Test Bank for Understanding Psychology, 15th Edition by Robert Feldman

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Chapter 1-17 Answers are at the end of Each chapter
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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answers the question.
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1) Psychology is defined as the h h h h




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




B) speculative method to find answers about human cognition.
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C) study of mental disorders and their treatment.
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D) scientific study of behavior and mental processes. h h h h h h




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




B) behavior and mental processes. h h h




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. h h h h h h h h




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. h h




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




5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to explain a
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phenomenon?
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A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee replies that there
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h 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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h it does.
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C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he knows
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h 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 replies that
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h 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 of
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psychology?
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A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using the same
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h techniques and experiments. h h




B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common goal of h h h h h h h h h h h h h




h understanding behavior. h




C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree. h h h h h h h h h




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
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in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likelyto be a part of the
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subfield of psychology. h h

, 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) exploringthe relationship between psycho•logical factors and physical ailments or
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disease
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 through
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death



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
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h behavior.
B) Developmental psychology examines how people grow and change from conception
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h through death.
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C) Experimentalpsychologyexplores the relationship between psycho•logical factors
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h and physical ailments or disease.
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D) Clinical psychology focuses on the consistency in people's behavior over time and the
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h 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 sample
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topic?
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