Tripp has just been presented with a 1,100 Hz tone. As the frequency is slowly increased, Tripp is instructed to tell the experimenter when he notices a difference in pitch. At 1,150 Hz, Tripp reports noticing a difference. Therefore, we can confirm that 50 Hz is Tripp’s:

Karen can detect the position of her legs and feet as she walks. This feedback arises by way of which sense?

In the 1800s, Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz proposed a theory of perception. What does the Young-Helmholtz theory attempt to explain?

Questions 4–6 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Caleb survived a traumatic car accident and now experiences severe anxiety at intersections. His experience is consistent with:

Marcia avoids movie theaters and buses because she fears she will not be able to escape. She is experiencing:

A psychologist at the clinic uses cognitive therapy techniques that focus on the clients’ “catastrophic thinking patterns.” This approach targets:

Which will most likely be affected by traveling to a distant location that is 8 time zones ahead of your original location?

Large, slow brain waves called Delta waves occur within which stage of sleep?

Which of the following statements about the typical pattern of sleep cycles is false?

Questions 10–12 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Which of the following brain areas was most likely damaged in Andre’s accident?

To see the specific regions of Andre’s brain that are active while he attempts to decode speech, a technician tracks the flow of oxygenated blood. Which imaging method is being used?

The neurons in Andre’s brain that are still functioning efficiently likely possess a fatty layer of tissue that insulates the axon to speed up impulses. This structure is the:

Questions 13–15 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Which psychological principle best explains why Maria can hear the vibration in the library but not at the construction site?

If Maria were to take a medication that mimics the effects of a neurotransmitter by binding to receptors and triggering a neural response, the drug would be a(n):

When the jackhammer unexpectedly lets out a massive spark, Maria flinches and pulls her hand back instantly from the heat. This automatic response was governed primarily by:

On Monday, the meteorologist forecast a 20% chance of rain, so Jose took his umbrella to work. On Wednesday, the meteorologist reported an 80% chance of sunshine, so Jose left his umbrella at home. Jose’s behavior illustrates what psychological concept?

The correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test yields information about the test’s:

Which linguist is most closely associated with the concept of universal grammar? He challenged behaviorist accounts of language acquisition.

Questions 19–20 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

One group of therapists emphasizes responses that have been reinforced in the past. These are:

Which of the following disorders in the study is also classified as an anxiety disorder?

In order to determine if someone has just said “bark” or “park,” you have to discriminate the initial sound, or:

Bill uses a “rule of thumb, a judgmental short cut when solving a maze quickly on an iPad app. He is using:

People tend to seek out and find more convincing evidence that is consistent with an already-held view. This pattern, which can lead one astray, is known as what?

Research into television violence effects upon children makes frequent reference to whose classic work on modeling?

Under which reinforcement schedule is it most important for an organism to learn to accurately estimate time?

Questions 26–28 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Rational-emotive therapy would suggest the source of their test-anxiety is likely:

Jasmine feels overwhelmed and reaches out to her friends for comfort to reduce her stress. This is:

Andrene decides to go directly to her professor to clarify the exam requirements. This is:

Dr. Miller has developed an integrated set of principles that organizes observations about what a child eats and explains how nutrition affects behavior. This framework is best described as a:

Instead of studying his spelling words like everyone else, Scott copies from other people when the teacher gives a test. A behaviorist would likely attribute Scott’s cheating to:

Who is considered the founder of behaviorism?

On a scatter plot, a pattern of data points extends from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner. The pattern of data for this scatterplot shows:

We’ve compared two sets of data in a correlational study and have found a correlation coefficient of +.83. We can legitimately conclude that there’s what kind of relationship between our measures?

Questions 34–36 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Dr. Aris argues that children’s cognitive abilities develop in clear, distinct stages that are universal. This is consistent with:

One subject, Chloe, says, “I runned to the swing!” despite her parents using the correct past tense. This illustrates that Chloe is:

Another subject, Leo, watches Dr. Aris put a toy under a blanket. Leo immediately lifts the blanket to find the toy. This indicates Leo has developed:

A parent is worried because their eight-month-old child isn’t sitting up yet, while a friend’s five-month-old is. A developmental psychologist would explain that:

What type of research methodology involves watching participants without interacting with them to see how they behave?

Which of the following best describes the longitudinal research method?

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At the end of the study, the researcher explains that the other “participants” were actually actors. This ethical requirement is:

If the participants in the study were more likely to like the product simply because they saw the commercial twenty times instead of once, this would be:

One participant, David, fails the task. He blames the “distracting lights” in the room. However, when he sees another participant fail, he assumes that person is just “lazy.” This exemplifies:

Kori is a psychologist who uses mindfulness and evaluates eating habits and relationships to improve the quality of life for chronic pain patients. Which field of psychology is this?

