FRQ's for the EXAM---You may work on them before the EXAM.....
After your AP psychology teacher announces that everyone in class passed the last
test, your friend Marco jumps up on the table and does a victory dance. When
the laughter dies down, you start to wonder why Marco is so extraverted and
impulsive.
Discuss how the following concepts may or may not be useful
in explaining Marco's impulsive behavior.
• Drive-reduction theory
• Incentive theory
• Hierarchy of needs
• Instinct
• Operant conditioning
• Genetic predisposition
2. Sue was feeling a little sad and didn't feel like
volunteering at the homeless shelter as she had promised. But then she
remembered that, earlier in the day, her friend Rob got his foot stuck in a
wastebasket, took one step, and fell over. When she thought about this episode,
she smiled and felt a little better. She started to feel a bit happier, so she
went to the shelter to help out.
Explain how a psychologist might use the following concepts
to explain how Sue remembered this episode and the relationship between this
memory, Sue's behavior, and her emotions.
• Automatic encoding
• Explicit memory
• Mood-congruent memory
• Two-factor theory
•
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