TEST BANK
Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior
Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, and Tanya S. Martini
16th Edition
,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 Psychology Critical Thinking and Science 1
Chapter 02 Brain and Behavior 48
Chapter 03 Human Development 98
Chapter 04 Sensation and Perception 153
Chapter 05 States of Consciousness 204
Chapter 06 Conditioning and Learning 254
Chapter 07 Memory 308
Chapter 08 Cognition Language and Creativity 363
Chapter 09 Intelligence 412
Chapter 10 Motivation and Emotion 463
Chapter 11 Sex Gender and Sexuality 514
Chapter 12 Personality 566
Chapter 13 Health Stress and Coping 620
Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders 670
Chapter 15 Therapies 721
Chapter 16 Social Thinking and Social Influence 773
Chapter 17 Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior 823
Chapter 18 Applied Psychology 873
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Chapter 01: Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science
Multiple Choice
1. The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true is called
a. uncritical acceptance.
b. confirmation bias.
c. critical acceptance.
d. awareness bias.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.1 Commonsense Psychology: Not Necessarily “Common” or “Sense”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.9.2.2 - Explain how attitudes influence behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
2. What is confirmation bias?
a. The tendency to believe claims because they seem true, or because it would be nice if they were true.
b. The tendency to remember information that fits one’s expectations while ignoring discrepancies.
c. Unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence.
d. Personal observation of your own thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.1 Commonsense Psychology: Not Necessarily “Common” or “Sense”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.3.2.2 - Describe examples in which information
processing conflicts with attentional focus (e.g., Stroop Effect, inattentional
blindness, change blindness, and cocktail party effect).
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.5.1.2 - Describe biases and heuristics that affect
reasoning and decision making.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
3. What is a superstition?
a. The tendency to remember or notice information that fits one’s expectations.
b. An unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence.
c. The tendency to believe claims because they seem true or because it would be nice if they were true.
d. Someone with a dominant personality that can strongly influence other people.
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.1 Commonsense Psychology: Not Necessarily “Common” or “Sense”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.3.1 - Compare the scientific method to nonscientific
means of gathering information.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
4. Which of the following is an unfounded belief held without evidence or in spite of falsifying evidence?
a. superstition
b. introspection
c. confirmation bias
d. uncritical acceptance
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ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.1 Commonsense Psychology: Not Necessarily “Common” or “Sense”
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.3.1 - Compare the scientific method to nonscientific
means of gathering information.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
5. Personal observation of one's own thoughts, feelings, or behavior is called
a. introspection.
b. cognitive unconscious.
c. imageless thought.
d. critical thinking.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.5 - Summarize the cognitive approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.3.1.2 - Explain how sensation and perception interact.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
6. The study of sensations and personal experience analyzed as basic elements is called
a. structuralism.
b. Gestalt psychology.
c. scientific observation.
d. functionalism.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.3 - Explain the impact of structuralism in forming the
science of psychology.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
7. Which of the following fields analyzes sensations and personal experience as basic elements?
a. structuralism
b. functionalism
c. behaviorism
d. biopsychosocial
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.3 - Explain the impact of structuralism in forming the
science of psychology.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
8. Which of the following describes a field of study that only focuses on whole units of thinking, learning, and perception?
a. Gestalt psychology
b. structural psychology
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c. evolutionary psychology
d. phrenology
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.3.1.6 - Explain how the Gestalt principles affect
perception.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
9. Which of the following statements relates to the term Gestalt psychology?
a. study of dreams and their meaning
b. study of thinking and perception in whole units
c. study of one's attachment to significant others
d. study of cognitive dissonance
ANSWER: b
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.3.1.6 - Explain how the Gestalt principles affect
perception.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
10. What is functionalism?
a. School of psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations.
b. Study of thinking, learning, and perception in whole units only, not parts.
c. School of psychology that studies individual sensations and personal experiences.
d. School of psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.4 - Explain the impact of functionalism in forming the
science of psychology.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
11. Which school of psychology considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations?
a. Gestalt psychology
b. behaviorism
c. functionalism
d. structuralism
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.4 - Explain the impact of functionalism in forming the
science of psychology.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
12. Evolutionary psychologists would focus on which of the following?
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a. genetically influenced behavior that is inherited and adaptive
b. sensations and personal experiences analyzed as parts of the whole units
c. bodily events and their effects on feelings and thoughts
d. psychological features of people working in groups
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.4 Contemporary Psychological Science and the Biopsychosocial Model
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.6 - Explain the impact of evolutionary theory on the
science of psychology.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
13. Which of these refers to the inability to become subjectively aware of some mental processes?
a. imageless thought
b. natural selection
c. functionalism
d. structuralism
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.1 - Summarize the history of the mind-body problem
in relation to psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.5 - Summarize the cognitive approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
14. Which of the following refers to the part of the mind in which we are subjectively unaware and not open to
introspection?
a. cognitive unconscious
b. preconscious mind
c. cognitive conscious
d. subconscious mind
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.1 - Summarize the history of the mind-body problem
in relation to psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.3.4 - Identify the strengths and weaknesses of theories
of cognitive development
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
15. How is behaviorism defined?
a. A school of thought in psychology that considers behaviors in terms of active adaptations.
b. The view that any muscular action, glandular activity, or other identifiable aspect of behavior must be
considered.
c. The school of thought in psychology that emphasizes study of observable actions over study of the mind.
