Test bank for essentials of understanding psychology 5th canadian edition by feldman

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Multiple Choice Questions - (81) Topic: 01-06 Historical Perspectives: What has Stood the Test of Time? - (1)

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation - (108) Topic: 01-11 The Humanistic Perspective: The Unique Qualities of the Human Species - (9) Bloom's: Application - (34) Topic: 01-12 The Subfields of Psychology: Psychology's Family Tree - (3)

Bloom's: Comprehension - (54) Topic: 01-13 Experimental Psychology: Sensation and Perception and More - (2)

Bloom's: Knowledge - (38) Over Time - (1) Topic: 01-14 Developmental Psychology and Personality Psychology: Stability and Change Difficulty: Difficult - (3) Psychological Factors and Mental Health - (1) Topic: 01-15 Health Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Counselling Psychology:

Difficulty: Easy - (52) Topic: 01-16 Social Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology: Behaviour in Context - (4) Difficulty: Moderate - (71) Topic: 01-17 Psychology's Future: Expanding Psychology's Frontiers - (4)

Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the science of psychology? - (9) Topic: 01-20 Hypotheses: Crafting Testable Predictions - (9)

Learning Objective: 01-02 Where do psychologists work? - (9) Topic: 01-21 Psychological Research - (2)

Learning Objective: 01-03 What are the origins of psychology? - (18) Topic: 01-22 Descriptive Research - (5)

Learning Objective: 01-04 How did the history of psychology shape the major approaches in

Learning Objective: 01-05 What are the important subfields in the field of psychology? - (15) Topic: 01-24 Survey Research - (4)

Learning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method? - (21) Topic: 01-25 The Case Study - (3)

Learning Objective: 01-07 What role do theories and hypotheses play in psychological

Learning Objective: 01-08 What research methods do psychologists use? - (14) Topic: 01-27 Experimental Research - (4)

Learning Objective: 01-09 How do psychologists establish cause-and-effect relationships

Learning Objective: 01-10 The Ethics of Research - (10) Topic: 01-29 Independent and Dependent Variables - (1)

Topic: 01-01 The Science of Technology - (11) Topic: 01-30 Random Assignment of Participants - (1)

Topic: 01-02 Working at Psychology - (7) Topic: 01-31 Were Latane and Darley Right? - (3)

Topic: 01-03 Careers for Psychology Majors - (2) Topic: 01-33 The Ethics of Research - (4)

Topic: 01-04 The Roots of Psychology - (11) Topic: 01-34 Should Animals be Used in Research? - (3)

Topic: 01-05 Women in Psychology: Founding Mothers - (8) Topic: 01-35 Threats to Experiment Validity: Experimenter and Participant Expectations - (3)

1 Psychologists describe and explain, but are not concerned with predicting human behaviour

Topic: 01-01 The Science of Technology

2 The field of psychology provides insight into the inner workings of the brain

3 Infants love their mothers primarily because their mothers fulfill their basic biological needs, such as providing food

4 Since psychology is primarily counseling or a "talking" field, technological advances have less influence on it than on sciences

True

→ FalseTrue / False Question

question #4

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Bloom's: Comprehension

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automatic

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Learning Objective: 01-01 What is the science of psychology?

5 Neither the subjects nor the experimenter knew which group had received the treatment This could be considered a

6 One of the controversies concerning animal research involves the age of the animals used

7 Psychologists are equally distributed in various workplaces throughout Canada

Topic: 01-02 Working at Psychology

8 A 2006 Quebec census showed that approximately 25 percent of psychologists worked in the health care and social

9 It is nearly impossible to work in the field of psychology without a doctoral degree

10 Seven thousand years ago, people assumed that psychological problems were caused by evil spirits

Topic: 01-04 The Roots of Psychology

11 Franz Josef Gall's theory gave rise to the "science" of phrenology, which was used by practitioners in the nineteenth

12 Psychology's roots can be traced back to the ancient Greeks, who considered the mind to be a suitable topic for scholarly contemplation

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13 Leta Stetter Hollingworth was the first woman to receive a doctorate in psychology

Topic: 01-05 Women in Psychology: Founding Mothers

14 The neuroscience perspective places an emphasis on nurture

15 American-born Donald Hebb is known as the Father of neuropsychology

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-07 The Neuroscience Perspective: Biopsychology and Behavioural Neuroscience

