FRQ Practice #2 AP Psychology 2013-2014 1. In response to declining reading scores in local schools‚ John wrote an editorial suggesting that schools need to increase interest in reading books by providing students with incentives. Based on research showing a relation between use of incentives and student reading‚ he recommended providing a free Starbucks gift card for every ten books a student reads. A. Explain how each of the following psychological concepts could be used to refute John’s
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6.09 A. Predictive validity is the extent to which a test measures and forecasts a behavior in the future. The results of the written exam that you take at the end of the year for AP psychology will be a part of what determines whether you can get those credits for college. Written exams will help you predict how well you will do in college. Standardization is the two-part development process of making both the testing procedures and scoring procedures uniform and objective in order to obtain
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1. Professor Lewis studies the history of psychology. She would most likely agree with which of the following statements about psychology’s early history? 2. In thinking about psychology and consciousness‚ the idea that the mind and the body are separate entities that interact makes a lot of sense to you. This view that you hold is most like the view of: 3. Interactive dualism is the idea that: Mind and body were separate entities that interact to produce sensations‚ emotions‚ and other conscious
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behavior? a. Classical Conditioning b. Constructivism c. Rehearsal d. Operant conditioning 3. Which psychological theory maintains that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts? a. Associationism b. Behaviorism c. Gestalt psychology d. Psychoanalytic psychology 4. The goal of structuralism was to understand the "content" of the mind by a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions. b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent
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11. Epitomizes means a. Suggests without saying. b. Represents with a typical example. c. Clearly connects to an imaginary world. d. Atomizes. 12. Reconcile is used twice in this selection. In paragraph 3‚ it means a. Reestablish a close relationship. b. Regain. c. Bring oneself to accept. d. Allow a difference. 13. In paragraph 5‚ reconcile means a. Reestablish a close relationship. b. Regain. c. Bring oneself to accept. d. Allow a difference. 14. Which of the following is the best example of a
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1.|A car driver’s ability to navigate a familiar route while carrying on an animated conversation with passengers best illustrates the importance of:| A)|dualism.| B)|REM rebound.| C)|the hidden observer.| D)|biological rhythms.| E)|parallel processing.| 2.|The five-stage sleep cycle provides an example of:| A)|sleep apnea.| B)|dissociation.| C)|serial processing.| D)|biological rhythms.| E)|latent content.| 3.|Bright light inhibits our feelings of sleepiness by influencing the
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The rain began just as Dr. Franklin Jacobs dashed up the few remaining steps to his home. Shaking the few stray droplets in his hair loose‚ he slammed the door shut against the onset of the storm. “Hi‚ Dr. Jacobs!” He froze. That voice was one that he hadn’t heard in some time‚ but she always was the distinctive one. He knew that if he turned‚ there she would be‚ a tiny girl dwarfed by her own soft blue uniform‚ her hair flying in every possible direction. Subject-29‚ his greatest failure. No‚ not
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going to be worse than usual. Dave endured this abuse for years but finally one day he was saved by a police officer and was told he would never have to set foot in that home again. He was finally free. As this book ties in with the aspects of psychology‚ Dave Pelzer did not have any mental disorder‚ or anything causing his brain not to function the correct way. He
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1. | | | Feminists argue that gender matters because _____. | | B. | it structures social relations between people | | | | | 2. | | | Sexuality refers to _____. | | A. | desire‚ sexual preference‚ sexual identity‚ and behavior | | | | | 3. | | | Gender studies can be said to focus on the relationship between _____. | | C. | nature and nurture | | | | | 4. | | | When we look back in history to examine ideas about sex‚ we find that
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