AP Psych Barrons

former patients no longer had access to it. The deinstitutionalization movement was not the
result of a belief that we had institutionalized healthy people.
99. (D) The prefrontal cortex of Phineas Gage’s brain was damaged by his accident while laying the
railroad track. This part of the brain plays a vital role in judgment and decision making, and the
damage helps explain how Gage’s personality changed from dependable and even-tempered to
irascible and irresponsible. The corpus callosum is the band of neurons that links the brain’s
two hemispheres. The temporal lobes are located on the sides of the head just above the ears
and house the auditory cortex. The medulla oblongata sits atop the spinal cord and helps
regulate involuntary activities like heart rate. The midbrain is part of the brainstem and contains
the reticular formation, which regulates arousal.
100. (D) Approximately 60 percent of participants in Milgram’s obedience experiment thought they
delivered the maximum amount of shock possible, a figure far in excess of what psychologists
had predicted. Remember, no actual shocks were delivered; the “learner” was a confederate of
the experimenter trained to act the part.
Multiple-Choice Error Analysis Sheet
After checking your answers on the practice test, you might want to gauge your areas of relative
strength and weakness. This sheet will help you to classify your errors by topic area. By circling the
numbers of the questions you answered incorrectly, you can get a picture of which areas you need to
study the most.