• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

(A) food

(B) water

(C) money

(D) sex

(E) token economy

55. An action potential involves the movement of

(A) glucose into the axon

(B) fats out of the axon terminal

(C) molecules in the synaptic gap

(D) sodium ions into the axon

(E) fluoride ions out of the axon

56. Dr. Bonneau helped a company redesign its offices to raise morale and productivity of the employees. With which of the following subfields of psychology is Dr. Bonneau most likely affiliated?

(A) counseling

(B) educational

(C) industrial/organizational

(D) developmental

(E) social

57. Shafi cited Tony’s and David’s 100% math test scores in providing evidence that boys do better in math than girls. His failure to recognize that seven girls in the class earned 100% while only two boys earned that score best exemplifies

(A) hindsight bias

(B) confirmation bias

(C) functional fixedness

(D) proactive interference

(E) retroactive interference

58. Which of the following usually increases with age in healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 70?

(A) fluid intelligence

(B) crystallized intelligence

(C) g

(D) speededness

(E) IQ scores

59. In general, the best presentation time between the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned stimulus to produce classical conditioning is

(A) delayed

(B) simultaneous

(C) trace

(D) backward

(E) temporal

60. Which of the following is generally considered a disadvantage of longitudinal developmental research?

I. It is extremely costly

II. Members of the original study drop out over time

III. The cohort effect

(A) I only

(B) II only

(C) III only

(D) I and II only

(E) I, II, and III

61. After she used address stickers sent by a charity in the mail, Brittany felt obligated to mail a donation to the organization that sent the stickers. Brittany’s behavior illustrates

(A) stereotyping

(B) the fundamental attribution error

(C) the mere exposure effect

(D) the reciprocity norm

(E) groupthink

62. Which best represents the path of an impulse over a reflex arc?

(A) receptor, afferent neuron, interneuron, efferent neuron, effector

(B) receptor, efferent neuron, interneuron, afferent neuron, affector

(C) sensory neuron, interneuron, afferent neuron, efferent neuron, effector

(D) effector, sensory neuron, afferent neuron, interneuron, receptor

(E) sensor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, efferent neuron, effector

63. “Mommy gived me a cookie” best illustrates a basic understanding of

(A) phonemes

(B) prelinguistic speech

(C) holophrases

(D) grammar

(E) etymology

64. Which of the following disorders is most likely related to the amount of light to which a susceptible person is exposed?

(A) seasonal affective disorder

(B) claustrophobia

(C) Alzheimer’s disease

(D) catatonic schizophrenia

(E) disorganized schizophrenia

65. Mr. Gordon suffered damage to the back of his right frontal lobe. As a result, he is unable to

(A) understand information he hears

(B) understand information he reads

(C) speak intelligibly

(D) move his left hand

(E) lift his right foot

66. A comprehensive final examination in AP Psychology that consists of questions dealing solely with motivation and emotion, social psychology, and the biological basis of behavior units lacks

(A) content validity

(B) predictive validity

(C) test–retest reliability

(D) alternate-forms reliability

(E) standardization

67. In a team tug of war, Ty did not pull as hard as he would have if he were pulling alone against one competitor. His behavior exemplifies

(A) deindividuation

(B) groupthink

(C) social loafing

(D) bystander effect

(E) self-serving bias

68. Functionalists such as William James were mainly interested in

(A) the purpose of behavioral acts

(B) identifying the smallest unit of behavior

(C) the basic elements of consciousness

(D) teaching introspection

(E) studying the whole conscious experience

69. Mayella believes that getting