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Essentials of Understanding Psychology 15th Edition by Robert Feldman
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Chap 01. Introduction to Psychology.
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1) Psychology is defined as the x x x x


A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. x x x x x


B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. x x x x x x x


C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. x x x x x x




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


B) behavior and mental processes. x x x


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 suggest.
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C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be. x x x x x x x x


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. x x x x


B) use their intuition. x x


C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
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D) use speculation. x




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,5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explain a ph
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enomenon?
A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that th
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ere 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 believes th
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at it does. x x



C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he knows ma
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ny 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 replies tha
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t 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 is true of the diverse subfields of psychology?
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A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using the same te
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chniques and experiments. x x


B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal of un
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derstanding behavior. x


C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree.
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D) They are not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology.
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7) Dr. Alvarez is currently studying how the degeneration of certain components of nerve cells in
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the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to be a part of
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the subfield of psychology. x x


A) evolutionary
B) developmental
C) industrial-organizational
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8) Which of the following is the focus of experimental psychology?
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A) exploring the relationship between psycho−logical factors and physical ailments or di
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sease
B) investigating the relationship between people and their physical environment
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C) studying the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world
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D) analyzing how people grow and change from the moment of conception through de
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ath




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, 9) Which of the following subfields of psychology matches with its description?
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A) Cognitive psychology examines the relationship between the nervous system and b
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ehavior.
B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conception th
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rough death. x



C) Experimental psychology explores the relationship between psycho−logical factors a
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nd physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and the tr
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aits that differentiate one per−son from another.
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10) Which of the following subfields of psychology is CORRECTLY matched with a sample to
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pic?
A) behavioral neuroscience: the influence of chronic stress on physical health
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B) developmental psychology: the effectiveness of drug therapy for obsessive-
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compulsive disorder
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C) cognitive psychology: the influence of an event on people's thinking
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D) health psychology: the role that frustration plays in producing aggression
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11) Which of the following is true of cognitive psychology?
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A) It studies the inheritance of traits related to behavior.
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B) It stems from Charles Darwin's arguments in his book, On the Origin of Species.
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C) It is a subspecialty of experimental psychology.
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D) It includes subfields such as developmental and personality psychology.
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12)
psychology focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, r
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easoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
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A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive




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