Test Bank for Psychology Frontiers And Applications 7th Edition Passer Answers are located in the second half of this document.

Test Bank for Psychology Frontiers And
Applications 7th Edition Passer
Answers are located in the second half of this document.
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) A researcher who is studying the effect of sleep on cognitive ability develops a general
theory about the relevance of sleep for psychological phenomena. This is an example of applied
research.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-05 Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science
Bloom's : Apply
Difficulty : Medium



2) Monism suggests that mind is brain, whereas dualism suggests that mind influences
brain.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : Medium
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Topic : 01-08 Psychology's Intellectual Roots
Bloom's : Analyze



3) The functionalism school of psychological thought made use of the technique called
introspection to gather knowledge.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Topic : 01-09 Early Schools: Structuralism and Functionalism
Bloom's : Remember

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,Difficulty : Easy



4) William James is generally considered to be one of the founders of the school of
psychological thought called functionalism.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Topic : 01-09 Early Schools: Structuralism and Functionalism
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy



5) The proponents of the behavioural perspective of psychology tend to favour the use of
direct observation over reasoning as a means of gaining knowledge.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Topic : 01-11 The Behavioural Perspective: The Power of the Environment



6) The behavioural psychological perspective typically operates at the environmental level
of analysis.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Bloom's : Remember
Difficulty : Easy
Topic : 01-11 The Behavioural Perspective: The Power of the Environment




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,7) A criticism of the evolutionary approach is that it places too much emphasis on cultural
factors.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Learning Objective : 01-02 Perspectives on Behaviour
Difficulty : Easy
Topic : 01-15 The Biological Perspective: The Brain, Genes, and Evolution
Bloom's : Understand



8) The levels-of-analysis approach considers the molecular, biological, and environmental
perspectives when explaining behaviour.

⊚ true
⊚ false

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Difficulty : Medium
Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : 01-03 Using Levels of Analysis to Integrate the Perspectives
Topic : 01-16 Using Levels of Analysis to Integrate the Perspectives



9) The dthree dimportant dguidelines dfor deffective dtime dmanagement dare dusing
dwritten dschedules, dprioritizing, dand dbreaking ddown dlarge dtasks dinto dsmaller dones.


⊚ true
⊚ false

Question dDetails
Accessibility d: dKeyboard dNavigation
dBloom's d: dRemember
Difficulty d: dEasy
Learning dObjective d: d01-04 dPsychology dToday
dTopic d: d01-19 dPsychology dToday




10) Predictability dof dthe dnature dof dbehaviour dof dpeople dunder dcertain dconditions
dis dnot dconsidered da dfoundational dgoal dof dpsychology?




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, Question dDetails
Accessibility d: dKeyboard dNavigation
Learning dObjective d: d01-01 dThe dNature dof
dPsychology dBloom's d: dRemember
Difficulty d: dEasy
Topic d: d01-04 dPsychology's dGoals



11) If dsomeone dwants dto dlearn dabout dhow deating dbehaviour daffects dschool
dperformance dthen dincorporating dthe dprinciples dof dapplied dresearch dis dan dideal
dapproach?


⊚ true
⊚ false

Question dDetails
Accessibility d: dKeyboard dNavigation
Learning dObjective d: d01-01 dThe dNature dof
dPsychology dTopic d: d01-05 dPsychology das da dBasic
dand dApplied dScience dDifficulty d: dMedium
Bloom's d: dRemember



12) The dearly dschool dof dAmerican dpsychology dlooks dat dthe dfunctions dof
dconsciousness dand dbehaviour din dhelping dthe dindividual dadapting dto dtheir denvironment
dand dalso dsatisfy dtheir dneeds. dCollectively dthis dis dtermed dstructuralism?


⊚ true
⊚ false

Question dDetails
Accessibility d: dKeyboard dNavigation
Learning dObjective d: d01-01 dThe dNature dof
dPsychology dDifficulty d: dMedium
Bloom's d: dUnderstand
Topic d: d01-06 dPsychology's dBroad dScope: dA dSimple dFramework



13) The dgoal dof dbasic dresearch dis dsimply dto dlearn dmore dabout dsomething, dwhile
dapplied dresearch dis dtypically ddone dto dsolve dsome dreal dworld dproblems.