An international printing is the version students most often end up with second-hand, and it is also the one that causes the most confusion at revision time. What is Psychology? International Edition, 3rd Edition by Ellen E. Pastorino carries the same introductory programme as its North American counterpart, but page numbers, cover and ISBN differ, so borrowed notes and shared page references stop lining up. On top of that sits the ordinary difficulty of a first psychology course: fourteen chapters of new terminology, each intuitively familiar and each defined more narrowly than everyday usage suggests.
Why this test bank helps
Picking the correct option demonstrates familiarity; explaining the pick demonstrates the command that is assessed. Every question in this set is followed by a written rationale that lays out the reasoning behind the keyed answer and specifies what each remaining option describes, which is how the technical meaning of a term finally separates from the loose everyday one.
What’s inside
- Practice grouped chapter by chapter, so a defined block corresponds to each week of reading.
- Multiple choice, true/false and short-answer questions across the whole introductory sequence.
- A written rationale under every item, naming the concept each distractor belongs to.
- Scenario questions that apply concepts to everyday situations rather than testing definitions alone.
- A single organized PDF, downloadable the moment checkout completes.
Topics covered
- Foundations of the discipline — the perspectives in modern psychology, research designs, descriptive statistics and ethical standards.
- The biological basis of behavior — neurons, neurotransmitters, brain organization, the endocrine system and genetic influences.
- Sensation, perception and consciousness — sensory systems, perceptual principles, sleep and circadian rhythms, and altered states.
- Learning and conditioning — acquisition and extinction, generalization and discrimination, reinforcement schedules and modeling.
- Memory, thinking and intelligence — memory stages and failures, concepts and reasoning, language, and intelligence testing.
- Development across the life span — infancy and childhood, cognitive stages, adolescent identity, adulthood and later life.
- Motivation, emotion, stress and health — motivational theories, emotion and its expression, stressors, appraisal and coping.
- Personality, disorders, therapies and social psychology — personality theories and assessment, categories of psychological disorders, treatment approaches, and social influence and group processes.
Who it’s for
Students taking a first course in psychology from the international printing of this text — typically first-year undergraduates outside North America, and anyone whose copy was bought second-hand and carries this ISBN rather than the domestic one.
How to use it (the right way)
Study the chapter first, then work through a block with the book closed so that retrieval is what you are training. Read the rationale for everything you missed, and for the items where you were guessing between two options. This is a study aid, to be used in line with your institution’s academic-integrity policy — for preparation and self-testing, never as a substitute for the coursework or as material carried into a graded assessment.
Sample question (shows the format — your download contains the full set)
Q. A four-year-old watches water poured from a short wide glass into a tall narrow one and insists the tall glass now holds more. According to Piaget, this child has not yet acquired:
- A. Object permanence.
- B. Conservation.
- C. Assimilation.
- D. Formal operational reasoning.
Answer: B. Conservation is the understanding that quantity stays the same when only appearance changes; the preoperational child centers on the single dimension of height and misses the compensating change in width. A refers to knowing that an object continues to exist when hidden, which is typically established in infancy and is not what the task measures. C names a process for fitting new information into existing schemes rather than a milestone a child can lack. D concerns abstract and hypothetical reasoning in adolescence, which is far beyond what this task requires.
Edition & format
- Matches: What is Psychology? International Edition, 3rd Edition, by Ellen E. Pastorino (ISBN 9781111343668).
- Format: Digital PDF, delivered instantly after checkout.
- Access: Lifetime — re-download from your account whenever you need it.
The international and domestic printings differ in ISBN and pagination. Please confirm the ISBN above matches the copy your course requires before buying.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the current edition? This set is prepared against the international printing of the 3rd Edition shown above. If your syllabus lists the domestic printing or another edition, choose that listing instead.
How do I receive it? The download link appears on your order confirmation page and in your account as soon as checkout completes. Nothing is shipped.
Do all the questions include rationales? Yes. Every question is followed by a written explanation of the reasoning and of the alternatives offered.
Is using a test bank allowed? As a study aid it works like any other practice resource. Follow your institution’s academic-integrity policy and never take the material into a graded assessment.
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