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Introduction to Psychology
James W. Kalat
12TH EDITION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART ONE — FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Ch. 01 What Is Psychology?
Ch. 02 Scientific Methods in Psychology
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Ch. 03 Biological Psychology
Ch. 04 Sensation and Perception
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PART TWO — LEARNING AND COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Ch. 05 Development
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Ch. 06 Learning
Ch. 07 Memory
Ch. 08 Cognition and Language
Ch. 09 Intelligence
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Ch. 10 Consciousness
PART THREE — MOTIVATION, EMOTION, AND SOCIAL
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BEHAVIOR
Ch. 11 Motivated Behaviors
Ch. 12 Emotions, Stress, and Health
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Ch. 13 Social Behavior
PART FOUR — PERSONALITY AND ABNORMAL
PSYCHOLOGY
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Ch. 14 Personality
Ch. 15 Abnormal Psychology: Disorders and Treatment
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Chapter 01: What Is Psychology?
1. The word psychology was derived from the Greek words psyche and logos, which mean
a. think and know.
b. behavior and experience.
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c. mind and body.
d. mind and word.
ANSWER: d
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2. What is the objection to defining psychology as the scientific study of mind?
a. Psychology does not want to be a scientific field.
b. Mind is not observable.
c. Bigger research grants are available for studying the brain.
d. The mind is separate from the body.
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ANSWER: b
3. Which of the following can you expect to gain from a course in introduction to psychology?
a. the ability to analyze dreams
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b. the ability to decipher hidden aspects of people’s personality
c. knowledge about learning, memory, and attention
d. tricks for manipulating other people’s behavior
ANSWER: c
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4. Why do so few statements apply to the behavior of all people, all the time?
a. The principle of determinism does not apply to humans.
b. Behavior depends on many influences.
c. The mind is separate from the body.
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d. So far, nearly all psychological research has dealt with laboratory animals.
ANSWER: b
5. Decades ago, two laboratories consistently got different results in studies about human learning. What was responsible
for the difference?
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a. differences in the chairs
b. differences in the climate
c. differences in the diet
d. differences in the age of participants
ANSWER: a
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6. Why has psychological research advanced further for sensation and memory than for personality and emotion?
a. differences in availability of research participants
b. differences in psychologists’ interests
c. differences in accuracy of measurement
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d. differences in availability of research grants
ANSWER: c
7. What is meant by “determinism” in contrast to “free will”?
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Chapter 01: What Is Psychology?
a. All behavioral differences depend at least partly on genetics.
b. People who try hard can accomplish whatever they want.
c. Every event has a cause.
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d. Mind and brain are inseparable.
ANSWER: c
8. What does determinism imply for psychology?
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a. We have free will to control our actions.
b. People who make the greatest efforts will have the greatest success.
c. All behavioral differences relate to genetics.
d. Behavior follows rules of cause and effect.
ANSWER: d
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9. Someone who believes in “determinism” believes which of the following?
a. Genetic factors control everything we do.
b. Research can find explanations for behaviors.
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c. People have free will to determine their actions.
d. Eventually, humans will evolve greater intelligence.
ANSWER: b
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10. The belief that all behaviors have a cause implies which philosophical position?
a. authoritarianism
b. determinism
c. dualism
d. structuralism
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ANSWER: b
11. Which of these views is regarded as the opposite of determinism?
a. free will
b. monism
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c. dualism
d. functionalism
ANSWER: a
12. A belief in free will opposes which of the following assertions?
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a. Introspection is a valid method of understanding thought.
b. Heredity and environment are equally important.
c. Scientific research can explain human behavior.
d. Children advance through several stages of cognitive development.
ANSWER: c
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13. Someone who supports the idea of determinism believes which of the following?
a. Highly motivated people achieve their goals.
b. Genetic factors control how we behave.
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