TEST BANK
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Essentials of Understanding Psychology 14th Edition by Robert Feldman
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Chap 01. Introduction to Psychology.
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1) Psychology is defined as the ii ii ii ii
A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. ii ii ii ii ii
B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) study of mental disorders and their treatment. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. ii ii ii ii ii ii
2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
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A) internal medicine. ii
B) behavior and mental processes. ii ii ii
C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) the disorders of the central nervous system.ii ii ii ii ii ii
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. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
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. ii ii ii ii
B) use their intuition. ii ii
C) rely on the study of internal medicine. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) use speculation. ii
1
,5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explain a
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phenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that
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there 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
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that it does. ii ii ii
C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he knows
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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 replies
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that 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
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
techniques and experiments.
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B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal of
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
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 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. ii ii
A) evolutionary
B) developmental
C) industrial-organizational
D) behavioral neuroscience ii
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
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disease
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B) investigating the relationship between people and their physical environment ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
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
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deathii
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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
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behavior.
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B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conception ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
through death.
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C) Experimental psychologyexplores the relationship between psycho−logical factors i i i i i i i
and physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and the
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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 sample
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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: the effectiveness of drug therapy for obsessive- ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
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, ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
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A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive
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, 13) Why is the term experimental psychologist considered somewhat misleading?
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A) Psychologists in every subfield use the experimental method. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) The term is no longer in existence. ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) Most psychological topics are not suited to experimental study.
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D) Experimental methods are only appropriate to the study of the biological bases of ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
behavior.
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14) Which of the following is true of evolutionary psychology?
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A) It has already led to promising new treatments for psychological disorders.
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B) It considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
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C) It suggests that significant behaviors cannot be unfolded automatically as they are
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wired into the human species.
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D) It is one of the subspecialties of experimental psychology.
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15) Which of the following branches of psychology focuses on the consistency in people's
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another?
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A) clinical psychology ii
B) personality psychology i
C) cognitive psychology ii
D) evolutionary psychology ii
16) Dr. Chen studies how people grow and change during late adolescence and young adulthood.
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Dr. Doherty focuses on several traits that distinguish one person from another. Dr. Chen is
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a(n)
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A) experimental psychologist; cognitive psychologist ii ii ii
B) health psychologist; clinical psychologist ii ii ii
C) developmental psychologist; personality psychologist ii ii ii
D) clinical psychologist; counseling psychologist ii ii ii
17) Dr. Ebrahim is involved in a study that tracks the changes in peer relationships among
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adolescents between the ages 13 and 17. Dr. Ebrahim is a(n)
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii psychologist.
A) cognitive
B) evolutionary
C) educational
D) developmental
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Essentials of Understanding Psychology 14th Edition by Robert Feldman
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
Chap 01. Introduction to Psychology.
ii ii ii ii
1) Psychology is defined as the ii ii ii ii
A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. ii ii ii ii ii
B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) study of mental disorders and their treatment. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. ii ii ii ii ii ii
2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) internal medicine. ii
B) behavior and mental processes. ii ii ii
C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) the disorders of the central nervous system.ii ii ii ii ii ii
3) A single-sentence definition of psychology may be misleading because
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) it is very difficult to study the mind and behavior scientifically.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) psychology is a narrower, more specific field than a general definition might suggest. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) the discipline of psychology really has no core or center.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
4) In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) rely on the scientific method. ii ii ii ii
B) use their intuition. ii ii
C) rely on the study of internal medicine. ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) use speculation. ii
1
,5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explain a
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
phenomenon?
ii
A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
there is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the gamers' behavior.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he believes
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
that it does. ii ii ii
C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he knows
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
many addicts and he feels that they have a disease.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) When asked if he can train his mind to not feel physical pain, Dr. Farnworth replies
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
that he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his tolerance for it.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
6) Which of the following statements is true of the diverse subfields of psychology?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using the same
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
techniques and experiments.
ii ii ii
B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal of
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
understanding behavior.
ii ii
C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) They are not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
7) Dr. Alvarez is currently studying how the degeneration of certain components of nerve cells in
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to be a part of
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
the subfield of psychology. ii ii
A) evolutionary
B) developmental
C) industrial-organizational
D) behavioral neuroscience ii
8) Which of the following is the focus of experimental psychology?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) exploring the relationship between psycho−logical factors and physical ailments or
i ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
disease
ii
B) investigating the relationship between people and their physical environment ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) studying the processes of sensing, perceiving, learning, and thinking about the world
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) analyzing how people grow and change from the moment of conception through
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
deathii
2
,9) Which of the following subfields of psychology matches with its description?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) Cognitive psychology examines the relationship between the nervous system and
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
behavior.
ii
B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conception ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
through death.
ii ii
C) Experimental psychologyexplores the relationship between psycho−logical factors i i i i i i i
and physical ailments or disease.
ii ii ii ii ii
D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and the
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
traits that differentiate one per−son from another.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
10) Which of the following subfields of psychology is CORRECTLY matched with a sample
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
topic?
ii
A) behavioral neuroscience: the influence of chronic stress on physical health
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) developmental psychology: the effectiveness of drug therapy for obsessive- ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
compulsive disorder
ii ii
C) cognitive psychology: the influence of an event on people's thinking
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) health psychology: the role that frustration plays in producing aggression
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
11) Which of the following is true of cognitive psychology?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) It studies the inheritance of traits related to behavior.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) It stems from Charles Darwin's arguments in his book, On the Origin of Species.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) It is a subspecialty of experimental psychology.
ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) It includes subfields such as developmental and personality psychology.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
12) psychology focuses on higher mental processes, including thinking, memory, ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
reasoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive
3
, 13) Why is the term experimental psychologist considered somewhat misleading?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) Psychologists in every subfield use the experimental method. ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) The term is no longer in existence. ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) Most psychological topics are not suited to experimental study.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
D) Experimental methods are only appropriate to the study of the biological bases of ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
behavior.
ii
14) Which of the following is true of evolutionary psychology?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) It has already led to promising new treatments for psychological disorders.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
B) It considers how behavior is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
C) It suggests that significant behaviors cannot be unfolded automatically as they are
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
wired into the human species.
ii ii ii ii ii
D) It is one of the subspecialties of experimental psychology.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
15) Which of the following branches of psychology focuses on the consistency in people's
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another?
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
A) clinical psychology ii
B) personality psychology i
C) cognitive psychology ii
D) evolutionary psychology ii
16) Dr. Chen studies how people grow and change during late adolescence and young adulthood.
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
Dr. Doherty focuses on several traits that distinguish one person from another. Dr. Chen is
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
a(n)
ii ; Dr. Doherty is a(n) . ii ii ii ii
A) experimental psychologist; cognitive psychologist ii ii ii
B) health psychologist; clinical psychologist ii ii ii
C) developmental psychologist; personality psychologist ii ii ii
D) clinical psychologist; counseling psychologist ii ii ii
17) Dr. Ebrahim is involved in a study that tracks the changes in peer relationships among
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii
adolescents between the ages 13 and 17. Dr. Ebrahim is a(n)
ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii ii psychologist.
A) cognitive
B) evolutionary
C) educational
D) developmental
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