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Esséntials of Undérstanding Psychology 14th Edition by Robért Féldman
Chap 01. Introduction to Psychology.
1) Psychology is définéd as thé
A) intuition-baséd approach to study human béhavior.
B) spéculativé méthod to find answérs about human cognition.
C) study of méntal disordérs and théir tréatmént.
D) sciéntific study of béhavior and méntal procéssés.
2) Akira has déclaréd psychology as his major. Hé will bé studying
A) intérnal médiciné.
B) béhavior and méntal procéssés.
C) méntal disordérs and théir diagnosis and tréatmént.
D) thé disordérs of thé céntral nérvous systém.
3) A singlé-sénténcé définition of psychology may bé misléading bécausé
A) it is véry difficult to study thé mind and béhavior sciéntifically.
B) psychology is a narrowér, moré spécific fiéld than a général définition might suggést.
C) psychologists disagréé on how broad psychology should réally bé.
D) thé discipliné of psychology réally has no coré or céntér.
4) In ordér to study mind and béhavior, psychologists
A) rély on thé sciéntific méthod.
B) usé théir intuition.
C) rély on thé study of intérnal médiciné.
D) usé spéculation.
,5) In which of thé following scénarios is a sciéntific éxplanation béing providéd to éxplain a
phénoménon?
A) Whén askéd if violént vidéo gamés havé an impact on playérs, Dr. Léé répliés that
théré is substantial émpirical évidéncé to suggést a changé in thé gamérs' béhavior.
B) Whén askéd if mood influéncés social béhavior, Dr. Sésslér répliés that hé béliévés
that it doés.
C) Whén askéd if addiction is a diséasé or a choicé, Dr. Smith répliés that hé knows
many addicts and hé fééls that théy havé a diséasé.
D) Whén askéd if hé can train his mind to not féél physical pain, Dr. Farnworth répliés
that hé focusés on his bréathing whén hé fééls pain to incréasé his tolérancé for it.
6) Which of thé following statéménts is trué of thé divérsé subfiélds of psychology?
A) Théy allow psychologists to éxplain différént typés of béhavior using thé samé
téchniqués and éxpériménts.
B) Though théy aré individually séparaté and distinct, théy all sharé a common goal of
undérstanding béhavior.
C) Théy always léad to an MD (doctor of médiciné) dégréé.
D) Théy aré not rélatéd at all othér than béing considéréd a part of psychology.
7) Dr. Alvaréz is curréntly studying how thé dégénération of cértain componénts of nérvé célls
in thé brain léads to Léwy body diséasé. Dr. Alvaréz's work is most likély to bé a part of
thé________ subfiéld of psychology.
A) évolutionary
B) dévélopméntal
C) industrial-organizational
D) béhavioral néurosciéncé
8) Which of thé following is thé focus of éxpériméntal psychology?
A) éxploring thé rélationship bétwéén psycho-logical factors and physical ailménts or
diséasé
B) invéstigating thé rélationship bétwéén péoplé and théir physical énvironmént C)
studying thé procéssés of sénsing, pércéiving, léarning, and thinking about thé world D)
analyzing how péoplé grow and changé from thé momént of concéption through déath
,9) Which of thé following subfiélds of psychology matchés with its déscription?
A) Cognitivé psychology éxaminés thé rélationship bétwéén thé nérvous systém and
béhavior.
B) Dévélopméntal psychology éxaminés how péoplé grow and changé from concéption
through déath.
C) Expériméntal psychology éxplorés thé rélationship bétwéén psycho-logical factors
and physical ailménts or diséasé.
D) Clinical psychology focusés on thé consisténcy in péoplé's béhavior ovér timé and thé
traits that différéntiaté oné pér-son from anothér.
10) Which of thé following subfiélds of psychology is CORRECTLY matchéd with a samplé
topic?
A) béhavioral néurosciéncé: thé influéncé of chronic stréss on physical héalth
B) dévélopméntal psychology: thé éfféctivénéss of drug thérapy for obséssivé-
compulsivé disordér
C) cognitivé psychology: thé influéncé of an évént on péoplé's thinking D)
héalth psychology: thé rolé that frustration plays in producing aggréssion
11) Which of thé following is trué of cognitivé psychology?
A) It studiés thé inhéritancé of traits rélatéd to béhavior.
B) It stéms from Charlés Darwin's arguménts in his book, On thé Origin of Spéciés.
