Psychology: Themes and Variations – Test Bank & Instructor Resources (2025 Edition

TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and Variat
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ions 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLElOFlCONTENT



CHAPTERl1:lThelEvolutionloflPsychologylCHAPTERl2:lT


helResearchlEnterpriselinlPsychologylCHAPTERl3:lThel


BiologicallBasesloflBehaviourlCHAPTERl4:lSensationlan


dlPerception


CHAPTERl5:lVariationslinlConsciousnesslCH


APTERl6:lLearning


CHAPTERl7:lHumanlMemorylCHAPTE


Rl8:lLanguagelandlThought


CHAPTERl9:lIntelligencelandlPsychologicallTestinglCH


APTERl10:lMotivationlandlEmotion


CHAPTERl11:lHumanlDevelopmentlacrosslthelLifelSpanlCHAPTE


Rl12:lPersonality:lTheory,lResearch,landlAssessmentlCHAPTERl1


3:lSociallBehaviour


CHAPTERl14:lStress,lCoping,landlHealthlCH


APTERl15:lPsychologicallDisorders


CHAPTERl16:lTreatmentloflPsychologicallDisorder

,Chapterl1—ThelEvolutionloflPsychology

MULTIPLElCHOICE

1. Whichloflthelfollowinglindividualslislresponsiblelforlestablishinglpsychologylasl
anlindependentldisciplinelwithlitslownlsubjectlmatter?
a. WilhelmlWundt
b. G.lStanleylHall
c. RenélDescartes
d. WilliamlJames
ANSWER:l A PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l4 BLM:l Remember

2. Accordingltolhistorians,lwhenlandlwhereldidlthel“birth”loflpsychologyloccur?
a. 1859linlEngland
b. 1879linlGermany
c. 1883linlthelUnitedlStates
d. 1909linlAustria
ANSWER:l B PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l4 BLM:l Remember

3. AccordingltolWilhelmlWundt,lwhatlwaslthelfocusloflpsychology?
a. tolunderstandlfunctionsloflbehaviour
b. tolunderstandlunconsciouslmotivation
c. thelscientificlstudyloflobservablelbehaviour
d. thelscientificlstudyloflconsciouslexperience
ANSWER:l D PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l4 BLM:l Remember

4. WhatldidlWilhelmlWundtlbelievelthelfocusloflpsychologylshouldlbe?
a. studyinglstimulus-responselassociations
b. questioninglthelnatureloflexistence
c. examininglpeople’slawarenesslofltheirlimmediatelexperience
d. determininglpeople’slunconsciouslmotivationlforlbehaviour
ANSWER:l C PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l4 BLM:l Higherlorder

5. WholestablishedlthelfirstlpsychologicallresearchllaboratorylinlthelUnitedlStatesl
andllaunchedlthatlcountry’slfirstlpsychologyljournal?
a. WilliamlJames
b. G.lStanleylHall
c. JohnlWatson
d. EdwardlTitchener
ANSWER:l B PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l5 BLM:l Remember

, 6. WholwaslthelfirstlpresidentloflthelAmericanlPsychologicallAssociationl(APA)?
a. G.lStanleylHall
b. JohnlWatson
c. WilliamlJames
d. SigmundlFreud
ANSWER:l A PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l5 BLM:l Remember

7. Whatlislthelworld’sllargestlorganizationldevotedltoltheladvancementlofl
psychology?
a. PsychologistsloflNorthlAmerica
b. WesternlPsychologicallSociety
c. WorldlPsychologylOrganization
d. AmericanlPsychologicallAssociation
ANSWER:l D PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l5 BLM:l Remember

8. Whatlwerelthelfirstltwolmajorlschoolsloflpsychology?
a. functionalismlandlbehaviourism
b. behaviourismlandlpsychoanalyticltheory
c. behaviourismlandlGestaltlpsychology
d. structuralismlandlfunctionalism
ANSWER:l D PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l6 BLM:l Remember

9. Whichlschoolloflpsychologylfocusedlonlidentifyinglandlexamininglthelfundam
entallcomponentsloflconsciouslexperience,lsuchlaslsensations,lfeelings,landlimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:l B PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l6 BLM:l Remember

10. Whichltypeloflpsychologistlwaslmostllikelyltoluseltheltechniqueloflin
trospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:l A PTS:lll 1 REF:lllp.l6 BLM:l Higherlorder

11. Mariskalislparticipatinglinlalstudylinlwhichlshelislaskedltolcarefullylobservelan
dlreportlherlconsciouslreactionsltolseverallstimuli.lWhichltypeloflpsychologistlislmostllikelylt
olconductlalstudyllikelthis?
a. structuralist