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100
In 1907, Dr. Duncan MacDougall performed a series of experiments in which he attempted to measure the weight of the soul as it left a dying person. In his experiments, MacDougall placed a dying person on a scale and measured their weight immediately prior to and following death. MacDougall determined the change in weight to be approximately 21 grams. From these experiments, he concluded that the soul exists and has mass. What is the fundamental scientific flaw in his conclusions?
They are based on the concept of the soul, which is beyond the bounds of science.
They are based on the idea that the soul is made of matter, not energy.
They are based on the assumption that the soul does not remain in the body after death.
They are based on the concept that the soul can be measured.
They are based on the concept of the soul, which is beyond the bounds of science.
100
ead the following line from the text:
He stood for a moment, his lean, drawn face haggard in the light of the two hurtling moons.
Which words remind the reader that this story is set in space?
Stood for a moment
Lean, drawn face
Haggard in the light
Two hurtling moons
Two hurtling moons
100
Exercise often makes people feel more energetic and experience a feeling of increased well-being. The best explanation for consistent participation is that exercise
increases teratogens
increases endorphins
reduces the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
reduces the level of acetylcholine
reduces the level of serotonin
increases endorphins
100
A country with a high dependency ratio has a large number of which group of people?
Teenagers and young adults
Infants and toddlers
Workers and unemployed
Adult women and young girls
Children and elderly
Children and elderly
100
Cocaine, nicotine, and amphetamines would all be categorized as
depressants
hallucinogens
narcotics
opiates
stimulants
stimulants
200
Most states have deer hunting seasons designed to reduce the size of the deer herd before it gets so large that deer starve to death during winters with little food. How might having humans as predators rather than wolves be expected to affect the deer population?
The deer population would drop below carrying capacity since forest managers could choose to bring food to the deer.
The deer population would grow larger each year since humans can set rules about how many deer to remove each hunting season.
The deer population would be healthier since killing deer with guns or arrows is much less traumatic for the deer than being hunted by a pack of wolves.
The deer population would be less healthy since humans choose to kill the largest, healthiest individuals while wolves choose the weak or sick ones.
The deer population would be less healthy since humans choose to kill the largest, healthiest individuals while wolves choose the weak or sick ones.
200
Which would be the best approach to concluding a personal narrative?
End the narration with the last action you remember.
Review the key point and reflect on how the event changed you.
Suggest you may never understand what happened to you.
Tell readers it is their job to make sense of the event.
Review the key point and reflect on how the event changed you.
200
A psychological researcher designs a study to determine whether positive feedback affects student test performance. The researcher asks each student enrolled in AP Psychology to participate. Students are divided into 3 groups—positive feedback, negative feedback, and no feedback. After completing the Module 1 FRQ, students in Group 1 are provided with positive feedback about their work and encouraged to keep working hard. Students in Group 2 are given criticisms of their writing and encouraged to rethink taking the course. Students in Group 3 are only given a numeric score, no written feedback. After reading the feedback, participants complete a survey measuring self-esteem and take their Module 1 Exam. Test scores are compared for the three groups. Following the test, the participants in Group 1 that received positive feedback, are debriefed and the true nature of the research explained. Results of the study indicate that participants who received positive feedback on their FRQs scored on average of 8 points higher than students who received negative feedback or no feedback at all.
Which of the following violations to ethical guidelines is committed in the study described?
Confidentiality
Exposure to harmful procedures
Failure to debrief all participants
Inappropriate use of deception
Voluntary participation
Failure to debrief all participants
200
Which of the following areas is MOST likely to experience a high death toll from a tsunami?
An area with low arithmetical density on the coast of an ocean
A physiologically dense area in the foothills of a mountain range
An area with low agricultural density on an inland plain near a fault line
An arithmetically dense area on a coastal plain near a fault line
An agriculturally dense farming area in a river valley
An arithmetically dense area on a coastal plain near a fault line
200
Using your knowledge of meiosis and the formation of gametes, consider the following information. Down syndrome is caused by nondisjunction of chromosome pair 21. If a person with Down syndrome has a child with a person who does not have Down syndrome, what is the probability that the child will have Down syndrome?
50 percent
0 percent
100 percent
75 percent
50 percent
300
Which organism most likely has 10% of the Sun's energy available for its use?
