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Chap01.IntroductiontoPsychology.
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1) Psychology is defined as the /f /f /f


A) intuition-based approach to studyhuman behavior. /f /f /f /f


B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


C) studyof mental disorders and their treatment. /f /f /f /f /f


D) scientific studyof behavior and mental processes. /f /f /f /f /f




2) Akirahas declared psychologyas his major. He will be studying
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A) internal medicine. /f


B) behavior and mental processes. /f /f /f


C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. /f /f /f /f /f /f


D) thedisorders ofthe central nervous system.
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3) A single-sentence definition of psychologymaybe misleading because
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A) itis verydifficult to studythe mind and behavior scientifically.
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B) psychologyis a narrower, morespecific field than a general definition might suggest. /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should reallybe. /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


D) the discipline of psychologyreallyhas no core or center.
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4) In order to studymind and behavior, psychologists
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A) relyon the scientific method. /f /f /f


B) use their intuition. /f /f


C) relyon the studyof internal medicine. /f /f /f /f


D) use speculation. /f




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,5) In whichof the following scenariosis ascientificexplanationbeingprovided to explaina
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that
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thereissubstantialempiricalevidencetosuggest achangeinthe gamers'behavior.
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B) Whenaskedifmoodinfluencessocialbehavior,Dr. Sesslerrepliesthathebelieves
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that it does. /f /f /f


C) Whenaskedif addiction is adiseaseor achoice, Dr.Smithreplies thatheknows
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many addicts and he feels that they have a disease.
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D) Whenaskedif hecantrainhismindto not feel physical pain, Dr. Farnworth replies that
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he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his tolerance for it.
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6) Whichofthe followingstatements is true of the diversesubfields of psychology?
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A) Theyallow psychologists to explaindifferent types of behavior usingthe same /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


techniques and experiments.
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B) Though theyareindividuallyseparate and distinct, theyall share acommon goal of
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understanding behavior.
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C) Theyalways lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree.
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D) Theyare not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology.
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7) Dr. Alvarez is currentlystudyinghow thedegeneration ofcertain components of nervecells in the
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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. /f /f



A) evolutionary
B) developmental
C) industrial-organizational
D) behavioral neuroscience /f




8) Which ofthe followingis the focus of experimental psychology?
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A) exploringtherelationshipbetweenpsycho−logicalfactorsandphysicalailmentsor
disease
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B) investigatingthe relationshipbetween people and their physical environment /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


C) studyingthe processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinkingabout the world/f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


D) analyzinghowpeople growandchangefromthemomentofconceptionthrough /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


death /f




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, 9) Whichof the followingsubfields of psychologymatches with its description?
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A) Cognitivepsychologyexaminestherelationshipbetweenthenervoussystem and /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


behavior.
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B) Developmentalpsychologyexamineshowpeople growandchangefromconception /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f


through death.
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C) Experimentalpsychologyexplorestherelationshipbetweenpsycho−logicalfactors
and physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinicalpsychologyfocuseson the consistencyin people's behavior overtime andthe
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traits that differentiate one per−son from another.
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10) Whichofthe followingsubfields ofpsychologyis CORRECTLY matched with asample
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topic?
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A) behavioral neuroscience: the influence of chronic stress on physical health
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B) developmental psychology: theeffectivenessofdrugtherapyforobsessive- /f /f /f /f /f /f


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 producingaggression
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11) Which of the followingis trueof cognitive psychology?
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A) It studies theinheritance of traits related to behavior.
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B) It stems from Charles Darwin's arguments in his book, On the Originof Species.
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C) It is a subspecialtyof experimental psychology.
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D) It includes subfields such as developmental and personalitypsychology.
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12) psychologyfocuses on higher mental processes, includingthinking, memory, /f /f /f /f /f /f


/f reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
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A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive




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