Psychology An Introduction 11th Edition By Benjamin Lahey-Test Bank

Test Bank For Psychology An Introduction 11th Edition By Benjamin Lahey

ISBN-10: 0078035163, ISBN-13: 978-0078035166

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the scientific method and critical thinking?
A) Science applies to psychology, whereas critical thinking applies to philosophy.
B) Everyone who thinks critically is a scientist.
C) Science is critical thinking in action.
D) There is no relationship between science and critical thinking.
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 25
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

2. Evidence gathered from publicly observable behavior is known as ______ evidence.
A) empirical
B) psychological
C) rational
D) hypothetical
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 25
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

3. Which of the following would be an operational definition designed to measure the amount of violence on television?
A) Asking people how many TV sets they own in their home
B) Counting the number of homicides that occur on a TV show
C) Identifying the sponsors and producers of a particular TV show
D) Determining if the TV show is translated into other languages
Answer: B
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 26
Style: Conceptual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

4. Science requires that the subject matter be
A) qualitative.
B) naturalistic.
C) random and indeterminate.
D) orderly and lawful.
Answer: D
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 26
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

5. The key component of empirical evidence is that it must be based on _____ behavior.
A) innocently reasoned
B) gently executed
C) publicly observable
D) carefully planned
Answer: C
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 26
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

6. When observing nature, all scientists
A) need to be trained in psychology.
B) follow strict rules.
C) work in the laboratory.
D) travel to the original environment.
Answer: B
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 26
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

7. Which method is based on observation and the adherence to rules of evidence?
A) Scientific method
B) Philosophical method
C) Theoretical method
D) Moral method
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Low
Page: 25
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.2

8. A student is interested in studying college student success. His professor asked, “How will you measure it?” The student replies, “with the grade-point average at graduation.” This instance of specifying how college student success is to be measured is an example of
A) placebo effects.
B) descriptive identification.
C) hypothesis testing.
D) operational definitions.
Answer: D
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 26
Style: Applied
APA Learning Outcome: 2.2

9. The knowledge that science provides is ______ because theories are ______.
A) tentative; subject to change
B) tentative; permanent
C) permanent; subject to change
D) permanent; permanent
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 26
Style: Factual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

10. A psychologist has developed an explanation for why we sleep. In scientific terms, her explanation would be called a(n)
A) theory.
B) hypothesis.
C) observation.
D) correlation.
Answer: A
Book: Lahey
Difficulty: Medium
Page: 26
Style: Conceptual
APA Learning Outcome: 2.1

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