AP Psychology Midterm Review

What is cognitive psychology?

• the scientific study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits.

• the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking.

• the scientific study of all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

• the study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection.

___ promote psychological health in individuals, groups, and organizations.

• Clinical Psychologists

• Sport Psychologists

• School Psychologists

• Neuropsychologists

• Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts?

• Behavioral

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive

• Biological

After the student council election, a friend tells you he has known for weeks who would be elected president. What does this seem to illustrate?

• Skepticism

• Critical Thinking

• Hindsight bias

• Overconfidence

Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables?

• +.30

• +.75

• +1.3

• -.85

The arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores.

• Median

• Mean

• Mode

• Descriptive Statistics

A neural impulse; a brief electrical charge that travels down an axon.

• Dendrites

• Axon

• Myelin

• Action Potential

Luke does not feel like getting out of bed, has lost his appetite, and feels tired for most of the day. Which of the following neurotransmitters likely is in short supply for Luke?

• Dopamine

• Serotonin

• Acetylcholine

• Glutamate

Which of the following brain areas is responsible for regulating thirst?

• Hypothalamus

• Hippocampus

• Brainstem

• Reticular activating system

The transparent structure behind the pupil that changes shape to help focus images on the retina.

• hue

• retina

• lens

• pupil