Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Chapter 2: Psychological Research
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Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
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Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Chapter 7: Memory
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Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
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Chapter 9: Intelligence
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
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Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
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Chapter 12: Development
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
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Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 17: Social Psychology
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,Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement
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1) Psychology is defined as the bh bh bh bh
A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. bh bh bh bh bh
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C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
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2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
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C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment.
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D) the disorders of the central nervous system.
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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.
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C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be.
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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.
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B) use their intuition.
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C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
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D) use speculation.
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5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to
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explain aphenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies
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B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he
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believesthat it does.
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C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he
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knowsmany 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
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repliesthat 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 accurately describes the diverse subfields
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A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using the
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B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal
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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
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cells in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to be a part of
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