AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
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AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
Wilhelm Wundt - Correct Answer Set up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection and Structuralism
Introspection - Correct Answer Subject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a simple stimuli
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AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH100% VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Wilhelm Wundt - Correct Answer Set up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection and
Structuralism
Introspection - Correct Answer Subject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a simple
stimuli
Structuralism - Correct Answer Idea that the mind operates by combining subjective emotions and
object sensations
William James - Correct Answer Published "Principles of Psychology" and furthered Structuralism
towards Functionalism
Gestalt Psychology - Correct Answer Against dividing thought and behavior; examine a person's total
perception
Sigmund Freud - Correct Answer Psychoanalytic approach who believed the unconscious mind
showed who a person was - caused by repression of thoughts
John Watson - Correct Answer Behavioralist who said that psychology must focus on observable
concepts - Little Albert Study
Behavioralism - Correct Answer Psychology should focus on only 'observable' behavior through
stimuli and responses
BF Skinner - Correct Answer Expanded ideas of behavioralism to include the concept of
reinforcement. He became the father of Operant Conditioning
Reinforcement - Correct Answer Environmental stimuli that encourage or discourage a response
Eclectic - Correct Answer Looking at thought/behavior from multiple perspectives - play it by ear
,Humanistic Psychology - Correct Answer Stresses choice and free will of people; we choose our
action and make our own destinies
Psycho-Analytic Approach - Correct Answer the unconscious mind controls much of our thought and
action; to understand unconscious, dream analysis and other techniques are used
Biological Psychology - Correct Answer Human cognition and reactions are caused by our genes,
hormones, and neurology
Evolutionary Psychology - Correct Answer Examine human thoughts and actions through natural
selection - best thoughts/traits continue
Cognitive Psychology - Correct Answer Examine human thought and behavior by how we interpret,
process, and remember events. Why we think the way we do
Hindsight Bias - Correct Answer People feel that they've "known all along" after hearing research
findings that they did not know
Applied Research - Correct Answer research that has a clear, practical application that's used in life
Basic Research - Correct Answer Research that does not intend to impact immediate, real-world
problems
Hypothesis - Correct Answer Expresses the relationship between the independent and dependent
variables - based on theory
Theory - Correct Answer Attempt to explain a phenomena in a way that generates a testable
hypothesis for support
Valid Research - Correct Answer Measures what the researcher intended and is accurate
Reliable Research - Correct Answer Research results can be replicated to find identical results
, Sampling - Correct Answer Process of selecting subjects from a totally random cross-section of
society
Stratified Sampling - Correct Answer Sampling of random people but all of whom meet a certain
criteria (age, gender, race, etc)
Case Study - Correct Answer Used to get a full, detailed picture of one or a small group of
participants. Not generalized
Descriptive Statistics - Correct Answer Describe a set of data by using frequency polygons (line
graphs) and histograms (bar graphs)
Central Tendency - Correct Answer Attempt to mark the center of distribution (mean median mode)
Positively Scewed - Correct Answer Central Tendency is higher because of an outlier. Mean > Median
in this case
Negatively Scewed - Correct Answer Central Tendency is lowed because of an outlier. Mean < Median
in this case
Z Scores - Correct Answer Measure the distance of a result to the standard mean. Scores below mean
are negative and above are positive.
Z Score = (score - mean) / (Standard Deviation)
Correlation - Correct Answer Measures the relationship between two variables; positive or negative
Inferential Statistics - Correct Answer Determine whether or not findings can be applied to a larger
population than the sample that was selected; can the information be generalized and expanded
Sampling Error - Correct Answer The extent to which a sample differs from the actual population
P Value - Correct Answer Smaller a P-Value, the more significant the findings. Must be over a P-Value
of .05 (5% chance of error) to be significant
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