TEST BANK Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition By Robert Feldman, Chapters 1 - 17 | Complete

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Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition
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I!Il By Robert Feldman, Chapters 1 - 17 | Complete
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,  Table of Contents I!Il I!Il




Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Chapter 2: Psychological Research
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Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
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Chapter 9: Intelligence
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
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Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
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Chapter 12: Development
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 17: Social Psychology
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,Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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Chapter 1 I!Il




Student name:
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the
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statement oranswers the question.
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1) Psychology is defined as the I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
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A) internal medicine. I!Il




B) behavior and mental processes. I!Il I!Il I!Il




C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment.
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D) the disorders of the central nervous system.
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3) A single-sentence definition of psychology may be misleading because
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A) it is very difficult to study the mind and behavior scientifically.
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B) psychology is a narrower, more specific field than a general definition might I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il



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C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




D) the discipline of psychology really has no core or center.
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, 4) In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists
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A) rely on the scientific method.I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




B) use their intuition. I!Il I!Il




C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
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D) use speculation. I!Il




5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to
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explain aphenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




thatthere is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the gamers' behavior.
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B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




believesthat it does.
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C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




knowsmany addicts and he feels that they have a disease.
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D) When asked if he can train his mind to not feel physical pain, Dr. Farnworth I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




repliesthat he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his tolerance for it.
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6) Which of the following statements accurately describes the diverse I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




subfields ofpsychology?
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A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using the I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




I!Il sametechniques and experiments.
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B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




I!Il goal ofunderstanding behavior.
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C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




D) They are not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology. I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il I!Il




7) Dr. Alvarez is currently studying how the degeneration of certain components of
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nerve cells in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to be
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a part of the
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I!Il subfield of psychology. I!Il I!Il