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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Endorphins are
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opiate like neurotransmitters
Question 2: Sleep apnea is connected to
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obesity
Question 3: Humanistic psychology
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emphasizes growth potential
Question 4: Delta waves
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slow, large brainwaves
Question 5: Authoritarian parentings emphasizes
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"do as you're told"
Question 6: Fixed ratio reinforcement
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operant conditioning; reinforces a response only after a specified number of responses
Question 7: Dependent variable
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the variable that changes because of manipulations to the independent variable
Question 8: Secure attachment allows a child to
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explore their surroundings
Question 9: Placebo effects are associated with
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double-blind procedures
Question 10: Erikson is associated with
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role confusion
Question 11: Oldest region of the brain
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brainstem
Question 12: Ethical psychologists use
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confidentiality
Question 13: CS
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conditioned stimulus; an originally irrelevant stimulus that comes to trigger and CR
Question 14: Cocaine causes
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euphoria
Question 15: Identity is associated with
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Erikson's psychosocial development theory
Question 16: Negative reinforcement increases
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operant responding
Question 17: Spontaneous recovery
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reappearance of an extinguished CR
Question 18: Plasticity
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allows the brain to function after injury
Question 19: Nicotine is
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a teratogen
Question 20: The fovea is
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the central focal point in the retnia
Question 21: Observational learning
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learning by observing others.
Question 22: EEG monitors
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electrical activity in the brain
Question 23: Neuroscience links...
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hormone levels and sexual motivation
Question 24: Variable interval
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operant conditioning; reinforcement schedule that reinforces responses after unpredictable time intervals
Question 25: Cognitive neuroscience
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studies the relationship between reasoning capacities and brain functions
Question 26: Frontal lobes
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involved with planning activities
Question 27: Punishment decreases
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operant responding
Question 28: Sympathetic nervous system
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the division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body