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AP Psychology MCQ Question with Answer

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Question No : 22
What is the role of the amygdala in the brain?

Regulating body temperature
Processing emotions, especially fear and aggression
Controlling movement and coordination
Regulating sleep-wake cycles

Question No : 23
Which of the following best describes the placebo effect?

A phenomenon where participants' expectations or beliefs about a treatment influence their behavior or perception of an outcome.
The tendency for experimenters to unintentionally influence the results of a study.
A research design that involves giving participants a fake treatment to test the effectiveness of a real treatment.
The tendency for participants to withhold information from researchers.

Question No : 24
According to the attachment theory, what term is used to describe the type of attachment where a child is distressed when a caregiver leaves but is easily comforted upon their return?

Secure attachment
Avoidant attachment
Anxious-ambivalent attachment
Disorganized attachment

Question No : 25
What is the term for the phenomenon where people are more likely to recall information that is at the beginning or end of a list?

Primacy effect
Recency effect
Serial position effect
Spacing effect

Question No : 26
Who is known for the social cognitive theory and the concept of reciprocal determinism?

Abraham Maslow
Albert Bandura
B.F. Skinner
Carl Rogers

Question No : 27
Who is known for the concept of the zone of proximal development and emphasized the importance of social interactions in learning?

Abraham Maslow
Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky

Question No : 28
In operant conditioning, what term is used to describe the process of weakening a behavior by applying an unpleasant stimulus after the behavior occurs?

Reinforcement
Punishment
Extinction
Shaping