C) It is a subspécialty of éxpériméntal psychology.
D) It includés subfiélds such as dévélopméntal and pérsonality psychology.
12) ________ psychology focusés on highér méntal procéssés, including thinking, mémory,
réasoning, problém solving, judging, décision making, and languagé.
A) Dévélopméntal
B) Pérsonality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitivé
, 13) Why is thé térm éxpériméntal psychologist considéréd soméwhat misléading?
A) Psychologists in évéry subfiéld usé thé éxpériméntal méthod.
B) Thé térm is no longér in éxisténcé.
C) Most psychological topics aré not suitéd to éxpériméntal study.
D) Expériméntal méthods aré only appropriaté to thé study of thé biological basés of
béhavior.
14) Which of thé following is trué of évolutionary psychology?
A) It has alréady léd to promising néw tréatménts for psychological disordérs.
B) It considérs how béhavior is influéncéd by our génétic inhéritancé from our ancéstors.
C) It suggésts that significant béhaviors cannot bé unfoldéd automatically as théy aré
wiréd into thé human spéciés.
D) It is oné of thé subspécialtiés of éxpériméntal psychology.
15) Which of thé following branchés of psychology focusés on thé consisténcy in péoplé's
béhavior ovér timé and thé traits that différéntiaté oné pérson from anothér?
A) clinical psychology
B) pérsonality psychology
C) cognitivé psychology
D) évolutionary psychology
16) Dr. Chén studiés how péoplé grow and changé during laté adoléscéncé and young adulthood.
Dr. Dohérty focusés on sévéral traits that distinguish oné pérson from anothér. Dr. Chén is
a(n)________; Dr. Dohérty is a(n)________.
A) éxpériméntal psychologist; cognitivé psychologist B)
héalth psychologist; clinical psychologist
C) dévélopméntal psychologist; pérsonality psychologist
D) clinical psychologist; counséling psychologist
17) Dr. Ebrahim is involvéd in a study that tracks thé changés in péér rélationships among
adoléscénts bétwéén thé agés 13 and 17. Dr. Ebrahim is a(n)________ psychologist.
A) cognitivé
B) évolutionary
C) éducational
D) dévélopméntal
Esséntials of Undérstanding Psychology 14th Edition by Robért Féldman
Chap 01. Introduction to Psychology.
1) Psychology is définéd as thé
A) intuition-baséd approach to study human béhavior.
B) spéculativé méthod to find answérs about human cognition.
C) study of méntal disordérs and théir tréatmént.
D) sciéntific study of béhavior and méntal procéssés.
2) Akira has déclaréd psychology as his major. Hé will bé studying
A) intérnal médiciné.
B) béhavior and méntal procéssés.
C) méntal disordérs and théir diagnosis and tréatmént.
D) thé disordérs of thé céntral nérvous systém.
3) A singlé-sénténcé définition of psychology may bé misléading bécausé
A) it is véry difficult to study thé mind and béhavior sciéntifically.
B) psychology is a narrowér, moré spécific fiéld than a général définition might suggést.
C) psychologists disagréé on how broad psychology should réally bé.
D) thé discipliné of psychology réally has no coré or céntér.
4) In ordér to study mind and béhavior, psychologists
A) rély on thé sciéntific méthod.
B) usé théir intuition.
C) rély on thé study of intérnal médiciné.
D) usé spéculation.
,5) In which of thé following scénarios is a sciéntific éxplanation béing providéd to éxplain a
phénoménon?
A) Whén askéd if violént vidéo gamés havé an impact on playérs, Dr. Léé répliés that
théré is substantial émpirical évidéncé to suggést a changé in thé gamérs' béhavior.
B) Whén askéd if mood influéncés social béhavior, Dr. Sésslér répliés that hé béliévés
that it doés.
C) Whén askéd if addiction is a diséasé or a choicé, Dr. Smith répliés that hé knows
many addicts and hé fééls that théy havé a diséasé.
D) Whén askéd if hé can train his mind to not féél physical pain, Dr. Farnworth répliés
that hé focusés on his bréathing whén hé fééls pain to incréasé his tolérancé for it.
6) Which of thé following statéménts is trué of thé divérsé subfiélds of psychology?
A) Théy allow psychologists to éxplain différént typés of béhavior using thé samé
téchniqués and éxpériménts.
B) Though théy aré individually séparaté and distinct, théy all sharé a common goal of
undérstanding béhavior.
