,Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology .............................................................................................................. 3
Chapter 2: Psychological Research .................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 3: Biopsychology ................................................................................................................................ 10
Chapter 4: States of Consciousness ............................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception ............................................................................................................ 16
Chapter 6: Learning ......................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence ...................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 8: Memory ......................................................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 9: Lifespan Development.................................................................................................................. 31
Chapter 10: Emotion and Motivation ............................................................................................................ 35
Chapter 11: Personality ............................................................................................................................ 38
Chapter 12: Social Psychology ............................................................................................................... 42
Chapter 13: Industrial-Organizational Psychology ........................................................................................ 47
Chapter 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health ....................................................................................................... 49
Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders .............................................................................................................. 52
Chapter 16: Therapy and Treatment ............................................................................................................. 56
,Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
Review Questions
1. Which of the following was mentioned as a skill to which psychology
students would be exposed?
Answer
D. all of the above
3. In the scientific method, a hypothesis is a(n) .
Answer
D. proposed explanation
5. is most well-known for proposing his hierarchy of needs.
Answer
C. Abraham Maslow
7. The operant conditioning chamber (aka box) is a device used to study the
principles of operant conditioning.
Answer
A. Skinner
9. An individual’s consistent pattern of thought and behavior is known as a(n) .
Answer
C. personality
11. A researcher interested in what factors make an employee best suited for a
given job would most likely identify as a(n) psychologist.
Answer
D. I-O
, 13. The places less emphasis on research and more emphasis on
application of therapeutic skills.
Answer
B. PsyD
15. One would need at least a(n) ____ degree to serve as a school psychologist.
Answer
C. master’s
Critical Thinking Questions
17. Why do you think many people might be skeptical about psychology being a science?
Answer
One goal of psychology is the study of the mind. Science cannot directly study the mind,
because it is not a form of matter or energy. This might create some skepticism about the
scientific nature of psychology.
19. In part, what aspect of psychology was the behaviorist approach to psychology a
reaction to?
Answer
Behaviorists studied objectively observable behavior partly in reaction to the psychologists
of the mind who were studying things that were not directly observable.
21. What are the potential ethical concerns associated with Milgram’s research on
obedience?
Answer
Many people have questioned how ethical this particular research was. Although no one
was actually harmed in Milgram’s study, many people have questioned how the knowledge
that you would be willing to inflict incredible pain and/or death to another person, simply
because someone in authority told you to do so, would affect someone’s self-concept and
psychological health. Furthermore, the degree to which deception was used in this
particular study raises a few eyebrows.
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