16 The Behavioural perspective grew out of a rejection of psychology's early emphasis on the inner workings of the mind

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-09 The Behavioural Perspective: Observing the Outer Person

17 An underlying viewpoint of the Humanists perspective was well described in the book entitled, "Man's Search for

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-11 The Humanistic Perspective: The Unique Qualities of the Human Species

18 Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species was published in 1859

19 A psychologist with interests in behavioural neuroscience might wonder how damage to the brain affects a person's

memory for important events

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question #19

Bloom's: ApplicationDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-05 What are the important subfields in the field of psychology?Topic: 01-07 The Neuroscience Perspective: Biopsychology and Behavioural Neuroscience

20 Carrying out research designed to support or refute the explanation is the final step in the scientific method

Topic: 01-18 The Scientific Method

21 The development of a hypothesis occurs in the identifying questions of interest steps of a scientific method

22 Research-systematic inquiry aimed at the discovery of new knowledge-is a central ingredient of the scientific method in psychology

Topic: 01-21 Psychological Research

23 It is important for the naturalistic observer to be unobtrusive and produce no unnecessary changes in the environment

Topic: 01-23 Naturalistic Observation

24 Loren is able to discriminate between valid research in psychology and pop psychology because she understands research methods

Topic: 01-22 Descriptive Research

25 Behaviours, events, or other characteristics that can change in some way are referred to as constants

Topic: 01-26 Correlational Research

26 In a negative correlation, as the value of one variable increases, the value of the other decreases

Topic: 01-26 Correlational Research

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27 Research which reveals that smoking causes lung disease can be said to reveal a positive correlation.

experiments?Topic: 01-27 Experimental Research

28 When was Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species published?

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Topic: 01-17 Psychology's Future: Expanding Psychology's Frontiers

29 According to your text, the scientific method systematically acquire knowledge and understanding about behaviour and other phenomena of interest by using what type of approach?

30 A survey of the geographic locations of psychologist by the Canadian Psychological Association indicates that Canadian living in urban areas such as Toronto, have access to almost _ times as many psychologists as Canadian living in rural settings

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Multiple Choice Question

question #30

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-02 Where do psychologists work?

31 Dr Wright, was a pioneer in the field of developmental psychology, who also broke through the glass ceiling for female psychologists, also defied ageism stereotypes by working at the University of Western Ontario up until what age?

556575

Topic: 01-05 Women in Psychology: Founding Mothers

32 Case studies can provide in-depth information and may include which of the following?

Large inner city populations

A balance between genders and ethnic backgrounds in a city

A comparison of small towns and large cities

→ A single individual or a small group

question #32 Accessibility: Keyboard NavigationBloom's: Comprehension

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Learning Objective: 01-08 What research methods do psychologists use?

Topic: 01-25 The Case Study

33 Which of the following best describes the difference between a theory and a hypothesis?

A theory is a prediction which can be tested while a hypothesis is a general statement

A theory is the hypothesis after it is proved by testing

A hypothesis is a proven theory

→ A theory is a general statement while a hypothesis is a prediction which can be tested

question #33

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?Topic: 01-19 Theories: Specifying Broad ExplanationsTopic: 01-20 Hypotheses: Crafting Testable Predictions

34 "Temperament is the product of socio-cultural factors." This statement is typical of which of the following?

35 Who wrote "Man's Search for Meaning", and presented his views that one can find an experience meaningful even under the most brutal of circumstances?

Sigmund Freud

→ Viktor Frankl

Abraham MaslowDonald Hebb

question #35

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-04 How did the history of psychology shape the major approaches in

36 Psychological research may place a subject in a situation in which she is unable to successfully solve a problem

Researchers must examine this situation closely before exposing a human subject to insure which of the following?

→ No physical or mental harm will result

An impatient subject will not distract from the results

All dependent variables are controlled

Manipulation is not restricted by the subject

question #36

Bloom's: ComprehensionDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-10 The Ethics of Research

Topic: 01-33 The Ethics of Research

37 Jake always dresses in a suit when he teaches class On a day that Jake is not wearing a suit; a co-worker predicts that he must not have a class to teach that day What has the co-worker formed?

→ An informal hypothesis

A formal theory

An informal theory

A common sense explanation

question #37

Bloom's: ApplicationDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-08 What research methods do psychologists use?

