24. The sociocultural perspective studies ________.
a. the effects of biology on people’s behavior.
b. the effect people have on one another, both individually and in a large group.
c. how evolution has influenced adaptive human behaviors.
d. how our genes shape who we are.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: The Field of Psychology Today
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.3 Summarize the basic ideas behind the seven modern perspectives in psychology.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
25. The bystander effect says that people in a crowd are ________ help someone in trouble as compared to a person witnessing someone in need of help in the absence of others.
a. always going to c. less likely to
b. more likely to d. never going to
Answer: c
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: The Field of Psychology Today
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.3 Summarize the basic ideas behind the seven modern perspectives in psychology.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
26. Biopsychology has found mounting evidence of a biological cause for ______.
a. schizophrenia. c. phobias.
b. bulimia nervosa. d. repression.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: The Field of Psychology Today
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective (LO): 1.3 Summarize the basic ideas behind the seven modern perspectives in psychology.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Knowledge
27. Which perspective focuses on the biological bases for universal mental characteristics that all humans share?
a. The evolutionary perspective c. The Gestalt approach
b. The biopsychosocial perspective d. The sociocultural approach
Answer: a
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: The Field of Psychology Today
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.3 Summarize the basic ideas behind the seven modern perspectives in psychology.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
28. A professional who holds a doctoral degree (but has not attended medical school) and may work in a wide number of vocational settings would be a(n) ________.
a. psychiatrist. c. psychiatric social worker.
b. nurse practitioner. d. psychologist.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: The Field of Psychology Today
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective (LO): 1.4 Differentiate between the various types of professionals who work within the field of psychology.
Bloom’s taxonomy: Comprehension
29. ________ research is research for the sake of gaining scientific knowledge.
a. Applied c. Developmental