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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 ssingle-sentence sdefinition sof spsychology smay sbe smisleading sbecause
A) it sis svery sdifficult sto sstudy sthe smind sand sbehavior sscientifically.
B) psychology sis sa snarrower, smore sspecific sfield sthan sa sgeneral sdefinition smight
ssuggest.
C) psychologists sdisagree son show sbroad spsychology sshould sreally sbe.
D) the sdiscipline sof spsychology sreally shas sno score sor scenter.
, 4) In sorder sto sstudy smind sand sbehavior, spsychologists
A) rely son sthe sscientific smethod.
B) use stheir sintuition.
C) rely son sthe sstudy sof sinternal smedicine.
D) use sspeculation.
5) In swhich sof sthe sfollowing sscenarios sis sa sscientific sexplanation sbeing sprovided sto
sexplain sa s phenomenon?
A) When sasked sif sviolent svideo sgames shave san simpact son splayers, sDr. sLee
sreplies sthat s there sis ssubstantial sempirical sevidence sto ssuggest sa schange sin sthe sgamers'
sbehavior.
B) When sasked sif smood sinfluences ssocial sbehavior, sDr. sSessler sreplies sthat she
sbelieves s that sit sdoes.
C) When sasked sif saddiction sis sa sdisease sor sa schoice, sDr. sSmith sreplies sthat she
sknows s many saddicts sand she sfeels sthat sthey shave sa sdisease.
D) When sasked sif she scan strain shis smind sto snot sfeel sphysical spain, sDr. sFarnworth
sreplies s that she sfocuses son shis sbreathing swhen she sfeels spain sto sincrease shis stolerance
sfor sit.
6) Which sof sthe sfollowing sstatements saccurately sdescribes sthe sdiverse
ssubfields sof s psychology?
A) They sallow spsychologists sto sexplain sdifferent stypes sof sbehavior susing sthe
ssame s techniques sand sexperiments.
B) Though sthey sare sindividually sseparate sand sdistinct, sthey sall sshare sa scommon
sgoal sof s understanding sbehavior.
C) They salways slead sto san sMD s(doctor sof smedicine) sdegree.
D) They sare snot srelated sat sall sother sthan sbeing sconsidered sa spart sof spsychology.
7) Dr. sAlvarez sis scurrently sstudying show sthe sdegeneration sof scertain scomponents sof
snerve s cells sin sthe sbrain sleads sto sLewy sbody sdisease. sDr. sAlvarez's swork sis smost slikely sto
sbe sa spart sof sthe
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 ssingle-sentence sdefinition sof spsychology smay sbe smisleading sbecause
A) it sis svery sdifficult sto sstudy sthe smind sand sbehavior sscientifically.
B) psychology sis sa snarrower, smore sspecific sfield sthan sa sgeneral sdefinition smight
ssuggest.
C) psychologists sdisagree son show sbroad spsychology sshould sreally sbe.
D) the sdiscipline sof spsychology sreally shas sno score sor scenter.
, 4) In sorder sto sstudy smind sand sbehavior, spsychologists
A) rely son sthe sscientific smethod.
B) use stheir sintuition.
C) rely son sthe sstudy sof sinternal smedicine.
D) use sspeculation.
5) In swhich sof sthe sfollowing sscenarios sis sa sscientific sexplanation sbeing sprovided sto
sexplain sa s phenomenon?
A) When sasked sif sviolent svideo sgames shave san simpact son splayers, sDr. sLee
sreplies sthat s there sis ssubstantial sempirical sevidence sto ssuggest sa schange sin sthe sgamers'
sbehavior.
B) When sasked sif smood sinfluences ssocial sbehavior, sDr. sSessler sreplies sthat she
sbelieves s that sit sdoes.
C) When sasked sif saddiction sis sa sdisease sor sa schoice, sDr. sSmith sreplies sthat she
sknows s many saddicts sand she sfeels sthat sthey shave sa sdisease.
D) When sasked sif she scan strain shis smind sto snot sfeel sphysical spain, sDr. sFarnworth
sreplies s that she sfocuses son shis sbreathing swhen she sfeels spain sto sincrease shis stolerance
sfor sit.
6) Which sof sthe sfollowing sstatements saccurately sdescribes sthe sdiverse
ssubfields sof s psychology?
A) They sallow spsychologists sto sexplain sdifferent stypes sof sbehavior susing sthe
ssame s techniques sand sexperiments.
B) Though sthey sare sindividually sseparate sand sdistinct, sthey sall sshare sa scommon
sgoal sof s understanding sbehavior.
C) They salways slead sto san sMD s(doctor sof smedicine) sdegree.
D) They sare snot srelated sat sall sother sthan sbeing sconsidered sa spart sof spsychology.
7) Dr. sAlvarez sis scurrently sstudying show sthe sdegeneration sof scertain scomponents sof
snerve s cells sin sthe sbrain sleads sto sLewy sbody sdisease. sDr. sAlvarez's swork sis smost slikely sto
sbe sa spart sof sthe
