Psychology and the Challenges of Life: Adjustment and Growth, 15e (Rathus)
Chapter 1 Psychology and the Challenges of Life
1.1 Test Bank
1) Javon regularly engages in episodes of binge eating, where he consumes massive quantities of
calories in a single sitting. To avoid gaining weight, he then forces himself to purge the food
through self-induced vomiting. Javon may be suffering from a condition called ________.
A) anorexia nervosa
B) binge-eating disorder
C) pica
D) bulimia nervosa
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
2) According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH), the two main reasons why
college students seek counseling are ________.
A) anxiety and depression
B) homesickness and loneliness
C) academic insecurity and alcohol problems
D) eating disorders and phobias
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
3) According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH), about 10 percent of college
students have engaged in which behavior?
A) binge drinking
B) a suicide attempt
C) academic dishonesty
D) self-induced vomiting
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
1
,4) An eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and a dramatic method for purging,
such as vomiting, is ________.
A) anorexia nervosa
B) hypoglycemia
C) Korsakoff's syndrome
D) bulimia nervosa
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
5) The causes of ________ disorders are complex and not fully understood but appear to be
related to social pressures on young women in our society to adhere to unrealistic standards of
thinness.
A) personality
B) eating
C) reactive
D) adjustment
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
6) The causes of eating disorders in young women appear to be most closely related to
________.
A) low levels of education and poor academic performance in school
B) social pressures to adhere to unrealistic standards of thinness
C) the negative effects of poverty and discrimination
D) a significant increase in narcissistic personality disorder
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
2
,7) In every year studied between 2013 and 2017, the most frequent reason for students seeking
counseling was issues related to ________.
A) anxiety
B) depression
C) drug use
D) academic insecurity
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
8) Overall, slightly more than one in ________ college students today seek counseling for mental
health problems, either before or during college.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) ten
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
9) The science that studies behavior and the mental processes is ________.
A) anthropology
B) sociology
C) neurology
D) psychology
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
3
, 10) Psychologists traditionally attempt to understand or explain behavior in terms of the
workings of the ________ system, according to your text.
A) nervous
B) cardiovascular
C) muscular-skeletal
D) endocrine
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
11) Psychologists traditionally attempt to understand or explain behavior in terms of each of the
following EXCEPT ________.
A) the workings of the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems
B) the interaction of genetic and environmental influences
C) the roles of learning and motivation
D) the nature of personality and social interaction
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
12) Coping behavior that permits people to meet the demands faced in the environment is called
________.
A) prosocial behavior
B) adjustment
C) proactive behavior
D) growth
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
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Chapter 1 Psychology and the Challenges of Life
1.1 Test Bank
1) Javon regularly engages in episodes of binge eating, where he consumes massive quantities of
calories in a single sitting. To avoid gaining weight, he then forces himself to purge the food
through self-induced vomiting. Javon may be suffering from a condition called ________.
A) anorexia nervosa
B) binge-eating disorder
C) pica
D) bulimia nervosa
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
2) According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH), the two main reasons why
college students seek counseling are ________.
A) anxiety and depression
B) homesickness and loneliness
C) academic insecurity and alcohol problems
D) eating disorders and phobias
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
3) According to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH), about 10 percent of college
students have engaged in which behavior?
A) binge drinking
B) a suicide attempt
C) academic dishonesty
D) self-induced vomiting
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
1
,4) An eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and a dramatic method for purging,
such as vomiting, is ________.
A) anorexia nervosa
B) hypoglycemia
C) Korsakoff's syndrome
D) bulimia nervosa
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
5) The causes of ________ disorders are complex and not fully understood but appear to be
related to social pressures on young women in our society to adhere to unrealistic standards of
thinness.
A) personality
B) eating
C) reactive
D) adjustment
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
6) The causes of eating disorders in young women appear to be most closely related to
________.
A) low levels of education and poor academic performance in school
B) social pressures to adhere to unrealistic standards of thinness
C) the negative effects of poverty and discrimination
D) a significant increase in narcissistic personality disorder
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
2
,7) In every year studied between 2013 and 2017, the most frequent reason for students seeking
counseling was issues related to ________.
A) anxiety
B) depression
C) drug use
D) academic insecurity
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Comprehension
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
8) Overall, slightly more than one in ________ college students today seek counseling for mental
health problems, either before or during college.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) ten
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
9) The science that studies behavior and the mental processes is ________.
A) anthropology
B) sociology
C) neurology
D) psychology
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
3
, 10) Psychologists traditionally attempt to understand or explain behavior in terms of the
workings of the ________ system, according to your text.
A) nervous
B) cardiovascular
C) muscular-skeletal
D) endocrine
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
11) Psychologists traditionally attempt to understand or explain behavior in terms of each of the
following EXCEPT ________.
A) the workings of the gastrointestinal and cardiovascular systems
B) the interaction of genetic and environmental influences
C) the roles of learning and motivation
D) the nature of personality and social interaction
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Analysis
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
12) Coping behavior that permits people to meet the demands faced in the environment is called
________.
A) prosocial behavior
B) adjustment
C) proactive behavior
D) growth
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Learning Objective: Explain the differences between adjustment and personal growth, nature
and nurture, and the clinical approach versus the healthy personality approach to the psychology
of adjustment.
Standard: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Psychology and Adjustment
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