AP Psychology Mesh

This lobe receives and processes visual information and then sends it to other parts of the brain for further processing and storage.

• Occipital Lobe

• Parietal Lobe

• Temporal Lobe

• Frontal Lobe

Julian believes that everything we do was determined with our personality that we were born with. Thanos believes that we are the sum product of our life experiences. The basic conflict that sums the difference between these two perspectives is:

• nature vs. nurture

• freedom vs. determinism

• dualism vs. monism

• structuralism vs. functionalism

• simplicity vs. difficulty

The tendency to conclude that a person who likes to read poetry is more likely to be a college professor of classics than a truck driver illustrates the use of

• the availability heuristic.

• confirmation bias.

• the framing effect.

• belief perseverance.

• the representativeness heuristic.

Why is Phineas Gage an important figure in psychology?

The text defines social psychology as the scientific study of how people ________ one another.

• understand, feel about, and behave toward

• think about, influence, and relate to

• observe, understand, and communicate with

• understand, predict, and control

Lance is in cross country runner.  He tends to run faster when he is running with someone than when he is running alone.  This is an example of...

• social facilitation

• bystander effect

• foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• mere exposure effect

Where's your frontal lobe?

The concept of 'cognitive dissonance' in social psychology refers to the discomfort experienced when:

• A) Our beliefs and actions are in harmony

• B) We hold two conflicting beliefs

• C) We are praised for our actions

• D) We are in a group setting

In the context of social psychology, the 'bystander effect' refers to:

• A) People are more likely to help when alone

• B) People are less likely to help when others are present

• C) People always help in emergencies

• D) People never help in emergencies

The 'foot-in-the-door' phenomenon is best described as:

• A) Agreeing to a small request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request

• B) Refusing a large request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a smaller request

• C) Making a large request first

• D) Making no requests at all