38 The disease was rare but seemed to appear under specific conditions and then disappear again A research team was

formed to search medical records and newspapers for clues to the relationship between the occurrence of the disease and the environmental conditions This is an example of which of the following?

Naturalistic observation

Experimental research

→ Archival research

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39 Dr Demers is helping her patient understand that she has the power to make herself well She is facilitating her client's inherent ability to achieve fulfillment through exercising free will Dr Demers's counseling involves which perspective?

40 Sally is a psychologiest who explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease What is her area of expertise?

Factors and Mental Health

41 Dr Shaw spends two years studying the people in a very small, remote European village While studying there, she

administers many psychological tests to the residents to gain insight into their behaviours Which data collection method is

Topic: 01-25 The Case Study

42 Archival research is often much more complex than it may appear Errors can be made in all of the following cases

EXCEPT which one?

A critical piece of information could be missing

→ Data may have been collected in the past

Collection processes may be disorganized

The required data may no longer exist

question #42

Bloom's: ComprehensionDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-08 What research methods do psychologists use?

43 Collection and analysis of data is done in which of the following steps of the scientific method?

Formulating an explanation

Identifying questions of interest

Communicating the findings

→ Carrying out research designed to support or refute the explanation

question #43

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: EasyGradable: automatic

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Learning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?

44 Which of the following is the final step in the scientific method?

→ Communicating the findings

Carrying out research designed to support or refute the explanation

question #44

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?Topic: 01-19 Theories: Specifying Broad Explanations

45 Collection and analysis of data is done in which of the following steps of the scientific method?

Communicating the findings

→ Carrying out research designed to support or refute the explanation

question #45

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?Topic: 01-19 Theories: Specifying Broad Explanations

46 Dr Growe is reading about a research study in which psychologists investigated the effect of group size on the conformity

of group members Dr Growe is most likely reading which psychology journal?

47 Scientific methods which begin with the formulation of a question cannot arrive at a conclusion without the development

of which of the following?

experiments?Topic: 01-27 Experimental Research

48 Scientific method as applied to psychology follows several basic steps Which of the following describes the first step that

is taken?

Formulating a hypothesis

→ Identifying the question of interest

Designing a theory

Determining the procedure

question #48

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?

49 During the experiment, a research assistant scanned the subjects in groups A, B, C, and D with a wand They had been told that the purpose of the project was to chart the amount of radioactivity in males versus females following the

administration of a radioactive tracer From time to time, a buzzing sound came from the wand as it moved around each subject Four groups were necessary in order to do which of the following?

Provide a group for each male and female sections

Test the affect of the independent variable on the placebo

Determine the manipulation of the independent variable

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→ Have a control group which would receive the placebo for both males and females.

question #49

Bloom's: ApplicationDifficulty: DifficultGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-10 The Ethics of ResearchTopic: 01-28 Experimental Groups and Control Groups

50 Sigmund Freud influenced thinking in psychology and many other fields when he suggested that behaviour is determined

by which of the following?

Social-cultural standards and stereotypes

Perceptions which are not always accurate

Development which waits on neurobiological changes

→ Content of the unconscious mind

question #50

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-04 How did the history of psychology shape the major approaches in

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-08 The Psychodynamic Perspective: Understanding the Inner Person

51 A psychologist with interests in which of the following might wonder how damage to the brain affects a person's memory for important events?

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-17 Psychology's Future: Expanding Psychology's Frontiers

52 Psychodynamic perspective examines the inner world of the unconscious mind while the behavioural perspective does which of the following?

Follows the lead as it develops a view of the preconscious mind

Examines whole-part relationships

→ Emphasizes observable behaviour

Insists that behaviour is the act of free will

question #52

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-04 How did the history of psychology shape the major approaches in

contemporary psychology?Topic: 01-08 The Psychodynamic Perspective: Understanding the Inner Person

53 Which of the following is NOT one of the three newer branches of psychology's family tree?

→ Counseling psychology

Behavioral geneticsEvolutionary psychologyClinical neuropsychology

question #53

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-05 What are the important subfields in the field of psychology?

54 What type of psychologist would concentrate on diverse topics such as human aggression, liking and loving, persuasion, and conformity?

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55 What type of psychologists would concentrate on diverse topics such as human aggression, liking and loving, persuasion, and conformity?

56 The purpose of the video camera was to capture the activity level of the rats following a high protein meal Once the rats had ingested the food, the camera began filming Dr Bake noted that when the camera was on, a bright camera light

flooded the cage Dr Bake suspected that the research had been tainted by which of the following?

