _______.
• Freud; Wundt
• Watson; Freud
• Wundt; Watson (correct answer, your response)
• Aristotle; Plato
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Dr. Howard conducts basic research on the relative effectiveness of massed practice and spaced practice on a person's ability to remember information. Dr. Howard is most likely a _______ psychologist.
• developmental• personality• cognitive (correct answer, your response)
• social• biologicalPoints earned: 1 out of 1 Which philosopher emphasized that certain ideas were inborn and NOT dependent upon sensory experience?
• Plato (correct answer, your response)
• David Hume
• Aristotle
• John Locke
Points earned: 1 out of 1 What does the story of Clever Hans teach current psychology students about the findings of psychological studies?(download story from teacher website)
• The horse's owner was purpostely tricking people into believing that Clever Hans could count
• One should think critically about what one is being asked to believe. (correct answer, your response)
• While animals are not able to speak, they can be trained to compute basic numbers
• Occasionally phenomenal events will occur that cannot easily be explained but are nonetheless valid and reliable.
• Horses can have cognition, just as people have cognition
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Natassia believes that boys learn to be more aggressive than girls primarily because they are more likely than girls to be encouraged by adults to fight. Natassia's belief directly exemplifies the _______perspective.
• evolutionary• behavior genetics
• behavioral (correct answer, your response)
• cognitive• neurosciencePoints earned: 1 out of 1 The specialist who is most likely to prescribe a drug for the treatment of a psychological disorder is a
• psychiatrist (correct answer, your response)
• developmental psychologist
• clinical psychologist
• personality psychologist
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Empirical evidence is
• based on random coding of data
• biased by random procedures
• always found to be accurate
• a process gathered directly by an observer (correct answer, your response)
• a study that makes logical sense
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Which perspective looks at the interaction between our genes and the experiences presented by our environment?
• evolutionary view
• developmental view (correct answer, your response)
• humanistic view
• biological view
• cognitive view
Points earned: 1 out of 1

Dr. Wilcox conducts basic research on the behavioral differences between introverted and extroverted people. Dr. Wilcox is most likely a(n) _____ psychologist.
• personality (correct answer, your response)
• industrial/organizational
• clinical• biologicalPoints earned: 1 out of 1 The behavioral perspective emphasizes the influence of _____ on behavior.
• unconscious motives
• environmental circumstances (correct answer, your response)
• heredity• brain chemistry
Points earned: 1 out of 1 The study of human problem-solving strategies is most likely to be a central focus of the _______perspective.
• behavioral• behavior genetics
• social-cultural
• evolutionary• cognitive (correct answer, your response)
Points earned: 1 out of 1 The high school counselor has suggested that Skylar's romantic feelings for her physics teacher reflect her unconscious longings for affection from her father. The counselor's assessment reflects a(n) ________perspective.
• psychodynamic (correct answer, your response)
• social-cultural
• evolutionar• behavioralPoints earned: 1 out of 1 Dr. Ochoa Develops tests to accurately identify the most qualified job applicants in a large manufacturing firm. Which psychological specialty does Dr. Ochoa's work best represent?
• industrial/organizational psychology (correct answer, your response)
• clinical psychology
• developmental psychology
• psychiatry• biological psychology
Points earned: 1 out of 1 Which psychological perspective is most likely to examine how group membership influences individual attitudes and behaviors?
• cognitive• evolutionary• social-cultural (correct answer, your response)
• neuroscience