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AP PSYCHOLOGY EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Wilhelm Wundt - Answer-Set up the first psychological laboratory. Used Introspection
and Structuralism

Introspection - Answer-Subject is asked to record exactly their thought reactions to a
simple stimuli

Structuralism - Answer-Idea that the mind operates by combining subjective emotions
and object sensations

William James - Answer-Published "Principles of Psychology" and furthered
Structuralism towards Functionalism

Gestalt Psychology - Answer-Against dividing thought and behavior; examine a person's
total perception

Sigmund Freud - Answer-Psychoanalytic approach who believed the unconscious mind
showed who a person was - caused by repression of thoughts

John Watson - Answer-Behavioralist who said that psychology must focus on
observable concepts - Little Albert Study

Behavioralism - Answer-Psychology should focus on only 'observable' behavior through
stimuli and responses

BF Skinner - Answer-Expanded ideas of behavioralism to include the concept of
reinforcement. He became the father of Operant Conditioning

Reinforcement - Answer-Environmental stimuli that encourage or discourage a
response

Eclectic - Answer-Looking at thought/behavior from multiple perspectives - play it by ear

Humanistic Psychology - Answer-Stresses choice and free will of people; we choose
our action and make our own destinies

Psycho-Analytic Approach - Answer-the unconscious mind controls much of our thought
and action; to understand unconscious, dream analysis and other techniques are used

, Biological Psychology - Answer-Human cognition and reactions are caused by our
genes, hormones, and neurology

Evolutionary Psychology - Answer-Examine human thoughts and actions through
natural selection - best thoughts/traits continue

Cognitive Psychology - Answer-Examine human thought and behavior by how we
interpret, process, and remember events. Why we think the way we do

Hindsight Bias - Answer-People feel that they've "known all along" after hearing
research findings that they did not know

Applied Research - Answer-research that has a clear, practical application that's used in
life

Basic Research - Answer-Research that does not intend to impact immediate, real-
world problems

Hypothesis - Answer-Expresses the relationship between the independent and
dependent variables - based on theory

Theory - Answer-Attempt to explain a phenomena in a way that generates a testable
hypothesis for support

Valid Research - Answer-Measures what the researcher intended and is accurate

Reliable Research - Answer-Research results can be replicated to find identical results

Sampling - Answer-Process of selecting subjects from a totally random cross-section of
society

Stratified Sampling - Answer-Sampling of random people but all of whom meet a certain
criteria (age, gender, race, etc)

Case Study - Answer-Used to get a full, detailed picture of one or a small group of
participants. Not generalized

Descriptive Statistics - Answer-Describe a set of data by using frequency polygons (line
graphs) and histograms (bar graphs)

Central Tendency - Answer-Attempt to mark the center of distribution (mean median
mode)

Positively Scewed - Answer-Central Tendency is higher because of an outlier. Mean >
Median in this case

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