Practice Test 9 - AP Psychology

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

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1. A person feels pressure to act "tough" because they are a boy. What is this pressure called?
2. In Strange Situation, infant approaches caregiver then freezes, looks fearful, and backs away; which attachment style?
3. A study measures toddlers' attachment at 18 months and again at age 10 in the same children. Which method?
4. A gray square looks lighter on a dark background than on a light background; what is this effect?
5. A student studies in a café and recalls best during a café practice test; which encoding principle fits?
6. A lab rat presses a lever; food is delivered only after 60 seconds pass. What schedule is used?
7. Which technique involves injecting a radioactive tracer to measure brain metabolism during a task?
8. A student struggles to learn new vocabulary because old vocabulary keeps coming to mind. Which interference type is shown?
9. A child conditioned to fear a white rat also fears a white rabbit and a fur coat. What phenomenon is this?
10. Identical twins show different stress responses after different life experiences; which mechanism can alter gene expression without DNA changes?​
11. A researcher expects a drug to work and interprets ambiguous results as supportive, downplaying null effects. What bias?
12. A postsynaptic neuron becomes less likely to fire after binding a neurotransmitter; what is this effect called?
13. A person suddenly cannot move an arm, but neurological exams are inconsistent with known medical conditions. Which diagnosis fits best?
14. Which technique uses radioactive tracers to map metabolic activity, often glucose uptake, in the brain?
15. A patient struggles to plan, inhibit impulses, and switch tasks; which cortical lobe is primarily involved?
16. A dolphin trained to jump through hoops begins performing natural courtship behaviors instead. Which concept best explains this?
17. A 4-year-old says, "If I can't see you, you can't see me," during hide-and-seek. Which Piaget limitation?
18. A student says diagnosis should consider both the person's distress and society's response to symptoms. Which concept fits best?
19. A child says "I goed home" after previously saying "went." What is this pattern called?
20. A neurotransmitter binds but is quickly cleared from the synapse by enzymes; what is the outcome?

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