AP Psychology Free Response Questions Sample The following questions are samples of the free response questions from past AP Psychology exams. The free response sections are worth 33 1/3 percent of the total grade. Students have 50 minutes to answer two questions. The key to successfully answering these questions is to: completely define the terms using appropriate psychological terminology and then critically apply each term. Many students concentrate their efforts on the multiple-choice
FRQ Practice #2 AP Psychology 2013-2014 1. In response to declining reading scores in local schools, John wrote an editorial suggesting that schools need to increase interest in reading books by providing students with incentives. Based on research showing a relation between use of incentives and student reading, he recommended providing a free Starbucks gift card for every ten books a student reads. A. Explain how each of the following psychological concepts could be used to refute John's
All I wanted was a duck eraser. When I was younger, my older cousin would ask me to be a part of her psychology research for college. She promised that if I did what she asked I could get the duck eraser I wanted. During my junior year I had space for an extra class. Remembering how much fun I had being apart of my cousin’s experiments and learning about her research, I decided on taking AP Psychology. I am extremely glad that I took the class because I learned a copious amount and had so much fun
1. What is memory? Memory is a set of cognitive processes that allow us to remember past information (retrospective memory) and future obligations (prospective memory) so we can navigate our lives. The strength of our memory can be influenced by the connections we make through different cognitive faculties as well as by the amount of time we spend devoting to learning specific material across different points in time. New memories are created every time we remember specific event, which results in
2005 AP PSYCHOLOGY FREE-RESPONSE Psychologists research for further knowledge, but sometimes there are controversial issues for one another. First, children¡¯s acquisition of language is an innate mechanism that enables a child to analyze language and extract the basic rules of grammar, granted by Chomsky. It basically states that humans are born with a language acquisition device that, the ability to learn a language rapidly as children. However, there is one important controversy in language
Term | Definition or Description | How will you remember? (examples from your life or books, articles, tv, etc or you can put the definition in your own words) | human development | the scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception until death | changes that occur in people as they age | longitudinal design | research design in which one participant or group of participants is studied over a long period of time | group of participants is studied over
Statement of Interest My journey into the wonders of neuroscience began in high school. A psychology class provided me with my first insight into what drives us as humans. This course was a relief for me because it felt like I finally found a question that innately resonated with me. However, studying psychology seemed as if I was just scratching at the surface of something remarkable, something of incredible magnitude, which I could not yet uncover; the inner workings of the brain. While human
AP Psychology was my very First AP class. I am very thrilled that my first class was Mrs.Shelnutt. She is a terrific teacher. During the beginning I struggled with keeping up with the work and studying. The number one thing that you need to do for this class is read the book. Throughout the semester this was my one flaw that I couldn’t do consistently but the times I did I got a good grade on the test. Another important thing is the interactive notebook. Throughout the course you have to fill out
. Leptin is moderated by the amount of __________ one has. a. Glucose b. Fat c. Amino acids d. Fructose 2. When checking for Body Mass Index (BMI), you would need your: a. Height and weight b. Height and muscle mass c. Weight and muscle mass d. Height, weight and muscle mass 3. Which of the following brain region is known as the addiction center? a. Hippocampus b. Amygdala c. Hypothalamus d. Nucleus Accumbens 4. Body Mass Index (BMI) for overweight individuals start at: a. 19 b.
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