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d. Darwin’s theory that evolution favors those plants and animals best suited to their living conditions.
ANSWER: c
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.5 - Explain the impact of behaviorism in forming the
science of psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.2 - Summarize the behavioral approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
16. In Freudian theory, the parts of the mind that are beyond awareness, especially conflicts, impulses, and desires not
directly known to a person, are referred to as
a. dynamic unconscious.
b. dynamic conscious.
c. psychoanalysis.
d. random behavior.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.1 - Summarize the history of the mind-body problem
in relation to psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.5 - Summarize the cognitive approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
17. The Freudian approach to psychotherapy, emphasizing the exploration of unconscious using free association, dream
interpretation, resistances, and transference to uncover unconscious conflicts is called
a. psychoanalysis.
b. Freudian theory.
c. psychodynamic theory.
d. Neo-Freudianism.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.1 - Summarize the history of the mind-body problem
in relation to psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.2 - Compare the ideas of early Western philosophy
with today's psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.3 - Summarize the psychodynamic approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
18. Which of the following refers to the idea that all behavior has prior causes that would completely explain one’s
choices and actions if all such causes were known?
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a. determinism
b. psychological evolution
c. psychoanalysis
d. humanistic psychology
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.1 - Compare the evolutionary and biological
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.2 - Summarize the behavioral approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
19. Which is the study of people as inherently good and motivated to learn and improve?
a. humanistic psychology
b. biopsychology
c. Freudian psychology
d. psychodynamic theory
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.1.1 - Summarize the history of the mind-body problem
in relation to psychology.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.4 - Summarize the humanistic approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
20. Which of the following refers to the process of fully developing personal potentials?
a. self-actualization
b. self-realization
c. neuroticism
d. narcissism
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.3 The History of Psychological Science: A Trip Through Time
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.4 - Summarize the humanistic approach to
understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
21. Biopsychology is the study of
a. the brain, nervous system, and other physical origins of behavior.
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b. human thinking and information processing abilities.
c. community-wide mental health through research, prevention, education, and consultation.
d. internal motives, conflicts, and unconscious motives.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.4 Contemporary Psychological Science and the Biopsychosocial Model
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.1 - Compare the evolutionary and biological
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.7 - Summarize biopsychosocial and other integrated
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
22. Which pseudoscience refers to the bumps on one's head relating to personality traits and abilities?
a. phrenology
b. extrasensory perception
c. psychoanalysis
d. subliminal persuasion
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.1 Commonsense Psychology: Not Necessarily "Common" or "Sense"
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.7 - Summarize biopsychosocial and other integrated
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
23. An interdisciplinary approach acknowledging that biological, psychological, and social factors interact to influence
human behavior and mental processes is called
a. biopsychosocial model.
b. cognitive psychology.
c. positive psychology.
d. cultural relativity.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.4 Contemporary Psychological Science and the Biopsychosocial Model
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.7 - Summarize biopsychosocial and other integrated
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
24. Which of the following attempts to explain behavior in terms of brain processes, genetics, and adaptive aspects?
a. biological perspective
b. psychodynamic perspective
c. humanistic perspective
d. cognitive perspective
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ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.4 Contemporary Psychological Science and the Biopsychosocial Model
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.1 - Compare the evolutionary and biological
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
25. What is the first step of the scientific method?
a. Examine information from previously published studies.
b. Propose a hypothesis.
c. Build a theory.
d. Define the problem.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.5 The Core Features of Psychological Science
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.3.1 - Compare the scientific method to nonscientific
means of gathering information.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Remember
26. In the context of the scientific method, a theory is a(n)
a. prediction of the relationship between the variables
b. deliberate attempt to uncover how a commonsense belief might be false.
c. process to determine whether results are accurate.
d. organized systems of assumptions and principles to explain a specific set of interrelationships.
ANSWER: d
REFERENCES: 1.5 The Core Features of Psychological Science
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.3.1 - Compare the scientific method to nonscientific
means of gathering information.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.1 - Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in
psychology
KEYWORDS: Understand
27. Biopsychologists and others who study the brain and nervous system, such as biologists and biochemists, comprise the
broader field of
a. neuroscience.
b. evolution.
c. pseudoscience.
d. psychoanalysis.
ANSWER: a
REFERENCES: 1.4 Contemporary Psychological Science and the Biopsychosocial Model
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.1.2.1 - Compare the evolutionary and biological
approaches to understanding thoughts and behaviors.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: APA.1.2 - Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
28. What is the broader field within the biological perspective that specializes in the study of the brain and nervous
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