AP Psych midterm review – Flashcards

A group of students perceived a stationary point of light in a dark room as a moving object. When asked later how far the light had moved, their responses increased in similarity as they heard each others' estimates. This was a demonstration of:

According to the attribution theory, Pablo is most likely to attribute his high score on a difficult test to:

The following quote is consistent with the views of which school of psych? "Give me healthy infants and my own specified world to bring them up in..."

This psychologist proposed that the study of consciousness should be replaced by the study of behavior was:

The evolutionary perspective of psychology argues that:

In neurons, neurotransmitters are released at the:

When members of a group who tend to agree on an issue become more extreme in their opinion after the issue is discussed, what has taken place?

Drug Y is more effective at inhibiting arousal than the standard drug X. Participants receiving drug Y constitute the:

When Stanley Milgram asked psychiatrists to predict how far participants would go in administering shock in his original demonstration on obedience to authority, the psychiatrists:

Which can best establish a cause and effect relationship?

Which is the best example of social inhibition?

Which theoretical frameworks would argue most strongly that a healthy child will choose what is good for his/her growth?