Type:
Test Bank
Essential Elements for Resource: Effectiveness Edition:
7th Edition
Author(s):
Juan R. Abascal Dominic Brucato Laurel Brucato Patricia Stephenson
Test Bank For
Essential Elements of Effectiveness Seventh Edition Juan R. Abascal, Miami-Dade Community College Dominic Brucato, Miami-Dade Community College Laurel Brucato Patricia Stephenson
Prepared by Alan Swinkels, St. Edward’s University
Table of Contents Chapter 1 A Reality Check Chapter 2 Making Positive Choices Chapter 3 Learning to Accept Yourself Chapter 4 Pursuing Accomplishment Through Character Development Chapter 5 Understanding Stress Chapter 6 Developing Wellness Skills Chapter 7 Experiencing Positive Emotions Chapter 8 Creating a Meaningful Vision Chapter 9 Developing Your Emotional Intelligence Chapter 10 Building Effective Communication Skills Chapter 11 Establishing Positive Relationships Chapter 12 Knowing the Workplace Chapter 13 Designing Your Own Career Chapter 14 Applying Positive Psychology at Work
Abascal, Essential Elements for Effectiveness, 7e
Abascal 7e TestBank | Chapter 1 A Reality Check
1. Which principle best describes the process of perception? a) We see what we think is there. b) We record the world as it is. c) We see what is actually there. d) Perception is like a camera. Answer: a Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Analyze It APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 2. __________ is the process of receiving stimuli with our sensory organs, and __________ involves interpreting those stimuli. a) Perception; sensation b) Sensation; perception c) Seeing; believing d) Triggering; integrating Answer: b Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 3. Which process converts energy signals gathered from the world outside us into electrochemical signals our brains can process? a) induction b) deduction c) sensation d) transduction Answer: d Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 4. We focus our consciousness on only a partial aspect of all that we are capable of experiencing. This process is called __________. a) perception b) divided consciousness c) selective attention d) impaired sensation Answer: c Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality.
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Abascal, Essential Elements for Effectiveness, 7e Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 5. Arlo has always seen white swans in his various visits to ponds, zoos, lakes, and other water areas. While visiting a petting zoo, he is astonished to see a black swan. In fact, at first he doesn’t perceive the animal as being a swan at all, because this particular example doesn’t fit with his experience and expectations. What term is used to describe the process of applying prior knowledge and previous experiences to the perception of new information? a) top-down processing b) lateral processing c) cross processing d) bottom-up processing Answer: a Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Difficult Skill Level: Apply What You Know APA Learning Objective: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains. 6. What happens in the brain when we perceive a stimulus in the world? a) A single neuron fires and registers the event. b) Two neurons register the event simultaneously. c) An entire network of neurons becomes activated. d) Two neurons register the event initially, then one neuron processes the information more fully. Answer: c Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Moderate Skill Level: Understand the Concepts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 7. __________ is the process that accounts for how the brain can construct images even though no information is coming through the eyes. a) Selective attention b) Distributed processing c) Selective perception d) Divided attention Answer: b Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Explain how the processes of sensation and perception shape our understanding of external reality. Topic: Sensation vs. Perception Difficulty Level: Easy Skill Level: Remember the Facts APA Learning Objective: 1.1 Describe key concepts, principles, and overarching themes in psychology. 8. Some estimates indicate that as much as __________ percent of vision is imagination. a) 90 b) 80 c) 75 d) 60 Answer: d
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