Practise AP Psychology 5.5 by interpreting treatment research and applying psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioural, hypnotic, and biological interventions.
Dr. Craig studies the relationship between exposure to electronic devices and weight during childhood. In one study, he compares the findings of many studies over the last 50 years to try to draw a general, overarching conclusion. What type of study is this?
Ex post facto study
Correlational study
Meta-analysis
Experiment
C
Psychologists have been trying to help people who suffer from psychological disorders for many decades. The development of more kinds of and more effective medications during the last 50 years has facilitated which of the following changes in how we care for the mentally ill?
Increasing rates of lobotomies
Increasing rates of people admitted as long-term patients in hospitals
Decreasing numbers of people kept in psychiatric institutions
Decreasing numbers of people becoming psychotherapists
C
A survey was conducted to determine the state of the physical and psychological health of high school students.
Part C Explain how each of the following may contribute to good physical or psychological health of high school students.
- Cognitive restructuring
- Incentive motivation
Point 6
The response must indicate that reinterpreting one's negative thoughts in a positive way leads to better physical
or psychological health.
- Score: "When Rik gets a bad grade on his physics test, he is sad. But he tells himself that at least now he
has lots of room to improve before the next test and starts to feel better about himself."
- Score: "Liz is overwhelmed by her pile of homework, but when she decides that it is a challenge that she
can conquer, her headache goes away."
- Score: "Elliot changes his negative thoughts to more positive thoughts, which leads to better
psychological health."
- Do NOT Score "Andi has been dwelling on negative thoughts about school, so she decides instead to
start thinking about more positive things like summer vacation, which reduces her stress level."
Point 7
The response must include an external stimulus that pulls someone towards a behavior that contributes to good
physical or psychological health.
- Score: "When Barney saw an ad for a free t-shirt for joining the gym, he signed up for a membership."
- Score: "Kristin meditates for 15 minutes a day so that she will receive extra credit in her health class."
- Do NOT score references to wants and desires without an external stimulus that pulls someone toward a
behavior.
- Do NOT score "extrinsic motivation" without description or explicit mention of an external stimulus.
Note: The response may earn a point by using an example of either positive or negative reinforcement as the
external incentive.
Note: If the response discusses a behavior that does not obviously contribute to good physical or psychological
health, then it must specify how the behavior contributes to good physical or psychological health.