Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition
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m By Robert Feldman, Chapters 1 - 17 | Complete
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, • Table of Contents
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Chapter m1: mIntroduction mto mPsychology
Chapter m2: mPsychological mResearch
Chapter m3: mNeuroscience mand mBehavior
Chapter m4: mSensation mand mPerception
Chapter m5: mStates mof mConsciousness
Chapter m6: mLearning
Chapter m7: mMemory
Chapter m8: mCognition mand mLanguage
Chapter m9: mIntelligence
Chapter m10: mMotivation mand mEmotion
Chapter m11: mSexuality mand mGender
Chapter m12: mDevelopment
Chapter m13: mPersonality
Chapter m14: mHealth mPsychology: mStress, mCoping, mand mWell-Being
Chapter m15: mPsychological mDisorders
Chapter m16: mTreatment mof mPsychological mDisorders
Chapter m17: mSocial mPsychology
,Answers mare mat mthe mend mof mEach mchapter
Chapter 1m
Student name:
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MULTIPLE mCHOICE m- mChoose mthe mone malternative mthat mbest mcompletes mthe
mstatement morm
answers mthe mquestion.
1) Psychology mis mdefined mas mthe
A) intuition-based mapproach mto mstudy mhuman mbehavior.
B) speculative mmethod mto mfind manswers mabout mhuman mcognition.
C) study mof mmental mdisorders mand mtheir mtreatment.
D) scientific mstudy mof mbehavior mand mmental mprocesses.
2) Akira mhas mdeclared mpsychology mas mhis mmajor. mHe mwill mbe mstudying
A) internal mmedicine.
B) behavior mand mmental mprocesses.
C) mental mdisorders mand mtheir mdiagnosis mand mtreatment.
D) the mdisorders mof mthe mcentral mnervous msystem.
3) A msingle-sentence mdefinition mof mpsychology mmay mbe mmisleading mbecause
A) it mis mvery mdifficult mto mstudy mthe mmind mand mbehavior mscientifically.
B) psychology mis ma mnarrower, mmore mspecific mfield mthan ma mgeneral mdefinition mmight
msuggest.
C) psychologists mdisagree mon mhow mbroad mpsychology mshould mreally mbe.
D) the mdiscipline mof mpsychology mreally mhas mno mcore mor mcenter.
, 4) In morder mto mstudy mmind mand mbehavior, mpsychologists
A) rely mon mthe mscientific mmethod.
B) use mtheir mintuition.
C) rely mon mthe mstudy mof minternal mmedicine.
D) use mspeculation.
5) In mwhich mof mthe mfollowing mscenarios mis ma mscientific mexplanation mbeing mprovided mto
mexplain mam
phenomenon?
A) When masked mif mviolent mvideo mgames mhave man mimpact mon mplayers, mDr. mLee
mreplies mthatmthere mis msubstantial mempirical mevidence mto msuggest ma mchange min mthe mgamers'
mbehavior.
B) When masked mif mmood minfluences msocial mbehavior, mDr. mSessler mreplies mthat mhe
mbelievesm that mit mdoes.
C) When masked mif maddiction mis ma mdisease mor ma mchoice, mDr. mSmith mreplies mthat
mhe mknowsm many maddicts mand mhe mfeels mthat mthey mhave ma mdisease.
D) When masked mif mhe mcan mtrain mhis mmind mto mnot mfeel mphysical mpain, mDr.
mFarnworth mrepliesm that mhe mfocuses mon mhis mbreathing mwhen mhe mfeels mpain mto mincrease mhis
mtolerance mfor mit.
6) Which mof mthe mfollowing mstatements maccurately mdescribes mthe mdiverse
msubfields mofm
psychology?
A) They mallow mpsychologists mto mexplain mdifferent mtypes mof mbehavior musing
mthe msamemtechniques mand mexperiments.
B) Though mthey mare mindividually mseparate mand mdistinct, mthey mall mshare ma mcommon
mgoal mofm
understanding mbehavior.
C) They malways mlead mto man mMD m(doctor mof mmedicine) mdegree.
D) They mare mnot mrelated mat mall mother mthan mbeing mconsidered ma mpart mof mpsychology.
7) Dr. mAlvarez mis mcurrently mstudying mhow mthe mdegeneration mof mcertain mcomponents mof
mnerve m cells min mthe mbrain mleads mto mLewy mbody mdisease. m Dr. mAlvarez's mwork mis mmost mlikely
mto mbe ma mpart mof mthe