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Test Bank for Psychology: Frontiers And Applications, 8ce 8th Canadian Edition by Michael W. Passer, Ronald E. Smith, Michael Atkinson, John Mitchell. Full Chapters are included and answers are given at the end of each chapter. CHAPTER 1 Psychology: The Science of Behaviour CHAPTER 2 Studying B...

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Chapter 01 8ce – Passer
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) According to the text, psychology is defined as the
A) study of people's subjective mental lives
B) study of behaviour and the mind
C) examination of unconscious factors
D) study of personality

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-01 According to the text, psychology is defined...



2) When using the term "behaviour," psychologists mean
A) overt actions that can be directly observed
B) overt actions and inner mental processes such as thoughts and feelings
C) overt actions and physiological reactions
D) overt actions, inner mental processes, or physiological reactions

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-02 When using the term "behaviour," psychologis...




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,3) Alex is friendly and outgoing, always having a kind word for everyone. Through observing
his behaviour, we can make inferences about his ________.
A) mental processes
B) internal state
C) future thoughts
D) external responses

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Topic : 01-02 Psychology's Scientific Approach
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-03 Alex is friendly and outgoing, always having...



4) Karen is interested in how the presence of other people influences an individual's
performance on cognitive tasks, like written tests, compared to motor tasks, like jump rope.
Karen's research would likely fall into which subfield of psychology?
A) Experimental
B) Personality
C) Social
D) Cognitive

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Apply
Learning Objective : 01-04 Psychology Today
Topic : 01-05 Of Astrology and Asstrology: Potential Costs of Uncritical Thinking
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-04 Karen is interested in how the presence of o...




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,5) Which level of analysis would someone in the subfield of personality psychology tend to
take?
A) Biological level
B) Psychological level
C) Environmental level
D) Structural level

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Understand
Learning Objective : 01-03 Using Levels of Analysis to Integrate the Perspectives
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Topic : 01-07 Psychology's Broad Scope: A Simple Framework
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-05 Which level of analysis would someone in the...



6) Which of the following statements about basic and applied research is true?
A) Basic research is less complex and less sophisticated than applied research.
B) Basic research is done to solve practical problems while applied research is done
simply to increase knowledge.
C) Basic research is done simply to increase knowledge while applied research is done to
solve practical problems.
D) Basic research and applied research have the same goals but are completed by
different researchers.

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Remember
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Topic : 01-06 Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-06 Which of the following statements about basi...




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, 7) Dr. Adams is a psychologist who works in the area of animal behaviour. She has a particular
interest in crows, and her research is mostly aimed at gaining more information about the
behaviours of these birds, such as their mating habits, eating rituals, and so on. Dr. Adams's
research is best described as
A) Applied research
B) Basic research
C) Insight research
D) Interaction research

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Apply
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Topic : 01-06 Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-07 Dr. Adams is a psychologist who works in the...



8) Researchers studying human memory have participants memorize lists of words. These
researchers then record how many of the words the participants accurately remember after
the passage of time and exposure to new information. When an eyewitness to a crime
identifies an attacker in court, lawyers might illustrate the limits of memory by using this
type of research
A) applied
B) basic
C) elementary
D) practical

Question Details
Accessibility : Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's : Analyze
Learning Objective : 01-01 The Nature of Psychology
Topic : 01-01 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY
Topic : 01-06 Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science
Source : Chapter 01 Test Bank - Validated > TB 01-08 Researchers studying human memory have parti...




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