AP Psychology Final EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. Psychology - ANSWER The Science of Behavior and Mental Processes
2. Karl Wernicke - ANSWER "Wernicke's area"; discovered area of left
temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this
area uses correct words but they do not make sense
3. fMRI (functional MRI) - ANSWER Technique for revealing bloodflow and,
therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans, fMRI scans
show brain function
4. Chromosomes - ANSWER threadlike structures made of DNA molecules
that contain the genes.
5. DNA - ANSWER ): a complex molecule containing genetic information that
makes up the chromosomes.
6. Genes - ANSWER : the biochemical units of heredity that make up
chromosomes, a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein
7. Behavior Genetics - ANSWER : the study of the relative power and limits of
genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
8. Enviroment - ANSWER every no genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition
to the people and things around us.
9. Identical twins - ANSWER : twins who developed from single zygote that
splits into two.
10.Fraternal Twins - ANSWER : twins who develop from separate eggs.
Genetically no closer than brothers and sisters but share a fetal environment
11.Interaction - ANSWER the effect of one factor (such as environment)
depends on another factor (such as heredity)
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,12.Molecular Genetics - ANSWER the subfield of biology that studies the
molecular structure and function of genes.
13.Genome - ANSWER the complete instructions for making an organism,
consisting of all the genetic material in its chromosomes. (blue print)
14.Phenotype - ANSWER An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits
15.Genotype - ANSWER The combination of genes for one or more specific
traits
16.Heritability - ANSWER the proportion of phenotypic variation (difference)
in a population attributable to genetic factors
17.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWER a discussion of how genes and the
environment interact and how genes change to fit the environment; how
traits that have led to survival are more likely to be passed down
18.Natural Selection - ANSWER the process by which individuals that are
better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully
than less well adapted individuals do
19.Mutation - ANSWER Certain biological and behavioral variations increase
organisms' reproductive and survival chances in their particular environment
20.Socrates and Plato - ANSWER thought the mind and body were separate
and that the mind goes on after death. Also thought Knowledge was innate.
21.Aristotle - ANSWER student of Plato; thought knowledge was obtained
through experiences
22.Rene Descartes - ANSWER thought the mind and body were separate
23.John Locke - ANSWER thought a mind at birth was a blank slate. helped
form empiricism
24.empiricism - ANSWER knowledge is from experiences and therefor science
should only rely on observations and experiments.
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,25.Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWER father of Psychology
26.Edward Titchner - ANSWER introduced structuralism which relied on
introspection
27.introspection - ANSWER looking inward. An unreliable idea as the answers
given differed from person to person
28.William James - ANSWER functionalist, taught Mary Whiton Calkin
29.Mary Whiton Calkin - ANSWER was not allowed to get her Ph.D in
Psychology but moved on to become the first woman president of the
American Psychology Association (APA)
30.Margaret Floy Washburn - ANSWER first woman to get a Ph.D in
Psychology and second woman president of the APA
31.experimental Psychologists - ANSWER explore with experiments
32.behaviorists - ANSWER rely on observation
33.humanistic psychology - ANSWER Carl Rogers; having our needs satisfied
34.cognitive Neuroscience - ANSWER Brain activity in link to Mental activity
35.Biggest debate in Psychology - ANSWER Nature V.S. Nurture
36.Natural Selection - ANSWER Charles Darwin's Idea that those traits
promoting survival will be carried on to the next generation. Survival of the
fittest
37.levels of analysis - ANSWER the differing complementary views which
show different reasons as for why something might occur
38.biopsychosocial approach - ANSWER combines biological, psychological
and social-cultural
39.biological psychology - ANSWER studies the links between biological and
psychological
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, 40.evolutionary psychology - ANSWER uses natural selection to see why we
have certain traits
41.Psychodynamic psychology - ANSWER unconscious drives and conflicts
influence behavior
42.behavioral psychology - ANSWER rely on observable behavior
43.cognitive psychology - ANSWER focuses on mental activity (thinking,
knowing, remembering, communicating) to explain behavior
44.social-cultural psychology - ANSWER the study of how culture effects
behavior and thinking
45.psychometrics - ANSWER the study of the measurement of human ability
46.basic research - ANSWER study that aims to increase the knowledge base
47.developmental psychology - ANSWER the study of how we change
throughout our life span
48.educational psychology - ANSWER how psychological processes effect
learning and teaching
49.personality psychology - ANSWER the study of an individuals way of
acting, feelings and thinking
50.social psychology - ANSWER how people influence each other
51.applied research - ANSWER study that aims to solve problems
52.Industrial-organizational psychology - ANSWER the application of
psychological concepts to improve human behavior in workplaces
53.hindsight bias - ANSWER the 'I knew it all along' phenomenon. the
tendency to believe, after knowing the answer, that you would have gotten it
before
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
1. Psychology - ANSWER The Science of Behavior and Mental Processes
2. Karl Wernicke - ANSWER "Wernicke's area"; discovered area of left
temporal lobe that involved language understanding: person damaged in this
area uses correct words but they do not make sense
3. fMRI (functional MRI) - ANSWER Technique for revealing bloodflow and,
therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans, fMRI scans
show brain function
4. Chromosomes - ANSWER threadlike structures made of DNA molecules
that contain the genes.
