AP PSYCH MIDTERM – Flashcards

Interprets his racing heart to be the result of his eager anticipation and excitement. The best theory for this response is?

Treating a patient for Parkinson's disease includes administering a chemical that will lead to increases in the patient's:

The over justification effect has led some psychologists to question the value of:

Collectivism cultures are more likely to develop which type of self-system?

Although he finds it to be difficult and not fun, Tomas puts in long hours of practicing in hopes of an athletic scholarship. This best illustrates:

Which neurotransmitter has been linked to Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia

Drug produces general arousal, people in happy room were happy. People in angry room were angry. Which theory of emotion best explains these results?

Maturation differs from learning in that developmental change due to maturation:

The Schachter-Singer theory of emotion includes a component NOT discussed in the James-Lange:

A mother gives her child an orange for the first time. The child rolls it across the table and says "ball". Which of Piagetian processes would account for this behavior?

According to Erik Erikson's theory of development, the key concern of early adulthood is:

Individuals who believe that an unpleasant experience is unavoidable and therefore do nothing to change the course of events are exhibiting:

When a newborn infant is touched on the cheek, the infant will turn its head toward the touch. This behavior is:

Carol Gilligan's critique of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development focuses primarily on:

A child who learns that spoons are tableware and then correctly calls forks and knives tableware is demonstrating:

Which of the following best supports the hypothesis that basic human emotions, such as sadness, are innate?

In an emergency situation, the adrenal glands secrete hormones that cause all of the following EXCEPT: (increased heart rate, increased bp, increased blood sugar, reduced mood swings, and reduced blood flow to digestive system)

Which of the following correlation coefficients most likely represent the relationship between length of sleep deprivation and level of altertness?

Computer-generated color images of the brain that provide info about glucose metabolism are produced by which of the following?

Which of the following statements best describes the role of biological processes in classical conditioning?

In a classical study, a group of rats learned to run through a maze to obtain food, and another group of rats explored the maze without receiving food. Some time later, the researcher compared the two groups of rats to determine if both groups would find the food at the end of the maze. According to the researcher, the untrained rats found the food at the end of the maze as quickly as the trained rats are a result of:

A person closes a window to shut out traffic noise. The reduction of the noise leads the person to close the window each day:

Classical conditioning is most effective when the UCS