AP Psychology Unit 2 Quiz

Sep 29, 2026

AP Psychology Unit 2 quiz featuring 20 multiple-choice questions covering brain organization and major brain regions, the nervous system and involuntary control, and neuroimaging methods such as PET and functional MRI. It also assesses clinical and behavioral topics including Down syndrome, motor cortex localization, hindsight bias and other learning effects, sampling bias and random selection, neurotransmitters affected by opiates, sleep disorders, and drug classifications like depressants and hallucinogens. Answer explanations are provided for each item.

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AP Psychology Unit 2 Quiz

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AP Psychology Unit 2 Quiz 1.The three major categories researchers use to organize the entire brain are the: a. Lower, middle, and upper brain b. Hindbrain, midbrain, forebrain c. Neurons, synapses, and cerebral cortex d. Brain stem, limbic system, cerebral cortex 2. What nervous system controls our voluntary muscle movement? a. Somatic nervous system b. Autonomic nervous system c. Sympathetic nervous system d. Parasympathetic nervous system 3. What scan lets researchers see what areas of the brain are most active during certain tasks? a.PET scan b. Functional MRI c. MRI d. CT scan 4. Medulla, Pons, and Cerebellum are parts of: a. Hindbrain b. Midbrain c. Forebrain d. Cerebral cortex 5. Babies who are born with an extra chromosome on the 21st pair have: a. Turner ’s Syndrome b. Kilnefelter ’s Syndrome c. Autism d. Down Syndrome 6. Paralysis of the left arm might be explained by a problem in the: a. Motor cortex in frontal lobe on left hemisphere b. Motor cortex in frontal lobe on right hemisphere c. Motor cortex in parietal lobe on left hemisphere d. Motor cortex in parietal lobe on right hemisphere 7. The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it: a. Hindsight bias b. Critical thinking c. Inference d. Naturalistic observation 8. What is the following is an example of only including part of the population in the selection process? a. Case Study b. Sampling Bias c. Naturalistic Observation d. Survey 9. Which neurotransmitter is affected by opiates? a. Serotonin b. Endorphins c. Dopamine d. Acetylcholine 10. What are the most common sleeping disorders? a. Insomnia and narcolepsy b. Night terrors c. Apnea and narcolepsy d. Insomnia and apnea 11. Marijuana is what type of drug? a. Depressant b. Stimulant c. Hallucinogen d. Mood elevator 12. Deep or slow wave sleep is associated with which type of brain wave? a. Alpha b. Beta c. Delta d. Alpha and beta 13. A statistical index of the relationship between two variables from-1.0 to +1.0. -1.0 and +1.0 are both strong, but the closer you get to zero the weaker it is: a. Positive correlation b. Negative correlation c. Correlation coefficient d. Standard deviation 14. Monday morning quarterbacks rarely act surprised about the outcome of weekend football games. This tendency to believe they knew how the game would turn out is best explained by which psychological principle? a. Overconfidence b. Hindsight bias c. Intuition d. Illusory correlation 15. A journalism student is writing an article about her school’s new cell phone policy, and would like to interview a random sample of students. Which of the following is the best example of a random sample? a. The writer asks her teacher if she can give a survey to the students in the teacher ’s AP Psychology class. b. The writer passes out brief surveys to 50 students in the hall and uses the 18 surveys that were returned to her as the basis of her article. c. The writer arrives early at school and interviews the first five students that come through the main entrance. d. The writer asks the principal for the names of 10 students who have had their cellphones confiscated for a day for violating school. She interviews these 10 students. 16. Axons messages from other cells. a. Sends b. Brings c. Receives d. Rejects 17. What is a double blind procedure? a. Experiment when both participants are blind b. Experiment when the participants do not know if they received the control or independent variable c. Experiment when the experimenter is blind d. Experiment when none of the participants know each other 18. Which level of consciousness controls involuntary body processes? a. Preconscious level b. Subconscious level c. Unconscious level d. Nonconscious level 19. What do depressants do? a. Arouse the autonomic system b. Slow down t

FAQs

Which brain structures make up the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain?

The quiz identifies the three major brain categories as hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain.

What scan is used to see which brain areas are most active during tasks?

The quiz answer points to functional MRI as the scan that shows brain activity during certain tasks.

What is hindsight bias?

Hindsight bias is described as the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

Sep 29, 2026

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