Practice Test 3 - AP Psychology

20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.

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1. An amnesia patient learns a motor skill but cannot recall the sessions. Which best describes this pattern?
2. A creative teen channels aggressive urges into competitive boxing training and disciplined practice. Which defense mechanism is this?
3. You perceive a melody as the "same song" even when played in a different key; which constancy fits best?
4. A patient speaks fluently but with meaningless sentences and cannot understand spoken language. Which condition best matches?
5. When focusing on a nearby finger, your eyes turn inward more; which binocular depth cue is this?
6. Learning a second language is easier before adolescence, but adults can still become proficient with effort. What concept fits best?
7. Rats explore an unrewarded maze, then quickly reach food when introduced. Which principle best explains this change?
8. You perceive a broken circle as complete when small gaps interrupt its outline; which Gestalt principle explains this?
9. A student becomes absorbed in drawing when tasks are challenging but manageable, and distractions fade. Which concept is this?
10. After a severe accident, someone has nightmares, avoidance, hypervigilance, and negative mood for over one month. Which diagnosis fits?
11. A therapist wants a learned behavior to persist after all reinforcement stops. Use...
12. A worker checks email most after random message arrivals. Which reinforcement schedule best explains this pattern?
13. A therapist teaches coping skills, assigns homework, and targets thoughts and behaviors. Which therapy is described?
14. Students study 30 minutes daily for a week instead of 3.5 hours once. Which phenomenon improves retention?
15. A new student feels motivated after classmates include them at lunch. Which SDT need is most directly met?
16. A cat learns a trick, but later reverts to chasing prey-like movements during sessions. Which term describes this?
17. Which statement correctly describes why matching cues at retrieval can improve memory performance?
18. A toddler says "want cookie" and "go park," omitting function words and inflections. Which language stage is this?
19. After 24 hours awake, a student shows irritability, slowed reaction time, and microsleeps. What best explains this?
20. A witness mentally returns to the crime scene to improve recall during an interview. Which method is this?

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