Ap Psychology Midterm
1. Which was a fundamental problem with behaviorism?
a. Not all learning comes from direct rewards
b. Operant conditioning was not a valid form of learning
c. Behaviorist methods were subjective
d. None of the above
2. Which learning mechanism is based on rewarding and punishing voluntary behavior?
a. Classical Conditioning
b. Constructivism
c. Rehearsal
d. Operant conditioning
3. Which psychological theory maintains that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
a. Associationism
b. Behaviorism
c. Gestalt psychology
d. Psychoanalytic psychology
4. The goal of structuralism was to understand the "content" of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent …show more content…
Dependent variable
d. None of the above
A researcher is interested in the effects of a reading intervention on child’s language production. The researcher recruits a group of children to participate. Half of the children receive the reading intervention, and half of the children do not. Children are approximately the same age and are matched for socio-economic status.
30. Children’s language production is an example of a(n):
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Control variable
d. Control group
31. The reading intervention is the:
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Control variable
d. Control group
32. Children’s age and socio-economic status are examples of:
a. Independent variables
b. Dependent variables
c. Control variables
d. Control groups
33. These are transmitters synthesized by the nervous system via enzymatic actions on one of the amino acids.
a. Amino-acids
b. Monoamines
c. Neuropeptides
d. Receptors
34. Visual information travels from the optic nerve to the visual cortex via the
a. Medial geniculate nucleus
b. Ventro-posterior nucleus
c. Lateral geniculate nucleus
d. Ventro-lateral nucleus
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. c
9.
a. Not all learning comes from direct rewards
b. Operant conditioning was not a valid form of learning
c. Behaviorist methods were subjective
d. None of the above
2. Which learning mechanism is based on rewarding and punishing voluntary behavior?
a. Classical Conditioning
b. Constructivism
c. Rehearsal
d. Operant conditioning
3. Which psychological theory maintains that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?
a. Associationism
b. Behaviorism
c. Gestalt psychology
d. Psychoanalytic psychology
4. The goal of structuralism was to understand the "content" of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent …show more content…
Dependent variable
d. None of the above
A researcher is interested in the effects of a reading intervention on child’s language production. The researcher recruits a group of children to participate. Half of the children receive the reading intervention, and half of the children do not. Children are approximately the same age and are matched for socio-economic status.
30. Children’s language production is an example of a(n):
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Control variable
d. Control group
31. The reading intervention is the:
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Control variable
d. Control group
32. Children’s age and socio-economic status are examples of:
a. Independent variables
b. Dependent variables
c. Control variables
d. Control groups
33. These are transmitters synthesized by the nervous system via enzymatic actions on one of the amino acids.
a. Amino-acids
b. Monoamines
c. Neuropeptides
d. Receptors
34. Visual information travels from the optic nerve to the visual cortex via the
a. Medial geniculate nucleus
b. Ventro-posterior nucleus
c. Lateral geniculate nucleus
d. Ventro-lateral nucleus
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. c
9.