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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 f f f f


A) intuition-based approach to study human behavior. f f f f f


B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition. f f f f f f f


C) study of mental disorders and their treatment. f f f f f f


D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. f f f f f f




2) Akira has declared psychology as his major. He will be studying
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B) behavior and mental processes. f f f


C) mental disorders and their diagnosis and treatment. f f f f f f


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. f f f f f f f f f f f f


C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be. f f f f f f f f


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. f f f f


B) use their intuition. f f


C) rely on the study of internal medicine. f f f f f f


D) use speculation. f




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,5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explain a phen
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omenon?
A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that there
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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 that
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it does. f



C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he knows man
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y 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 that h
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e 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 tec
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hniques and experiments. f f


B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal of und
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erstanding behavior. f


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 th
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e 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. f f


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 or dis
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ease
B) investigating the relationship between people and their physical environment f f f f f f f f


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 dea
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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 be
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havior.
B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conception thr
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ough death. f



C) Experimental psychology explores the relationship between psycho−logical factors an
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d physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and the trait
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s 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 topi
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c?
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 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, re
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asoning, problem solving, judging, decision making, and language.
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A) Developmental
B) Personality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitive




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