AP Psychology Practice Exam 2 ❮ 307
- Dr. Bonneau helped a company redesign its
offices to raise morale and the productivity of
the employees. With which of the following sub-
fields of psychology is Dr. Bonneau most likely
affiliated?
(A) counseling
(B) educational
(C) industrial/organizational
(D) developmental
(E) social
- Shafi cited Tony’s and David’s 100 percent math
test scores in providing evidence that boys do
better in math than girls. His failure to recognize
that seven girls in the class earned 100 percent
while only two boys earned that score best exem-
plifies
(A) hindsight bias
(B) confirmation bias
(C) functional fixedness
(D) proactive interference
(E) retroactive interference
- Which of the following usually increases with age
in healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 70?
(A) fluid intelligence
(B) crystallized intelligence
(C) g
(D) speededness
(E) IQ scores
- In general, the best presentation time between
the conditioned stimulus and unconditioned
stimulus to produce classical conditioning is
(A) delayed
(B) simultaneous
(C) trace
(D) backward
(E) temporal
- Which of the following is generally considered
a disadvantage of longitudinal developmental
research?
I. It is extremely costly
II. Members of the original study drop out over
time
III. The cohort effect
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I, II, and III
- After she used address stickers sent by a char-
ity in the mail, Brittany felt obligated to mail a
donation to the organization that sent the stick-
ers. Brittany’s behavior illustrates
(A) stereotyping
(B) the fundamental attribution error
(C) the mere exposure effect
(D) the reciprocity norm
(E) groupthink
- Which best represents the path of an impulse
over a reflex arc?
(A) receptor, afferent neuron, interneuron, effer-
ent neuron, effector
(B) receptor, efferent neuron, interneuron, affer-
ent neuron, affector
(C) sensory neuron, interneuron, afferent neuron,
efferent neuron, effector
(D) effector, sensory neuron, afferent neuron, inter-
neuron, receptor
(E) sensor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effer-
ent neuron, effector
- “Mommy gived me a cookie” best illustrates a
basic understanding of
(A) phonemes
(B) prelinguistic speech
(C) holophrases
(D) grammar
(E) etymology
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