Test Bank for Essentials of Understanding Psychology 15th Edition by Robert Feldman| All 17 Chapters

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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.
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C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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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 sugge
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st.
C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be.
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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.
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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 ex
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plain a phenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee repl
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ies that there is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the ga
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mers' behavior. x@



B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he be
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lieves that it does. x@ x@ x@


C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he
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knows many 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
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replies that he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his t
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olerance for it. x@ x@




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
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same techniques and experiments.
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B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common g
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oal of understanding behavior.
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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 nerv
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e cells in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely t
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o 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 ailment
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s or disease x@ x@



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 worl
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D) analyzing how people grow and change from the moment of conception th
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rough death x@




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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
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and behavior.
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B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conce
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ption through death. x@ x@



C) Experimental psychology explores the relationship between psycho−logical fact
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ors and physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time a
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nd the traits that differentiate one per−son from another.
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10) Which of the following subfields of psychology is CORRECTLY matched with a s
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ample topic?
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A) behavioral neuroscience: the influence of chronic stress on physical health
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B) developmental psychology: the effectiveness of drug therapy for obsess
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ive- 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 x@ 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, mem
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ory, reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
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A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive




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