AP Psychology Readiness Test

10 questions, balanced across the exam's topics. Answer each one, then submit for your practice readiness estimate and per-topic breakdown. This is a practice estimate — not a prediction or guarantee of your official exam result.

Question 1

All of the following are key concepts associated with Mental and Physical Health EXCEPT

antisocial personality disorder rods and cones general adaptation syndrome hallucinations

Question 2

In the course framework, "axon" belongs primarily to which unit?

Mental and Physical Health Cognition Biological Bases of Behavior Development and Learning

Question 3

Which of the following pairings of a concept with its description is correct?

self-actualization — according to Maslow, the process of fulfilling one's potential and realizing one's unique capacities superego — an unjustifiable, usually negative attitude toward a group and its members, involving stereotyped beliefs and negative feelings attitudes — in Freud's theory, the part of personality that represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment and future aspirations prejudice — feelings, often influenced by beliefs, that predispose us to act in certain ways toward people and things

Question 4

In the course framework, "difference threshold" belongs primarily to which unit?

Cognition Social Psychology and Personality Biological Bases of Behavior Development and Learning

Question 5

The concept "unconditioned stimulus" is most closely associated with which part of the course?

Social Psychology and Personality Biological Bases of Behavior Development and Learning Cognition

Question 6

In this course, the term "obsessive-compulsive disorder" refers to which of the following?

An approach to psychotherapy that uses techniques from various forms of therapy depending on the client's needs A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects dysfunction A disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and diminished or inappropriate emotional expression A disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsessions) and/or actions (compulsions)

Question 7

Stimulation of the area above the ears produces the experience of hearing sounds, and damage there can impair language comprehension. This situation best illustrates which of the following?

hypothalamus corpus callosum neuron temporal lobes

Question 8

A hungry infant screams until fed, driven by the part of the psyche that demands immediate satisfaction. This situation best illustrates which of the following?

id unconditional positive regard Big Five traits obedience

Question 9

The concept "retroactive interference" is most closely associated with which part of the course?

Social Psychology and Personality Cognition Development and Learning Mental and Physical Health

Question 10

Which of the following pairings of a concept with its description is correct?

discrimination — Piaget's stage (birth to about age 2) in which infants know the world through their senses and actions sensorimotor stage — in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows reinforcement — in conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and similar stimuli that do not signal the unconditioned stimulus adolescence — the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence

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