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• Question 1

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  	Ravi is unable to choose the right career path after completing his college education. He plans to visit a psychologist who might help him find the right career. In this scenario, Ravi is most likely to visit a human factors psychologist.

• Question 2

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  	Structuralists emphasized the tendency to organize perceptions into wholes and to integrate separate stimuli into meaningful patterns.

• Question 3

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  	Social–cognitive theorists grant cognition a key role in studying and explaining behavior.

• Question 4

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  	Psychoanalysis is the name of the theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud but not the method of psychotherapy he had developed.

• Question 5

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  	Erik Erikson focused more on unconscious processes and less on conscious choice and self-direction.

• Question 6

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  	_____ specialize in basic processes such as the nervous system, sensation and perception, learning and memory, thought, motivation, and emotion.

• Question 7

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  	Which of the following statements is true of the experimental method of research?

• Question 8

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  	A(n) _____ primarily focuses on the relationships between people and work.

• Question 9

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  	Since 15 percent of a university comprises Asian-American students, a sample for a study was chosen in such way that it, too, consisted of 15 percent Asian-Americans. This kind of sample would be an example of a__________.

• Question 10

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  	Which of the following statements is true about the different types of psychologists?

• Question 11

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  	_____ was a founder of the school of functionalism.

• Question 12

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  	The measured results, or outcomes, in an experiment are called__________.

• Question 13

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  	Which of the following is a drawback of case studies?

• Question 14

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  	Carl is conducting a study to determine the effects of the new technology-assisted learning methods among students. As part of this study, he has selected a group of university students, male and female, in the age group of 18 to 24 years. These students have been using the new methods of learning. In terms of research methodology, this group best describes a _____.

• Question 15

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  	Identify a true statement about social–cognitive theorists.

• Question 16

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  	Which of the following statements is true of William James's contribution to psychology?

• Question 17

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  	In Gestalt psychology, learning, especially problem solving, is accomplished primarily by _____.

• Question 18

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  	While industrial psychologists focus on the relationships between people and work,__________study the behavior of people in workplaces such as businesses.

• Question 19

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  	Social–cognitive theorists:

• Question 20

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  	Which of the following is true of B. F. Skinner's contribution to behaviorism?

• Question 21

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  	Which of the following statements is true of clinical psychologists?

• Question 22

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  	Which of the following is a goal of psychology?

• Question 23

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  	Which of the following is true of behaviorism?

• Question 24

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  	Which of the following is an important factor emphasized by the sociocultural perspective in understanding behavior and mental processes?