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UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY , 15TH EDITION BY
ROBERT FELDMAN, ALL CHAPTERS 1 - 17 |
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
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, 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
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Chapter 1
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement
oranswers 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 single-sentence definition of psychology may be misleading because
A) it is very difficult to study the mind and behavior scientifically.
B) psychology is a narrower, more specific field than a general definition might
suggest.
C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be.
D) the discipline of psychology really has no core or center.
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, 4) In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists
A) rely on the scientific method.
B) use their intuition.
C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
D) use speculation.
5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to
explain aphenomenon?
A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee
replies thatthere is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the gamers'
behavior.
B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he
believesthat it does.
C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he
knowsmany addicts and he feels that they have a disease.
D) When asked if he can train his mind to not feel physical pain, Dr.
Farnworth repliesthat he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his
tolerance for it.
6) Which of the following statements accurately describes the diverse
subfields ofpsychology?
A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using
the sametechniques and experiments.
B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common
goal ofunderstanding behavior.
C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree.
D) They are not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology.
7) Dr. Alvarez is currently studying how the degeneration of certain components of
nerve cells in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to
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UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY , 15TH EDITION BY
ROBERT FELDMAN, ALL CHAPTERS 1 - 17 |
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
LATEST UPDATE.
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, 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
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, ANSWERS ARE AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER
Chapter 1
Student name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement
oranswers 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 single-sentence definition of psychology may be misleading because
A) it is very difficult to study the mind and behavior scientifically.
B) psychology is a narrower, more specific field than a general definition might
suggest.
C) psychologists disagree on how broad psychology should really be.
D) the discipline of psychology really has no core or center.
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, 4) In order to study mind and behavior, psychologists
A) rely on the scientific method.
B) use their intuition.
C) rely on the study of internal medicine.
D) use speculation.
5) In which of the following scenarios is a scientific explanation being provided to
explain aphenomenon?
A) When asked if violent video games have an impact on players, Dr. Lee
replies thatthere is substantial empirical evidence to suggest a change in the gamers'
behavior.
B) When asked if mood influences social behavior, Dr. Sessler replies that he
believesthat it does.
C) When asked if addiction is a disease or a choice, Dr. Smith replies that he
knowsmany addicts and he feels that they have a disease.
D) When asked if he can train his mind to not feel physical pain, Dr.
Farnworth repliesthat he focuses on his breathing when he feels pain to increase his
tolerance for it.
6) Which of the following statements accurately describes the diverse
subfields ofpsychology?
A) They allow psychologists to explain different types of behavior using
the sametechniques and experiments.
B) Though they are individually separate and distinct, they all share a common
goal ofunderstanding behavior.
C) They always lead to an MD (doctor of medicine) degree.
D) They are not related at all other than being considered a part of psychology.
7) Dr. Alvarez is currently studying how the degeneration of certain components of
nerve cells in the brain leads to Lewy body disease. Dr. Alvarez's work is most likely to
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