Test Bank for Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding 5th Canadian Edition by Scott Lilienfeld, Steven Lynn, Laura Namy, Nancy Woolf, Kenneth Cramer.
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TEST BANK Psychology From Inquiry to Understanding 5CE Lilienfeld
Chapter 1: Psychology and Scientific Thinking
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The term refers to the use of everyday or commonsense sources to understand and explain
human behaviour.
A) counselling psychology
B) clinical psychology
C) popular psychology
D) experimental psychology
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Topic: Psychology and Scientific Thinking—A Framework for Everyday Life [Introduction]
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: C) popular psychology
2. When students begin to read through their introductory psychology textbook, they are often surprised
to learn that:
A) common sense explanations are essential in the field of psychology.
B) many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect.
C) psychology is a unique field of study separate from philosophy and biology.
D) psychologists do not study people's everyday behaviours.
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Topic: What Is Psychology?
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: B) many of their beliefs about the causes of thoughts and behaviours are incorrect.
3. Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, brain, and:
A) soul
B) body
C) behaviour
D) spirit
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Topic: What Is Psychology?
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.1a
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,Answer: C) behaviour
4. Which level of analysis in psychology would focus on your relationships with friends and family?
A) Biological
B) Social cultural
C) Psychological
D) Neurological
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Topic: Psychology and Levels of Analysis
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: B) Social cultural
5. Which level of analysis in psychology would focus on the experience of anxiety or anger?
A) Neurological
B) Psychological
C) Social cultural
D) Biological
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Topic: What Makes Psychology Distinctive—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: B) Psychological
6. Which of the following research questions would be most interesting to a psychologist who studies
anxiety from the biological perspective?
A) Do all people experience anxiety in the same way?
B) Do hormonal changes influence the experience of anxiety?
C) Do most people experience more anxiety in crowds than when alone?
D) Are more people anxious about physical threats or social threats?
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Topic: What Makes Psychology Distinctive—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: B) Do hormonal changes influence the experience of anxiety?
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,7. Janet is very friendly and outgoing, and she makes friends very easily. People are typically very nice to
Janet, because of her friendliness, and as a result Janet is even more likely to be friendly with them.
Which of the following terms is illustrated by this example?
A) Mutual exclusion
B) Kin selection
C) Reciprocal determinism
D) Naïve realism
Difficulty: 1
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Topic: What Makes Psychology Distinctive—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: C) Reciprocal determinism
8. Dr. Ortega is a researcher in Spain, where she conducts research on how Spanish culture shapes body
image in young Spanish teenaged girls. Dr. Ortega is using which approach to cross-cultural psychology?
A) Etic
B) Emic
C) Esoteric
D) Holistic
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-1-08
Topic: What Makes Psychology Distinctive—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: B) Emic
9. Which of the following topics in psychology would focus on 'individual differences'?
A) How personality affects job preferences.
B) How neurons transmit signals.
C) How colour vision works.
D) How sleep deprivation affects attention.
Difficulty: 3
QuestionID: 01-1-09
Topic: What Makes Psychology Distinctive—and Fascinating
Skill: Applied/Conceptual
Objective: 1.1a
Answer: A) How personality affects job preferences.
10. Prior to the late 1800s, psychology was difficult to distinguish from which of the following disciplines?
A) Theology
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, B) Journalism
C) Philosophy
D) Biology
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-10
Topic: Psychology's Early History
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.4a
Answer: C) Philosophy
11. Which individual is often credited with establishing the first psychological laboratory, thus
establishing psychology as an experimental science?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Wilhelm Wundt
C) William James
D) John B. Watson
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-11
Topic: Psychology's Early History
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.4a
Answer: B) Wilhelm Wundt
12. What early psychologist was most concerned with developing answers to basic questions about our
mental experiences, such as how long it takes us to react to a sound?
A) Wilhelm Wundt
B) John B. Watson
C) Sigmund Freud
D) William James
Difficulty: 2
QuestionID: 01-1-12
Topic: Psychology's Early History
Skill: Factual
Objective: 1.4a
Answer: A) Wilhelm Wundt
13. What technique involves trained observers who carefully reflect and report on their own mental
experiences?
A) Functionalism
B) Introspection
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