Deck 36: (AP) Psychology: College-Level Examination Program Cleppsychology

Question 1

An example of a brain reflex that CANNOT be influenced by thoughts or emotions is the _______.

A)a prompt to enter one's password at an ATM
B)the light at an intersection turning red
C)a child reaching out to be picked up
D)pinprick of an immunization needle

Answer 1

pinprick of an immunization needle

Question 2

_________ is referred to the 'stress hormone' and is an essential regulator of a number of physiological processes.

A)cortisol
B)ACTH
C)growth hormone
D)oxytocin

Answer 2

cortisol

Question 3

Erik Erikson's adolescent stage of psychosocial development is referred to as _________.

A)identity vs. role confusion
B)industry vs. inferiority
C)trust vs. mistrust
D)initiative vs. guilt

Answer 3

identity vs. role confusion

Question 4

The American Psychologist who pioneered the idiographic and nomothetic views of studying human personality is __________.

A)Sigmund Freud
B)Meyer Friedman
C)Gordon Allport
D)Alfred Adler

Question 5

George Kelly' theory of personality is referred to as __________.

A)Keirsey Temperament Sorter
B)Positron Emission Tomography
C)Personal Construct Psychology
D)Personality Cognitive Psychology

Question 6

In the early 20th century, psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler developed the term 'schizophrenia' to describe mental conditions whereby____________.

A)people develop multiple distinct personalities
B)people develop extreme phobias to familiar objects
C)people escape anxious feelings by engaging in reckless behavior
D)people escape painful events by deliberately forgetting them

Question 7

When conducting operant learning, an individual will likely go back to instinctive behavior which is an example of _______________________.

A)stubbornness
B)instinctive hallucination
C)instinctive drift
D)instinctive pigheadedness

Question 8

People experience Cognitive Dissonance because they ________.

A)want their attitudes and beliefs to be different from each other
B)need their attitudes and beliefs to match their church pastor
C)want their attitudes and beliefs to be consistent
D)need their attitudes and beliefs to be diametrically opposed

Question 9

In 1972, Paul Ekman and his team devised a list of ________ universal emotions that appear on the face based on cross-cultural studies.

A)5
B)8
C)4
D)6

Question 10

_________________ is the psychologist who pioneered attachment theory.

A)Mary Ainsworth
B)John Bowlby
C)Anna Freud
D)Abraham Maslow