Insects
Hawk
Snake
Shrubs
Insects
300
In a flashback, the author has to
complete the climax of the story
interrupt the present story
introduce additional characters
move the storyline forward in time
interrupt the present story
300
DAILY DOUBLE THIS QUESTION IS WORTH TWICE THE POINTS!!!
Look carefully at the following diagram:
Using the diagram, identify the function of the structure labeled B.
Increases the efficiency and speed of the neural impulse
Provides nutrients to the neuron
Receives message from sending neuron
Sends message to receiving neuron
Transmits the neural impulse through the neuron
Sends message to receiving neuron
300
Which of the following areas is MOST likely to experience ethnic conflict in the future?
- Western Hungary
- Central Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Eastern Slovenia
- Northern Serbia
I and III
I and IV
II and III
II and IV
III and IV
II and IV
300
Why is bacteria an essential part of the nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria use the nitrogen which prevents harm to other organisms.
Bacteria use the nitrogen that has been fixed by plants to create atmospheric nitrogen.
Bacteria are responsible for fixing nitrogen into usable forms for other organisms.
Bacteria, through assimilation, absorb nitrates or ammonium ions from the soil.
Bacteria are responsible for fixing nitrogen into usable forms for other organisms.
400
Sugar maple trees are very sensitive to warm temperatures and do not grow and reproduce well south of Pennsylvania. Oaks and hickories, on the other hand, can tolerate a much wider range of temperatures and grow all the way from Canada south into Georgia and Florida. If a hillside in a state north of Pennsylvania has mostly oaks and hickories growing on it with very few sugar maples, what can you correctly conclude about the climate?
The global climate is changing rapidly.
The location must have unusual weather.
A hardier species of sugar maples has appeared.
The local climate on the hillside is relatively warm.
The local climate on the hillside is relatively warm.
400
Which is used to modify an entire sentence?
Comma splice
Absolute phrase
Subordinate conjunction
Prepositional phrase
Absolute phrase
400
A researcher was studying an individual with below average intelligence that had extraordinary memory of dates. When given a month, day, and year, the person could tell you about all of the local, national, and international events from that day in history. What would the researcher likely diagnose this person with?
Autism spectrum disorder
Developmental delay disorder
Fluid intelligence deficiency
Practical intelligence disorder
Savant syndrome
Savant syndrome
400
Which of the following would MOST likely be a topic of concern to a human geographer?
- The effects of the 2010 Icelandic volcanic eruptions on the local population
- The reasons why tornadoes commonly form in the central United States
- The distribution of the Islamic religion in Asia and its effect on local cultures
- The effects of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest on the local population
I only
II only
I and III
I, III, and IV
II, III, and IV
I, III, and IV
400
Bradley had an argument with his sister, Sara. That night, Bradley had a dream that he was grocery shopping and Sara was in every aisle of the store that he walked down. What concept would a psychoanalyst use to explain Sara's being at the grocery store in Bradley's dream?
Manifest content
Latent content
Repression
Memory consolidation
Night terrors
Manifest content
500
Which of the following best describes the result of meiosis II?
Four genetically different, diploid daughter cells
Four genetically different, haploid daughter cells
Four genetically identical, diploid daughter cells
Four genetically identical, haploid daughter cells
Four genetically different, haploid daughter cells
500
Which sentence is correct?
Roger's teacher told him straight out "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."
Roger's teacher told him straight out: "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."
Roger's teacher told him: straight out, "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."
Roger's teacher told him straight out "Don't come back to class: until all of your work is done."
Roger's teacher told him straight out: "Don't come back to class until all of your work is done."
500
Dr. Rodriguez studies the changes in thinking and judgment as children grow older. What perspective does Dr. Rodriguez's work emphasize?
Behavioral
Biological
Cognitive
Evolutionary
Sociocultural
Cognitive
500
Which of the following groups is practicing chain migration?
Refugees who have left their homeland for safer areas
Immigrants who encourage others from their homeland to join them
Migrant farm workers who follow the harvest season
Asylum seekers who have been forced from their homes
People who move from the countryside to the city
Immigrants who encourage others from their homeland to join them
500
Jeremy stubbed his toe on his dresser. He immediately began rubbing his toe to ease the pain. Which concept best explains this method of pain reduction?
Expectancy theory
Gate-control theory
Opponent-process theory
Phantom limb
Trichromatic theory
Gate-control theory