AP Psychology Unit 2

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The three major categories researchers use to organize the entire brain are the: *

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Lower, middle, and upper brain

Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain

Neurons, synapses, and cerebral cortex

Brain stem, limbic system, cerebral cortex

What nervous system controls our voluntary muscle movement? *

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Somatic nervous system

Autonomic nervous system

Sympathetic nervous system

Parasympathetic nervous system

What scan lets researchers see what areas of the brain are most active during certain tasks? *

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PET scan

Functional MRI

MRI

CT scan

Medulla, Pons, and Cerebellum are parts of: *

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Hindbrain

Midbrain

Forebrain

Cerebral cortex

Babies who are born with an extra chromosome on the 21st pair have: *

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Turner’s Syndrome

Kilnefelter’s Syndrome

Autism

Down Syndrome

Paralysis of the left arm might be explained by a problem in the: *

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Motor cortex in frontal lobe on left hemisphere

Motor cortex in frontal lobe on right hemisphere

Motor cortex in parietal lobe on left hemisphere

Motor cortex in parietal lobe on right hemisphere

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it: *

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Hindsight bias

Critical thinking

Inference

Naturalistic observation

What is the following is an example of only including part of the population in the selection process? *

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Case Study

Sampling Bias

Naturalistic Observation

Survey

Which neurotransmitter is affected by opiates? *

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Serotonin

Endorphins

Dopamine

Acetylcholine

What are the most common sleeping disorders? *

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Insomnia and narcolepsy

Night terrors

Apnea and narcolepsy

Insomnia and apnea

Marijuana is what type of drug? *

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Depressant

Stimulant

Hallucinogen

Mood elevator

Deep or slow wave sleep is associated with which type of brain wave? *

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Alpha

Beta

Delta

Alpha and beta

A statistical index of the relationship between two variables from -1.0 to +1.0. -1.0 and +1.0 are both strong, but the closer you get to zero the weaker it is: *

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Positive correlation

Negative correlation

Correlation coefficient

Standard deviation

Monday morning quarterbacks rarely act surprised about the outcome of weekend football games. This tendency to believe they knew how the game would turn out is best explained by which psychological principle? *

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Overconfidence

Hindsight bias

Intuition

Illusory correlation

A journalism student is writing an article about her school’s new cell phone policy, and would like to interview a random sample of students. Which of the following is the best example of a random sample? *

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The writer asks her teacher if she can give a survey to the students in the teacher’s AP Psychology class.

The writer passes out brief surveys to 50 students in the hall and uses the 18 surveys that were returned to her as the basis of her article.

The writer arrives early at school and interviews the first five students that come through the main entrance.

The writer asks the principal for the names of 10 students who have had their cell phones confiscated for a day for violating school. She interviews these 10 students.

Axons _____ messages from other cells. *

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Sends

Brings

Receives

Rejects

What is a double blind procedure? *

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Experiment when both participants are blind

Experiment when the participants do not know if they received the control or independent variable

Experiment when the experimenter is blind

Experiment when none of the participants know each other

Which level of consciousness controls involuntary body processes? *

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Preconscious level

Subconscious level

Unconscious level

Nonconscious level

What do depressants do? *

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Arouse the autonomic system

Slow down the nervous system

Elevate the nervous system

Speed up the nervous system

Alcohol and tranquilizers are examples of: *

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Depressants

Opiates

Hallucinogens

Stimulants

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