AP Psychology 2

Question 1

A researcher manipulates the amount of sleep participants get and measures their reaction time. What is the dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

Reaction time

Answer

Amount of sleep

Answer

Number of participants

Answer

Time of day

Question 2

Which brain structure is most directly responsible for forming new long-term memories?

Accepted Answer

Hippocampus

Answer

Amygdala

Answer

Cerebellum

Answer

Hypothalamus

Question 3

In classical conditioning, a tone that initially produces no response comes to trigger salivation after being paired with food. The tone is the:

Accepted Answer

Conditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Unconditioned response

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Neutral response

Question 4

A person attributes a stranger's rudeness to a bad personality rather than to a stressful situation. This illustrates the:

Accepted Answer

Fundamental attribution error

Answer

Self-serving bias

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Just-world phenomenon

Answer

Hindsight bias

Question 5

Which neurotransmitter is most associated with reward, movement, and is deficient in Parkinson's disease?

Accepted Answer

Dopamine

Answer

Serotonin

Answer

Acetylcholine

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GABA

Question 6

According to Piaget, a child who understands that the amount of liquid stays the same when poured into a different-shaped glass has mastered:

Accepted Answer

Conservation

Answer

Object permanence

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Egocentrism

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Theory of mind

Question 7

A normal distribution where the mean, median, and mode are all equal would appear as a:

Accepted Answer

Symmetric bell-shaped curve

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Positively skewed curve

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Negatively skewed curve

Answer

Bimodal curve