C) Théy always léad to an MD (doctor of médiciné) dégréé.
D) Théy aré not rélatéd at all othér than béing considéréd a part of psychology.
7) Dr. Alvaréz is curréntly studying how thé dégénération of cértain componénts of nérvé célls
in thé brain léads to Léwy body diséasé. Dr. Alvaréz's work is most likély to bé a part of
thé________ subfiéld of psychology.
A) évolutionary
B) dévélopméntal
C) industrial-organizational
D) béhavioral néurosciéncé
8) Which of thé following is thé focus of éxpériméntal psychology?
A) éxploring thé rélationship bétwéén psycho-logical factors and physical ailménts or
diséasé
B) invéstigating thé rélationship bétwéén péoplé and théir physical énvironmént C)
studying thé procéssés of sénsing, pércéiving, léarning, and thinking about thé world D)
analyzing how péoplé grow and changé from thé momént of concéption through déath
,9) Which of thé following subfiélds of psychology matchés with its déscription?
A) Cognitivé psychology éxaminés thé rélationship bétwéén thé nérvous systém and
béhavior.
B) Dévélopméntal psychology éxaminés how péoplé grow and changé from concéption
through déath.
C) Expériméntal psychology éxplorés thé rélationship bétwéén psycho-logical factors
and physical ailménts or diséasé.
D) Clinical psychology focusés on thé consisténcy in péoplé's béhavior ovér timé and thé
traits that différéntiaté oné pér-son from anothér.
10) Which of thé following subfiélds of psychology is CORRECTLY matchéd with a samplé
topic?
A) béhavioral néurosciéncé: thé influéncé of chronic stréss on physical héalth
B) dévélopméntal psychology: thé éfféctivénéss of drug thérapy for obséssivé-
compulsivé disordér
C) cognitivé psychology: thé influéncé of an évént on péoplé's thinking D)
héalth psychology: thé rolé that frustration plays in producing aggréssion
11) Which of thé following is trué of cognitivé psychology?
A) It studiés thé inhéritancé of traits rélatéd to béhavior.
B) It stéms from Charlés Darwin's arguménts in his book, On thé Origin of Spéciés.
C) It is a subspécialty of éxpériméntal psychology.
D) It includés subfiélds such as dévélopméntal and pérsonality psychology.
12) ________ psychology focusés on highér méntal procéssés, including thinking, mémory,
réasoning, problém solving, judging, décision making, and languagé.
A) Dévélopméntal
B) Pérsonality
C) Clinical
D) Cognitivé
, 13) Why is thé térm éxpériméntal psychologist considéréd soméwhat misléading?
A) Psychologists in évéry subfiéld usé thé éxpériméntal méthod.
B) Thé térm is no longér in éxisténcé.
C) Most psychological topics aré not suitéd to éxpériméntal study.
D) Expériméntal méthods aré only appropriaté to thé study of thé biological basés of
béhavior.
14) Which of thé following is trué of évolutionary psychology?
A) It has alréady léd to promising néw tréatménts for psychological disordérs.
B) It considérs how béhavior is influéncéd by our génétic inhéritancé from our ancéstors.
C) It suggésts that significant béhaviors cannot bé unfoldéd automatically as théy aré
wiréd into thé human spéciés.
D) It is oné of thé subspécialtiés of éxpériméntal psychology.
15) Which of thé following branchés of psychology focusés on thé consisténcy in péoplé's
béhavior ovér timé and thé traits that différéntiaté oné pérson from anothér?
A) clinical psychology
B) pérsonality psychology
C) cognitivé psychology
D) évolutionary psychology
16) Dr. Chén studiés how péoplé grow and changé during laté adoléscéncé and young adulthood.
Dr. Dohérty focusés on sévéral traits that distinguish oné pérson from anothér. Dr. Chén is
a(n)________; Dr. Dohérty is a(n)________.
A) éxpériméntal psychologist; cognitivé psychologist B)
héalth psychologist; clinical psychologist
C) dévélopméntal psychologist; pérsonality psychologist
D) clinical psychologist; counséling psychologist
17) Dr. Ebrahim is involvéd in a study that tracks thé changés in péér rélationships among
adoléscénts bétwéén thé agés 13 and 17. Dr. Ebrahim is a(n)________ psychologist.
A) cognitivé
B) évolutionary
C) éducational
D) dévélopméntal
