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LAUREN WILLIAMS has a bachelor s degree in history and psychology and a master s deg
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having taught advanced
placement psychology for nine years. She is currently working toward a second ma
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CONTENTS
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 Schools of ' ought 1
Questions 1 20
Chapter 2 Research Methods 7
Questions 21 30
Chapter 3 ' e Brain 11
Questions 31 50
Chapter 4 Neuroscience 17
Questions 51 60
Chapter 5 Sensation and Perception 21
Questions 61 80
Chapter 6 Consciousness, Sleep, and Dreams 27
Questions 81 110
Chapter 7 Drugs and Hypnosis 35
Questions 111 130

Chapter 8 Classical Conditioning 41

Questions 131 150
Chapter 9 Operant Conditioning and Cognitive Learning 47
Questions 151 175
Chapter 10 Memory 55
Questions 176 195
Chapter 11 Remembering and Forgetting 61
Questions 196 215
Chapter 12 Intelligence and Testing 67
Questions 216 240
Chapter 13 ' ought and Language 75
Questions 241 265
Chapter 14 Motivation 83
Questions 266 285
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Chapter 15 Emotion 89
Questions 286 310
Chapter 16 Developmental Psychology:
Infancy and Childhood 95
Questions 311 335
Chapter 17 Developmental Psychology:
Adolescence and Adulthood 101
Questions 336 355
Chapter 18 Developmental Psychology:
Death and Dying 107
Questions 356 360
Chapter 19 Freudian Psychology 109
Questions 361 380
Chapter 20 Personality Psychology 115
Questions 381 400
Chapter 21 Stress and Coping 121
Questions 401 415
Chapter 22 Disorders 125
Questions 416 435
Chapter 23 Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia 131
Questions 436 455
Chapter 24 ' erapies 137
Questions 456 475
Chapter 25 Social Psychology 143
Questions 476 500
Answers 149
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations! You ve taken a big step toward AP success by purchasing 5 Steps
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D is book gives you 500 AP-style multiple-choice questions that cover all the
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Schools of Thought
1. Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which G eld of psychology
should she choose?
(A) Cognitive
(B) Social
(C) Personality
(D) Learning
(E) Perception
2. I believe people choose to live meaningful lives. I share many of the same
beliefs as Carl Rogers. Most important, I believe many people have the
ability to reach self-actualization. Who am I?
(A) Wertheimer
(B) Skinner
(C) Maslow
(D) Terman
(E) Seligman
3. Of the following, who is associated with the Gestalt school of psychology?
(A) John Watson
(B) William James
(C) Ivan Pavlov
(D) Max Wertheimer
(E) Sigmund Freud
4. Which of the following psychologists wrote ! e Principles of Psychology?
(A) William James
(B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) John Watson
(D) Sigmund Freud
(E) Max Wertheimer
CHAPTER 1