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Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition
By Robert Feldman, Chapters 1 - 17 | Complete
, • Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
Chapter 2: Psychological Research Chapter
3: Neuroscience and Behavior Chapter 4:
Sensation and Perception Chapter 5:
States of Consciousness Chapter 6:
Learning
Chapter 7: Memory
Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
Chapter 9: Intelligence
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender Chapter
12: Development
Chapter 13: Personality
Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being Chapter
15: Psychological Disorders
Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Chapter
17: Social Psychology
,Answers are at the end of Each chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1) Psychology is defined as the
A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior.
B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition.
C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
A) internal medicine.
B) behavior and mental processes.
C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment.
D) the disorders of the central nervous system.
3) A asingle-sentence adefinition aof apsychology amay abe amisleading abecause
A) it ais avery adifficult ato astudy athe amind aand abehavior ascientifically.
B) psychology ais aa anarrower, amore aspecific afield athan aa ageneral adefinition amight
asuggest.
C) psychologists adisagree aon ahow abroad apsychology ashould areally abe.
D) the adiscipline aof apsychology areally ahas ano acore aor acenter.
, 4) In aorder ato astudy amind aand abehavior, apsychologists
A) rely aon athe ascientific amethod.
B) use atheir aintuition.
C) rely aon athe astudy aof ainternal amedicine.
D) use aspeculation.
5) In awhich aof athe afollowing ascenarios ais aa ascientific aexplanation abeing aprovided ato
aexplain aa a phenomenon?
A) When aasked aif aviolent avideo agames ahave aan aimpact aon aplayers, aDr. aLee
areplies athat a there ais asubstantial aempirical aevidence ato asuggest aa achange ain athe
agamers' abehavior.
B) When aasked aif amood ainfluences asocial abehavior, aDr. aSessler areplies athat ahe
abelieves a that ait adoes.
C) When aasked aif aaddiction ais aa adisease aor aa achoice, aDr. aSmith areplies athat
ahe aknows a many aaddicts aand ahe afeels athat athey ahave aa adisease.
D) When aasked aif ahe acan atrain ahis amind ato anot afeel aphysical apain, aDr.
aFarnworth areplies a that ahe afocuses aon ahis abreathing awhen ahe afeels apain ato aincrease
ahis atolerance afor ait.
6) Which aof athe afollowing astatements aaccurately adescribes athe adiverse
asubfields aof a psychology?
A) They aallow apsychologists ato aexplain adifferent atypes aof abehavior ausing
athe asame a techniques aand aexperiments.
B) Though athey aare aindividually aseparate aand adistinct, athey aall ashare aa acommon
agoal aof a understanding abehavior.
C) They aalways alead ato aan aMD a(doctor aof amedicine) adegree.
D) They aare anot arelated aat aall aother athan abeing aconsidered aa apart aof apsychology.
7) Dr. aAlvarez ais acurrently astudying ahow athe adegeneration aof acertain acomponents aof
anerve a cells ain athe abrain aleads ato aLewy abody adisease. aDr. aAlvarez's awork ais amost alikely
ato abe aa apart aof athe
Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition
By Robert Feldman, Chapters 1 - 17 | Complete
, • Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
Chapter 2: Psychological Research Chapter
3: Neuroscience and Behavior Chapter 4:
Sensation and Perception Chapter 5:
States of Consciousness Chapter 6:
Learning
Chapter 7: Memory
Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
Chapter 9: Intelligence
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender Chapter
12: Development
Chapter 13: Personality
Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being Chapter
15: Psychological Disorders
Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Chapter
17: Social Psychology
,Answers are at the end of Each chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1) Psychology is defined as the
A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior.
B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition.
C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
A) internal medicine.
B) behavior and mental processes.
C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment.
D) the disorders of the central nervous system.
3) A asingle-sentence adefinition aof apsychology amay abe amisleading abecause
A) it ais avery adifficult ato astudy athe amind aand abehavior ascientifically.
B) psychology ais aa anarrower, amore aspecific afield athan aa ageneral adefinition amight
asuggest.
C) psychologists adisagree aon ahow abroad apsychology ashould areally abe.
D) the adiscipline aof apsychology areally ahas ano acore aor acenter.
, 4) In aorder ato astudy amind aand abehavior, apsychologists
A) rely aon athe ascientific amethod.
B) use atheir aintuition.
C) rely aon athe astudy aof ainternal amedicine.
D) use aspeculation.
5) In awhich aof athe afollowing ascenarios ais aa ascientific aexplanation abeing aprovided ato
aexplain aa a phenomenon?
A) When aasked aif aviolent avideo agames ahave aan aimpact aon aplayers, aDr. aLee
areplies athat a there ais asubstantial aempirical aevidence ato asuggest aa achange ain athe
agamers' abehavior.
B) When aasked aif amood ainfluences asocial abehavior, aDr. aSessler areplies athat ahe
abelieves a that ait adoes.
C) When aasked aif aaddiction ais aa adisease aor aa achoice, aDr. aSmith areplies athat
ahe aknows a many aaddicts aand ahe afeels athat athey ahave aa adisease.
D) When aasked aif ahe acan atrain ahis amind ato anot afeel aphysical apain, aDr.
aFarnworth areplies a that ahe afocuses aon ahis abreathing awhen ahe afeels apain ato aincrease
ahis atolerance afor ait.
6) Which aof athe afollowing astatements aaccurately adescribes athe adiverse
asubfields aof a psychology?
A) They aallow apsychologists ato aexplain adifferent atypes aof abehavior ausing
athe asame a techniques aand aexperiments.
B) Though athey aare aindividually aseparate aand adistinct, athey aall ashare aa acommon
agoal aof a understanding abehavior.
C) They aalways alead ato aan aMD a(doctor aof amedicine) adegree.
D) They aare anot arelated aat aall aother athan abeing aconsidered aa apart aof apsychology.
7) Dr. aAlvarez ais acurrently astudying ahow athe adegeneration aof acertain acomponents aof
anerve a cells ain athe abrain aleads ato aLewy abody adisease. aDr. aAlvarez's awork ais amost alikely
ato abe aa apart aof athe
