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Test bank for Psychology 4th Edition by Daniel L. Schacter

I. Psychology is the scientific study of:

• mind and body.
• mind and behaviour.
• mood and behaviour.
• mood and body.
• Psychology is the scientific study

of mind and behaviour. Behaviour refers to:

• perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings.
• explanations.
• urges.
• observable actions

of humans and nonhuman animals.

3. Today, psychologists believe that mental processes:

• arise from electrical and chemical activities

of the brain.

• arise from a nonphysical mind interacting with the pineal gland in the brain.
• are not proper subject matter for science research.
• usually are not adaptive in helping us function effectively in the world.
• Today, most psychologists would agree with which statement concerning mental

processes?

• The scientific method cannot be applied to mental processes.
• Mental processes are nonphysical entities that control the brain and body.
• Mental processes arise from brain functioning.
• Mental processes are the only subject matter worthy

of study in psychology.

5.Using __ , Krings et al. (2000) demonstrated that the brains of professional piano players were __ active than novice players when both groups made finger movements like those involved in piano play.

• fMRl; more

B) tMRl; less

• CT scans; more
• CT scans; less

6. The case of Elliot, as documented by Damasio ( 1994), suggests that:

• cognitive functioning can be severely impaired while emotion remains unaffected.
• emotions usually interfere with adaptive behaviour.

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• even negative emotions such as anxiety and sorrow have adaptive functions.
• emotion and intelligence share a common neural substrate.
• William James (1890) believed that the influence of __ could help explain

absentmindedness.

• habit
• sleep deprivation
• emotions
• personality
• Which is the primary reason why modern psychologists study lapses, errors, and

mistakes in behaviour and cognition?

• They are more intriguing than normal psychological functioning.
• They allow us to learn about the normal operations

of mental life and behaviour.

• They provide a window into the sexual urges

of the unconscious.

• They vividly illustrate the fact that most psychological functioning is not adaptive.

9. The early roots of psychology are firmly planted in physiology and in:

• anatomy.
• logic.
• dualism.
• philosophy.

IO. Some early philosophers believed that certain kinds of knowledge were innate or inborn, a theory known

as:

• functionalism.
• nativism.
• philosophical empiricism.
• structuralism.
• Which early philosopher was interested in certain kinds of knowledge as being innate or

inborn?

• Hippocrates

B) Plato

• Aristotle
• Descartes

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• The older position of nativism is reflected in psychological views that emphasize the

effect of on behaviour.

• nurture
• intuition
• schemas
• nature

13.Plato is to as Aristotle is to

• philosophical structuralism; nativism
• nativism; philosophical empiricism
• nativism; dualism
• dualism; nativism

14. Nature is to nurture as nativism is to:

• experience.
• adaptation.
• behaviourism.
• phrenology.
• Some early philosophers believed that all knowledge was acquired through experience,

an idea now known as:

• functionalism.
• philosophical empiricism.
• structuralism.
• nativism. 16. The notion that the mind at birth is a tabula rasa is consistent with the views of:
• Plato.
• Descartes.
• Aristotle.
• Gall.
• The fact that very young children almost universally master the basics of language

without

formal training is most consistent. with:

A) Plato's nativism.

• Gall's phrenology.
• Aristotle's philosophical empiricism.
• Locke's

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