Test Bank for Psychology, 13th edition by Carole Wade
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Test Bank for Psychology, 13th edition 13e by Carole Wade, Carol Tavris, Samuel R Sommers.
Full Chapters test bank included
1. What Is Psychology?
2. How Psychologists Do Research
3. Genes, Evolution, and Environment
4. The Brain and the Nervous System
5. Sensation and Perception
6. Cons...
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Chapter 1 – Pop Quiz 1
1. Psychology is defined as a scientific discipline concerned with __________.
a. observation, experimentation, and measurement
b. behavior and mental processes and how they are affected by an organism’s physical state, mental state,
and external environment.
c. self-help books and talk shows
d. quick fixes to life’s problems, such as resolving your unhappiness as an adult by “reliving” the supposed
trauma of your birth or becoming more creative on the job by “reprogramming” your brain.
2. The ability to make objective judgments on the basis of well-supported reasons rather than emotion or
anecdote is called __________.
a. applied psychology
b. critical thinking
c. functionalism
d. introspection
3. The forerunners of psychology developed the theory of phrenology, which in Greek means __________.
a. a map of thoughts
b. a map of behavior
c. study of the mind
d. study of mental diseases
4. Who established the first psychological laboratory in 1879?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. John Locke
c. William James
d. Wilhelm Wundt
5. __________ emphasized the purpose of behavior as opposed to its analysis and description.
a. Structuralism
b. Functionalism
c. Humanism
d. Behaviorism
6. __________ founded the field of psychoanalysis.
a. Sigmund Freud
b. William James
c. Wilhelm Wundt
d. E. B. Titchener
7. Which modern psychological perspective focuses on how people reason, remember, understand language,
and solve problems?
a. the learning perspective
b. the cognitive perspective
c. the sociocultural perspective
d. The psychodynamic perspective
8. The __________ perspective is a psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes
associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.
a. biological
b. learning
c. cognitive
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