5. DNA - ANSWER ): a complex molecule containing genetic information that
makes up the chromosomes.
6. Genes - ANSWER : the biochemical units of heredity that make up
chromosomes, a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein
7. Behavior Genetics - ANSWER : the study of the relative power and limits of
genetic and environmental influences on behavior.
8. Enviroment - ANSWER every no genetic influence, from prenatal nutrition
to the people and things around us.
9. Identical twins - ANSWER : twins who developed from single zygote that
splits into two.
10.Fraternal Twins - ANSWER : twins who develop from separate eggs.
Genetically no closer than brothers and sisters but share a fetal environment
11.Interaction - ANSWER the effect of one factor (such as environment)
depends on another factor (such as heredity)
1
,12.Molecular Genetics - ANSWER the subfield of biology that studies the
molecular structure and function of genes.
13.Genome - ANSWER the complete instructions for making an organism,
consisting of all the genetic material in its chromosomes. (blue print)
14.Phenotype - ANSWER An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits
15.Genotype - ANSWER The combination of genes for one or more specific
traits
16.Heritability - ANSWER the proportion of phenotypic variation (difference)
in a population attributable to genetic factors
17.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWER a discussion of how genes and the
environment interact and how genes change to fit the environment; how
traits that have led to survival are more likely to be passed down
18.Natural Selection - ANSWER the process by which individuals that are
better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully
than less well adapted individuals do
19.Mutation - ANSWER Certain biological and behavioral variations increase
organisms' reproductive and survival chances in their particular environment
20.Socrates and Plato - ANSWER thought the mind and body were separate
and that the mind goes on after death. Also thought Knowledge was innate.
21.Aristotle - ANSWER student of Plato; thought knowledge was obtained
through experiences
22.Rene Descartes - ANSWER thought the mind and body were separate
23.John Locke - ANSWER thought a mind at birth was a blank slate. helped
form empiricism
24.empiricism - ANSWER knowledge is from experiences and therefor science
should only rely on observations and experiments.
2
,25.Wilhelm Wundt - ANSWER father of Psychology
26.Edward Titchner - ANSWER introduced structuralism which relied on
introspection
27.introspection - ANSWER looking inward. An unreliable idea as the answers
given differed from person to person
28.William James - ANSWER functionalist, taught Mary Whiton Calkin
29.Mary Whiton Calkin - ANSWER was not allowed to get her Ph.D in
Psychology but moved on to become the first woman president of the
American Psychology Association (APA)
30.Margaret Floy Washburn - ANSWER first woman to get a Ph.D in
Psychology and second woman president of the APA
31.experimental Psychologists - ANSWER explore with experiments
32.behaviorists - ANSWER rely on observation
33.humanistic psychology - ANSWER Carl Rogers; having our needs satisfied
34.cognitive Neuroscience - ANSWER Brain activity in link to Mental activity
35.Biggest debate in Psychology - ANSWER Nature V.S. Nurture
36.Natural Selection - ANSWER Charles Darwin's Idea that those traits
promoting survival will be carried on to the next generation. Survival of the
fittest
37.levels of analysis - ANSWER the differing complementary views which
show different reasons as for why something might occur
38.biopsychosocial approach - ANSWER combines biological, psychological
and social-cultural
39.biological psychology - ANSWER studies the links between biological and
psychological
3
, 40.evolutionary psychology - ANSWER uses natural selection to see why we
have certain traits
41.Psychodynamic psychology - ANSWER unconscious drives and conflicts
influence behavior
42.behavioral psychology - ANSWER rely on observable behavior
43.cognitive psychology - ANSWER focuses on mental activity (thinking,
knowing, remembering, communicating) to explain behavior
44.social-cultural psychology - ANSWER the study of how culture effects
behavior and thinking
45.psychometrics - ANSWER the study of the measurement of human ability
46.basic research - ANSWER study that aims to increase the knowledge base
47.developmental psychology - ANSWER the study of how we change
throughout our life span
48.educational psychology - ANSWER how psychological processes effect
learning and teaching
49.personality psychology - ANSWER the study of an individuals way of
acting, feelings and thinking
50.social psychology - ANSWER how people influence each other
51.applied research - ANSWER study that aims to solve problems
52.Industrial-organizational psychology - ANSWER the application of
psychological concepts to improve human behavior in workplaces
53.hindsight bias - ANSWER the 'I knew it all along' phenomenon. the
tendency to believe, after knowing the answer, that you would have gotten it
before
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