AP Psychology Practice Exam 2 ❮ 309- According to activation-synthesis theory,
(A) the brain counteracts a strong positive emo-
tion by evoking a negative emotion
(B) dreams result from the mind’s attempt to
make sense of random neural activity from
the brainstem
(C) happiness depends on comparing one’s
present circumstances with one’s past
circumstances
(D) particular facial expressions induce particu-
lar emotional experiences
(E) hypnosis induces a dissociated state of
consciousness- According to the opponent process theory of
emotions,
(A) red emotions are followed by green emotions
(B) happiness and unhappiness combine to keep
someone relatively stable over a lifetime
(C) repetitions of an emotion-arousing event
strengthen the opposing emotion
(D) opposing emotions after a primary emotion
are always weaker than the primary one
(E) judgments of emotions are relative to a neu-
tral level defined by prior experience- After dealing kindly with several customers
who acted very rudely toward her, the clerk was
impatient with her next customer. The tendency
of that customer to think that the clerk is a very
impatient person rather than just having a bad
day exemplifies
(A) stereotyping
(B) the fundamental attribution error
(C) the mere exposure effect
(D) the reciprocity norm
(E) groupthink- Abnormal behavior can be defined as maladap-
tive behavior according to
(A) biologists
(B) behaviorists
(C) psychoanalysts
(D) humanists
(E) cognitivists- John’s inability to address a problem from a new
perspective is known as
(A) fixation
(B) divergent thinking
(C) a heuristic
(D) framing
(E) confidence- According to Carl Jung, we share trace memories
from our species history known as
(A) imagination inflation
(B) sensory memory
(C) déjà vu
(D) collective unconscious
(E) iconic memory- In response to a column printed in newspapers
throughout the United States, an advice col-
umnist received over 28,000 responses. Over
75 percent of respondents said that if they had it
to do over again, they would not have children.
The columnist concludes that most parents are
sorry that they had children. For which of the
following reasons is her conclusion NOT valid?
(A) Her participants were not randomly assigned
in her study.
(B) The number of respondents from across the
country was too small.
(C) The study was not replicated.
(D) Her sample may not have been representa-
tive of the population.
(E) The study should have been a double-blind
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