The placebo affect

Dependent variable variation

57 In the early twentieth century the movement which followed structuralism examined the human behaviours which allowed individuals to adapt to the requirements of environment What perspective is being described?

58 In order for a survey to produce valid results, the sample must do which of the following?

→ Represent the broader population

Be able to give "honest" responses to all questions

Have equal numbers of each ethnic group

Be taken in larger population areas

question #58

Bloom's: ComprehensionDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-08 What research methods do psychologists use?

Topic: 01-24 Survey Research

59 What are evolutionary psychologists especially interested in?

→ How behaviour is influenced by our genetic inheritance from our ancestors

How physical characteristics have a genetic basis

How thoughts and behaviour are influenced by the structure of the brain

How personality traits and social behaviour vary across cultures

question #59

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-05 What are the important subfields in the field of psychology?

60 Dr Stark believes that there is a relationship between the number of hours of study and final grade in a course His theory can be tested by forming which of the following?

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question #60

Bloom's: ApplicationDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?Topic: 01-20 Hypotheses: Crafting Testable Predictions

61 When is an outcome of statistical analysis considered significant?

If the correlations are greater than 25

If the differences are equal to chance

→ If the differences are greater than that expected by chance

If the dependent variable is not affected

question #61

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-09 How do psychologists establish cause-and-effect relationships using

experiments?Topic: 01-31 Were Latane and Darley Right?

62 A 2006, Quebec census showed that approximately 75 percent of psychologists worked in which two areas?

Hospitals and social assistance sectors

→ The health care and social assistance sectors

In education services and the health care

Local community service centres and in education

question #62

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-02 Where do psychologists work?

63 In an interesting experiment designed by several psychology students, a student pretended to complain about the coffee at Tim Horton's The researchers counted students who overhearing the complaints joined in the objections to the quality of the coffee Which of the following describes the member of the research team who initiated the complaints?

experiments?Topic: 01-31 Were Latane and Darley Right?

64 In general which of the following best describes psychology?

→ Is the scientific study of behaviour and mental processes

Is the scientific study of differences between humans and animals

Is the scientific study of unconscious motivations

Is the scientific study of cross-cultural differences

question #64

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-01 What is the science of psychology?

65 What is the outcome if a hypothesis is too broad?

→ It cannot be tested

It cannot be changed

It cannot provide a theory estimate

It cannot enhance the theory

question #65

Bloom's: ComprehensionDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?Topic: 01-20 Hypotheses: Crafting Testable Predictions

66 What is the focus of social psychology?

It focuses primarily on educational, social, and career adjustment problems

It deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders

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It investigates the similarities and differences in psychological functioning in and across various cultures and ethnic groups.

→ It is the study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others

question #66

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-05 What are the important subfields in the field of psychology?Topic: 01-16 Social Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology: Behaviour in Context

67 Which of the following best describes why it is important to understand scientific method before launching into a study of psychology?

It provides a basis for comparison

It must be used in all term projects in psychology

→ It provides a basis of evaluating research

It allows students to test each hypothesis presented

question #67

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?

68 According to the prologue, which of the following BEST describes the reason the author of your text thinks it is important

to study psychology?

It gives you the tools to conduct assessments on your friends and family

It gives you the diagnostic tools to complete a self assessment

It provides an important first step in planning a clinical therapy practice

→ It gives you insight into the workings of the brain

question #68

Difficulty: EasyGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-01 What is the science of psychology?

69 Which two historical figures believed that some knowledge was inborn in humans?

Plato and John Locke

→ Renée Descartes and Plato

John LockeWilhelm Wundt and John Locke

question #69

Bloom's: KnowledgeDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-03 What are the origins of psychology?

70 Who believed that children were born into the world with minds like "blank slates"?

71 Fred is presenting the outcomes of an experiment he conducted in a talk at a regional psychology conference Fred is

engaged in the _ step of the scientific method, namely _

first; communicating resultsfirst; formulating an explanation

→ last; communicating results

last; formulating an explanation

question #71

Bloom's: ApplicationDifficulty: ModerateGradable: automaticLearning Objective: 01-06 What is the scientific method?

Topic: 01-18 The Scientific MethodTest Bank for Essentials of Understanding Psychology 5th Canadian Edition by Feldman Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/

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