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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 2p 2p 2p 2p


A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p


B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p


C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p




2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
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A) internal medicine. 2p


B) behavior and mental processes. 2p 2p 2p


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. 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p


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. 2p 2p 2p 2p


B) use their intuition. 2p 2p


C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
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D) use speculation. 2p




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,5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explai
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n a phenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies t
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hat there is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the gamers' beh
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avior.
B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he believ
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es that it does. 2p 2p 2p


C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he kno
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ws 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 repl
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ies that he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his tolerance
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for it. 2p




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 sa
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me techniques and experiments.
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B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal
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of 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 cel
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ls in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to be a part
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of
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the subfield of psychology. 2p 2p


A) evolutionary
B) developmental
C) industrial-organizational
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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 o
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B) investigating the relationship between people and their physical environment
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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 throu
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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 an
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d behavior.
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B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conceptio
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n through death.
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C) Experimental psychology explores the relationship between psycho−logical factor
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s and physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and t
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he 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 samp
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le 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
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- 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 2p 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, memor
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y, 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. 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p


B) The term is no longer in existence.
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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 bases2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p


of 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 a
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re 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 peopl
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e's behavior over time and the traits that differentiate one person from another?
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A) clinical psychology 2p


B) personality psychology 2p


C) cognitive psychology 2p


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16) Dr. Chen studies how people grow and change during late adolescence and young adulthoo
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d. Dr. Doherty focuses on several traits that distinguish one person from another. Dr. Che
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n is a(n)
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A) experimental psychologist; cognitive psychologist 2p 2p 2p


B) health psychologist; clinical psychologist
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D) clinical psychologist; counseling psychologist2p 2p 2p




17) Dr. Ebrahim is involved in a study that tracks the changes in peer relationships amo
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ng adolescents between the ages 13 and 17. Dr. Ebrahim is a(n)
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A) cognitive
B) evolutionary
C) educational
D) developmental




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