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CLEP Introductory Psychology Practice Test
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The CLEP Introductory Psychology exam covers material that is usually taught in a one-semester undergraduate introductory course in psychology. The exam contains approximately 95 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Some of these are pretest questions that will not be scored. CLEP Introductory Psychology exam content:  The percentages next to the main topics indicate the approximate percentage of exam questions on that topic. History, Approaches, and Methods (11–12%): History of psychology Approaches: biological, biopsychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and... Show more
CLEP Introductory Psychology Practice Test
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1. Which type of cell allows us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?
2. After having three cups of strong coffee, you find that you’re more angry than usual after being cut off in traffic, but you’re also more scared than you would otherwise be when you hear someone walking behind you. Which theory of emotion explains why?
3. Systematic desensitization would involve
4. Fixed and unlearned patterns of behavior that are characteristic of an entire species are called
5. The knowledge and verbal skills that one has acquired over one’s life are referred to as
6. If Darlene plays basketball as a way to vent her angry impulses in a socially acceptable way, which defense mechanism is she using?
7. A first-grade teacher gives his students gold stars when they read on their own during classroom “free time.” When they get 10 stars, they can spend their free time playing outside. What technique for behavior change is this teacher using?
8. Karen insisted that her boyfriend was late getting to her house because he never pays attention to what time it is. Karen’s explanation of her boyfriend’s behavior is an example of
9. Jeff won money in the state lottery after buying five tickets, then after buying six more tickets, then four more tickets (that is, after every fifth ticket, on average). Which reinforcement schedule maintains Jeff ’s ticket-buying behavior?
10. Age being confounded with cohort will necessarily be a problem for which type of study?
11. The fundamental attribution error refers to the fact that people tend to underestimate the extent to which others’ behavior is influenced by
12. Which of the following approaches is used by a psychologist who studies depression by examining levels of a certain neurotransmitter in the brains of depressed and non-depressed people?
13. The Somatic Nervous System is part of the
14. Which of the following greatly speeds up the transmission of signals through a neuron?
15. The minimum stimulation needed to detect a stimulus half of the time it’s presented is called
16. A cashier gave Ken $10 too much in change, but Ken gave it back because he was afraid he might get caught and punished if he tried to keep it. Ken is in which of Kohlberg’s moral stages?
17. According to Erikson, the primary task of adolescence is to
18. Archie has been working at a car wash in Chicago for a month. He has a number of documents that say his real name is Luther Hunt and that he lives in Pittsburgh, has a wife and two kids, and has a job as a stockbroker. Archie remembers none of this. Which disorder does Archie have?
19. All of the following are considered “Big Five” personality traits EXCEPT
20. Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the strongest relationship between two variables?
21. Remembering how to get from your house to a friend’s house, without consciously knowing how to do it, is an example of
22. Allison’s parents fight constantly. They’re loud and violent, and Allison hates it. One day she woke up to find that she could no longer hear. Which disorder does Allison have?
23. Refer to the following scenario: Wally is allergic to cat fur and it makes him sneeze violently. Anita has a lot of cats and her clothes often have cat fur on them. After three dates with Anita, Wally has begun to sneeze violently as soon as he sees her.
In this example, sneezing would be
24. Achievement tests
25. Neurons stimulate nearby glands, muscles, or other neurons through chemicals released from their

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