TEST BANK For Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition By Robert Feldman, Verified Chapters 1 - 17, Complete Newest Version

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Chapter1:TheScienceofPsychology
Multiple-

ChoiceWhatIsPsychol

ogy?

LearningObjectives
Definepsychologyanddescribethemajorsubfieldswithinpsychology.Answer: Error!
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Difficulty: 2
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Describethefiveenduringissuesthatcutacrossthesubfieldsofpsychology. gExplainwhatpsyc
hologyhasincommonwithothersciences,howpsychologistsusethescientificmethod,andthe
differencebetweentheoriesandhypotheses. Applycriticalthinkingtoanarticleinamagazine
ornewspaper.


1. Psychologyisthescientificstudyof .
a. howpersonalitycanbedeterminedbythesizeandshapeofone'shead
b. behaviorandmentalprocesses
c. thephysiologicalfunctionsofthebrain
d. howculturesandsocietiesdevelopandinteractwitheachother

Topic:WhatIsPsychology?
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2. Psychologistsareinterestedin .
a. everyaspectofhumanthoughtandbehavior
Correct:Thedifferentperspectivesofpsychologyencompasseveryaspectofhumangthoughts,feelin
gs,andactions.
b. aspectsofhumanbehavior,butnothumanthought
Incorrect:Behaviorisabsolutelycrucialtothestudyofpsychology,butsotooistheconceptofhumant
hought.
c. aspectsofhumanthought,butnothumanbehavior
d. onlymajoraspectsofhumanthoughtandbehavior gAnswe

b.

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b.

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Difficulty:1
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3. Psychology .
a. rarelyredefinesitself,andwhenitdoes,itdoessomorenarrowlygvirtuallynev
erredefinesitself
Incorrect:Thefieldofpsychologyisveryintrospective,makingsuretoredefineitselfas goftenasisnece
ssary.
c. continuallyredefinesitselfmorenarrowly
d. continuallyredefinesitselfmorebroadly
Correct:Newresearchmethods,areasofinquiry,andcollaborationswithothersciences gallowspsyc
hologytocontinuallyredefineitself.

Answer:dgDifficult
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4. Psychologyis .
a. isasingle,unifiedfieldofstudy
Incorrect:Thereisnosingle,unifyingdefinitionofpsychology;rather,itisa gcombinationofmanydi
fferentareasofacademicpursuit.
b. isan"umbrella"foralooseamalgamationofdifferentsubfields
Correct:Thefactthatthereisnosingleunifyingdefinitionofpsychologysuggeststhatitisacombina
tionofmanysub-disciplines.
c. iscomprisedoftwodistinctsubfields
d. notafieldofstudyatall

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5. EachofthefollowingisaspecialtyareawithindevelopmentalpsychologyEXCEPT
.
a. lifespanpsychology


b.

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b. psychobiology
c. childpsychology
d. adolescentpsychology

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6. IfIranaTVstationandwantedaconsultanttoadvisemeonchildren'sgprogramming,Iwould
mostlikelyhirea(n)
psychologist.a.experimentalgdevelopmental
Correct:Adevelopmentalpsychologistwouldbeanexpertinthecognitivedevelopmentgofchildren,s
owouldhavegoodinformationonhowtostructurechildren’stelevision gprogramming.
c.personality
d.clinical
Incorrect:Aclinicalpsychologistmight,indeed,workwithchildrenwithvariouslevelsof gpsychopathol
ogy,butthebestanswerhereisanexpertonchildren’sdevelopment,oradevelopmentalpsychologist.

Answer:b
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7. Life-spanpsychologistsfocusmainlyonstudying .
a. adolescentchangesanddevelopment
b. theadultyears
c. theentiredevelopmentalspectrumfrominfancythroughadulthood
d. infancyandchildhooddevelopment

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b.