7.12 MC Answers and Review

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Facts about the test: The AP Psychology exam has 100 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour and 10 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 11 minutes to complete 15 questions.

A. Shock, Anger, Self-control

B. Attack, Fight, Defense

D. Resistance, Alarm, Exhaustion

Answer: A good way to remember is: The stages in Hans Seyle's General Adaptation System ARE a GAS. (Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion)

B. Hippocampus

C. Cerebellum

D. Amygdala

Answer: The hypothalamus is part of the limbic system and communicates to the pituitary gland, which is the master gland of the endocrine system. Hormones are released via the organs and glands in the endocrine system. Hippocampus is involved in the formation of new memories. The cerebellum is involved in balance and implicit memories, and the amygdala is part of the limbic system involved in emotions such as fear and aggression.

A. physiological arousal

C. stress

D. catharsis

Answer: The Schachter Two-Factor Theory of Emotion involves a cognitive appraisal of context. For example, I cry during a sad movie vs crying at the birth of a new baby. The context provides the cognitive appraisal of crying when sad vs crying when feeling joy.

B. instinct theory

C. arousal theory

D. Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Answer: Our body needs homeostasis which is a balanced internal state. In order to maintain this state, we need to satisfy needs which are requirements for survival. We need to food and water to survive and these needs are driven by hunger and thirst. When we eat and drink, we reduce the drives.

A. Social-cognitive

B. Trait theory

C. Psychoanalytic

Answer: Behaviorists' view involves reinforcements and punishments. It is a reinforcement to which a person is exposed which creates one's personality. If an environment is changed, behaviorists believe we can alter their personalities.

A. Repression

C. Projection

D. Displacement

Answer: Repression is motivated forgetting, projection is attributing one's own feelings towards others, and displacement is a redirection of feelings to a less threatening object or person.

A. Reaction formation

B. Rationalization

C. Denial

Answer: Denial is not accepting reality. Reaction formation is expressing the opposite of how one really feels, and rationalization is coming up with a justifiable excuse.

A. Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness

C. Openness, Neuroticism, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness

D. Openness, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extraversion

Answer: An easy mnemonic to remember the order and all of the traits is: OCEAN or CANOE. Depends on if you like riding the waves or a more quiet serene water activity.

A. Tammy, a time conscious, competitive lawyer

B. Naomi, an impatient, pessimistic librarian

D. Ethel, the effective salesperson

Answer: Tammy and Naomi both possess traits attributed to Type A personality. Ethel's description does not have enough information to determine which type she is. Mary is the best choice because she is relaxed and understanding and her job demands she works well with others.

B. Ego

C. Super Ego

D. Conscious

Answer: The Ego operates on the reality principle, and the SuperEgo operates on the morality principle. Conscious is not a component.

A. correlation

C. statistical significance

D. random assignment

Answer: Correlation is a research method used for establishing relationships between variables. Statistical significance relates to experiments to determine if the IV did indeed cause the DV. Random assignment is used in experiments to allocate subjects to either a control or experimental group.

A. Go into the exam very relaxed

C. Go into the exam very stressed

D. Go into the exam passively

Answer: The Yerkes-Dodson law suggests that moderate arousal can lead to optimal performance.

B. external locus of control

C. neuroticism

D. self-efficacy

Answer: People with an external locus of control attribute success or failures to forces outside of their control that determine their destinies. Neuroticism is one of the Big Five Traits. Self-efficacy is a term attributed to Albert Bandura in which a person has confidence and optimism in their ability to do well on a task based often on prior experience.

A. is accurate and measures what the test claims it measures

B. is standardized

C. is said to be statistically significant

Answer: Accuracy is validity, not reliability. Standardization is not a necessary component for self-reporting personality inventories. Statistical significance does not relate to personality tests; it relates to the results of an experiment.

A. Avoidance-Avoidance

C. Approach-Avoidance

D. Multi Approach-Approach

Answer: Avoidance-Avoidance is two unattractive choices-"stuck between a rock and a hard place"; Approach-avoidance is one attractive vs one unattractive, and multi-approach is when you have many attractive options, but can only choose one so you might employ pros and cons list for each.