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Chapter QuizKrause and Corts

Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science

CHAPTER QUIZ IN REVEL

• Psychology can be considered a collection of many related fields of study. What is one of the features that all of

these fields have in common?

• The use of the scientific method
• The study of mental illness
• The belief that the unconscious mind determines human behavior
• The use of introspection

Answer: A

Module 1.1 Rationale: Psychology revolves around the concepts of hypothesis and theory and how these concepts interact to produce a discipline based body of knowledge.

Diff: 1

Skill: Factual

Objective: Know the key terminology of this module.

APA SLO (2008): 1.1—Characterize the nature of psychology as a discipline.

APA SLO (2013): 1.1b--Explain why psychology is a science with the primary objectives of describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling behavior and mental processes

• How would you apply the biopsychosocial model to a news report claiming that anxiety is caused by being

around other people who are anxious?

• Recognize that the news report considers all portions of the biopsychosocial model
• Recognize that psychologists do not regard biological factors when it comes to anxiety.
• Recognize that the only effective treatment of anxiety must be drug based.
• Recognize that the news report only considers one portion of the biopsychosocial model.

Answer: D

Module 1.1 Rationale: This: Often, behavior can be fully explained only if multiple perspectives are incorporated.

Diff: 2

Skill: Applied

Objective: Apply the biospsychosocial model to behavior.

APA SLO (2013): 2.1c--Use an appropriate level of complexity to interpret behavior and mental processes.

• Which of the following is true about the concept of scientific literacy?
• Only trained scientists are considered scientifically literate.
• Scientific literacy is the ability to answer basic science questions without looking up their answers.
• A person who can understand, analyze, and apply scientific information is demonstrating scientific literacy.
• Knowledge of scientific terminology is the most important part of scientific literacy.

Answer: C

Module 1.1 Rationale: Being scientifically literate means being able to read and interpret new terminology, or knowing where to go to find out more.

Diff: 2

Skill: Conceptual

Objective: Understand the concept of scientific literacy.

APA SLO (2008): 3.4—Approach problems effectively.

APA SLO (2013): 2.2—Read and summarize general ideas and conclusions from psychological sources accurately.Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Chapter QuizKrause and Corts

Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science

• _____ is the belief that knowledge comes through observation and experience.
• Determinism
• Parsimony
• Skepticism
• Empiricism

Answer: D

Module 1.2 Rationale: In everyday language, you might hear the phrase “Seeing is believing.”

Diff: 1

Skill: Factual

Objective: Know the key terminology of psychology’s history.

APA SLO (2008): 1.2—Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate breadth and depth in selected content areas of psychology: theory and research representing general domains, the history of psychology, relevant levels of analysis, the overarching themes, and relevant ethical issues.APA SLO (2013): 1.1a--Use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories in psychology to explain behavior and mental processes. 1.1b--Explain why psychology is a science with the primary objectives of describing, understanding, predicting, and controlling behavior and mental processes

• How did physiologists and physicists, like Gustav Fechner, contribute to the development of psychology as a

science?

• They studied the relationship between the physical world and the mental representation of that world.
• They demonstrated that the brain was responsible for consciousness.
• They identified the locations of specific functions within the brain.
• They extended Darwin’s theory of evolution to behavior and cognitive abilities.

Answer: A

Module 1.2

Rationale: He called this psychophysics.

Diff: 2

Skill: Conceptual

Objective: Understand how various philosophical and scientific fields became major influences on psychology.APA SLO (2008): 1.2—Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate breadth and depth in selected content areas of psychology: theory and research representing general domains, the history of psychology, relevant levels of analysis, the overarching themes, and relevant ethical issues.APA SLO (2013): 1.1a--Use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories in psychology to explain behavior and mental processes.

• The belief that the unconscious mind has an influence on a person’s behavior is part of which early approach to

psychology?

• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Psychoanalysis
• Behaviorism

Answer: C

Module 1.2 Rationale: Freud acknowledged that conscious experience includes perceptions, thoughts, and a sense of self.

Diff: 1

Skill: Conceptual

Objective: Understand how various philosophical and scientific fields became major influences on psychology.APA SLO (2008): 1.4—Explain major perspectives in psychology (e.g., behavioral, biological, cognitive, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic, and sociocultural).APA SLO (2013): 1.1a--Use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories in psychology to explain behavior and mental processes.% correct 56 a= 7 b= 9 c= 56 d= 27 r = .37 Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Chapter QuizKrause and Corts

Chapter 1: Introducing Psychological Science

• The question of nature and nurture relationships centers on how _____ (nature) and _____ (nurture) influence

behavior and mental processes.

• environment; heredity
• heredity; environment
• emotion; logic
• logic; emotion

Answer: B

Module 1.2 Rational: For Galton, it seemed natural that people who succeed in academics nd business would inhiert psychology traits that lead to high achievement.Diff 1

Skill: Factual

Objective: Know the key terminology of psychology’s history.

APA SLO (2008): 1.2—Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate breadth and depth in selected content areas of psychology: theory and research representing general domains, the history of psychology, relevant levels of analysis, the overarching themes, and relevant ethical issues.APA SLO (2013): 1.1a--Use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories in psychology to explain behavior and mental processes.

• Why was the perspective adopted by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?
• They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
• Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
• They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
• Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience.

Answer: D

Module 1.2 Rationale: This was an attempt to analyze conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements and to understand how these elements work together.

Diff: 2

Skill: Conceptual

Objective: Understand how various philosophical and scientific fields became major influences on psychology.APA SLO (2008): 1.2—Demonstrate knowledge and understanding representing appropriate breadth and depth in selected content areas of psychology: theory and research representing general domains, the history of psychology, relevant levels of analysis, the overarching themes, and relevant ethical issues.APA SLO (2013): 1.1a--Use basic psychological terminology, concepts, and theories in psychology to explain behavior and mental processes.% correct 48 a= 30 b= 19 c= 4 d= 48 r = .18 % correct 59 a= 13 b= 24 c= 3 d= 59 r = .37 Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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