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AP Psychology MCQ Question with Answer

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Question No : 15
Which part of the brain is associated with decision-making, impulse control, and personality?

Amygdala
Prefrontal cortex
Hippocampus
Medulla

Question No : 16
What is the term for the tendency to attribute other people's behavior to internal, dispositional factors while underestimating the influence of external, situational factors?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Confirmation bias
Availability heuristic

Question No : 17
In operant conditioning, what term is used to describe the process of weakening a behavior by removing a desired stimulus after the behavior occurs?

Reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
Shaping

Question No : 18
Who is known for the hierarchy of needs, which includes physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, and self-actualization needs?

Carl Rogers
Abraham Maslow
Erik Erikson
B.F. Skinner

Question No : 19
In classical conditioning, what is the term for the reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of rest or time without exposure to the conditioned stimulus?

Spontaneous recovery
Generalization
Discrimination
Extinction

Question No : 20
According to the stages of grief proposed by Elisabeth K�bler-Ross, which stage involves accepting the reality of the loss?

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Acceptance

Question No : 21
According to Freud's psychosexual stages of development, which stage is associated with the focus on toilet training?

Oral
Anal
Phallic
Genital