AP (Advanced Placement) Psychology: Questions 258 - 264 of 1615
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Question number: 258
» Motivation & Emotion » Hunger, Thirst, Sex, & Pain
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The “local” stimulus theory of hunger is associated with the name of:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Cannon |
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| b. | Beach |
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| c. | Ingram |
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| d. | Vernon |
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Question number: 259
» Sensation & Perception » Perceptual Processes » Organization
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The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | similarity. |
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| b. | simplicity |
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| c. | continuation. |
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| d. | nearness. |
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Question number: 260
» History, Approaches & Research Methods » Approaches & Perspectives
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Of the following persons, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | William James |
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| b. | John Watson |
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| c. | Max Wertheimer |
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| d. | Ivan Pavlov |
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Question number: 261
» Sensation & Perception » Sensory Adaptations » Vision
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The part of the eye onto which visual information is projected is the
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | retina. |
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| b. | lens. |
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| c. | fovea. |
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| d. | cornea. |
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Question number: 262
» Motivation & Emotion » Theories of Emotion » Embodied Emotion
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Factors predisposing an individual toward feeling of jealousy include:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Self esteem |
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| b. | Insecurity in self-conception |
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| c. | Lack of intensity in feeling of love |
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| d. | Self-hate |
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Question number: 263
» Developmental Psychology » Nature, Nurture, & Human Diversity » Evolutionary Psychology
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Maturation refers to development that occurs as a result of:
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | Instinctive process |
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| b. | Genetically determined signals |
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| c. | Homeostatic imbalances |
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| d. | An interaction between biology and environment |
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Question number: 264
» History, Approaches & Research Methods » Experimental, Correlation, & Clinical Research
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A researcher is interested in the racial identity development of African American women. She asks 200 African American women about their racial identity. What is the population?
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| Choice (4) | Response | |
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| a. | all Americans |
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| b. | all African American women |
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| c. | all African Americans |
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| d. | the 200 African American women she interviewed |
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