AP Psychology Free Response Questions Sample The following questions are samples of the free response questions from past AP Psychology exams. The free response sections are worth 33 1/3 percent of the total grade. Students have 50 minutes to answer two questions. The key to successfully answering these questions is to: completely define the terms using appropriate psychological terminology and then critically apply each term. Many students concentrate their efforts on the multiple-choice
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level of autonomic nervous system arousal may contribute to A) post-traumatic stress disorder. B) phobias. C) antisocial personality disorder. D) dissociative disorders. E) generalized anxiety disorder. ____ ____ ____ ____ Page 1 AP Psychology C14 Practice Test ____ 6. The symptoms of ________ are likely to appear at an earlier age than the symptoms of ________. A) antisocial personality; schizophrenia B) major depression; bipolar disorder C) obsessive-compulsive disorder;
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Unanimous Mr. Tassinari AP Psychology 19 August 2013 Observation of a Person Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. One thing that is major in psychology is the behavior of the organs. There are many things that can be used to describe behavior and show how the person is without even knowing them. For example there is: clothing‚ body language‚ general behavior‚ and anything else that would provide insight to the behavior of a person. Throughout the course
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AP Psychology Midterm Study Guide #1 Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches 1.Definition of Psychology? Disciplines it is rooted in? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental process; it seeks to answer how and why we think‚ feel‚ act as we do. Psychology is rooted in philosophy and biology. 2.What is the difference between nativism and empiricism? Which ancient philosophers/early psychologist were nativist? which were empiricist? Nativism is the argument that all our skills
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Robert DeCooman Mr. Holcomb AP Psychology 16 May 2014 Hypochondriasis Hypochondriasis also knows as‚ hypochondria is a type of mental illness. It is a type of somatoform disorder which causes bodily symptoms. It is an anxiety disorder in which people think they have a disease or are convinced that they do have a disease. Hypochondriacs still think they have a disease even though medical tests show that they are not sick. For example‚ if a hypochondriac has a headache‚ he may think that it
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|Wundt |“Father of Psychology”; introspection/ Structuralism | |Wertheimer |Gestalt psychology | |Titchner |Structuralism | |James
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A.P. Psychology Crib Notes People: Wundt- "Father of Psychology": Introspection Wertheimer- Gestalt Psychology Titchner- Structuralism James- Functionalism Watson- Behaviorism; "Little Albert Study" Freud- Psychoanalytic; dream analysis; free association; structure of personality; stages of development; defense mechanisms Milgram- Obedience; Ethics Broca- left frontal lobe: associated with expressive language Wernike- left frontal lobe: receptive language Pavlov- Classical conditioning:
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Logic‚ Philosophy‚ and History of Science Why is psychology a science?: Psychology is a science because it uses systematic collection and observation of data to try to answer questions about the mind and behavior and their interactions. Define dualism: Dualism refers to the division of the world and all things in it into 2 parts: body and spirit. What did Locke mean by tubula rasa?: “blank slate” and has been used (originally by John Locke) to refer to the mind of a child. According to this view
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Divya Sharma Period 8 1/29/14 Chapter 8 Outline Emotion and Motivation Emotion is a four part process that involves many physiological arousal and cognitive interpretation and behavioral expression also has subjective learning The neuroscience of emotion People who suffer from phobias such as snakes their responses are usually irrational There are two response system one is the fast response system and the other one is quick response system A person may learn to fear dogs after bitten
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Handout 5-G Study Questions ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Describe the five stages that comprise the process of sensory processing and the perception of information. a. Sepcific types of stimuli activate specialized receptors (light‚ soind waves‚ chemical molecule‚ pressure) and translate information into nerve impulses b. Specialized neurons break down and and analyze the specific features of the stimuli c. Numerous stumul “pieces’
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