Debbie is interested in determining if music helps people study. To do this, she uses the help of 40 students in her psychology class. She randomly assigns half the people to study with music in the background for an hour, and the other half study with no music for an hour. The students then take a test on that material. In this example, what is the independent variable?

Mary scores at the 87th percentile. In testing, this means:

Questions 46–48 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Participants who were subjected to irritating noise but had no button to stop it (no control) eventually gave up. This lack of control often leads to:

One volunteer just started an exciting new job. He feels stress because he is excited to learn and grow. This positive stress is:

After rehearsing for a play for six weeks with very little sleep, a volunteer gets the flu the day after the show. This stage of General Adaptation Syndrome is:

Every day, Zach walks home from school with his sister, Abby. One day, Abby has to stay late for soccer practice, so Zach tries to walk home by himself. He has never done this before, but he is surprised to discover that he learned the route correctly after all of those walks with his sister. What is Zach’s situation an example of?

Kelly is studying for her AP Psychology exam and knows that she is more likely to retain more information if she studies for two hours a day for fifteen days than if she studies six hours a day for five days.

While either way, she is contributing 30 hours to studying, her idea that studying two hours a day instead of six hours a day is based on evidence for what memory concept?

Because she is not responding well to more traditional treatments, Elizabeth’s doctor has suggested that she undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). What disorder is it likely that Elizabeth is suffering from?

Questions 52–54 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

During the game, several students who are normally quiet begin screaming insults at the ref and throwing trash, a loss of self-restraint known as:

After the team loses, a player named Thomas tells his friends he’s glad they lost because “the school was too far away anyway.” This defense mechanism is:

The coach, Dr. Miller, believes the team’s success is a result of the ongoing interaction between the players’ thoughts, the environment, and their behavior. This aligns with:

A researcher compares participants’ scores on multiple administrations of equivalent versions of the same assessment. The researcher is trying to determine whether the assessment has:

Interference theory and decay theory are contrasting ideas to explain what memory process?

Tardive dyskinesia is a side effect of medication most often used to treat which disorder?

Questions 58–60 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Mateo is always early to practice, has his gear perfectly organized, and is very dependable. On the Big Five, Mateo scores high on:

A teammate from a collectivistic culture is less likely to attribute Mateo’s missed shot to his “personality” than a teammate from an individualistic culture might. This highlights cultural differences in:

When the team loses, Mateo keeps a neutral expression because his culture emphasizes emotional restraint in public. This illustrates:

Which of the following is considered to be a possible cause of the misinformation effect?

A student notes that she scored a lot higher on the AP Psychology exam than she did on her psychology teacher’s tests. She would be justified in claiming that the teacher’s tests lack:

You would be more likely to agree to a surgery with a 50% success rate than a 50% failure rate. What psychological concept illustrates this concept?

Questions 64–66 are based on the passage below. Read it carefully before selecting your answers.

Julian only remembers the times the referee made a bad call against his team and forgets all the times the ref was fair. Julian is demonstrating:

Julian decides to buy the team’s expensive jersey because everyone in his family does so, even though he personally prefers a different brand. His decision is influenced by:

After his favorite player is traded, Julian tells his friends, “I was planning on stopping following him anyway because he was getting too slow.” This is evidence of:

Dr. Daugherty studies how the thickness of the beaks of one species of birds has undergone adaptive changes in response to drought and other environmental factors over a very long period of time. Which psychological approach does Dr. Daugherty take?

If you ask most Americans where they were when they learned about the 9/11 attack, you will likely hear a vivid, detailed recollection. This is an example of a controversial phenomenon called:

Assessments that evaluate a person’s potential to learn a new set of future skills in a particular area are:

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According to broaden-and-build theory, if the students focus on the positive emotions of the rally, it will lead to:

A student is offered a promotion in the school club, which she wants, but it requires her to work longer hours away from her friends. She is experiencing:

During a group cleanup project after the rally, most students help, but one student stands around watching, assuming the others will finish. This is:

Katherine is a gifted psychotherapist who connects well with her patients. Which type of intelligence would she likely use most in her work?

A political candidate uses a series of complex data sets and logical arguments about economic policy to convince voters to support her. This candidate is utilizing:

During which stage of sleep are EEG recordings most similar to those during alert, awake periods, giving this stage its nickname, “paradoxical sleep?”