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TEST BANK
Psychology: Themes and Variations
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Psychology: Themes and Variations (3rd Canadian Edition)
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Wayne Weiten and Doug McCann
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Chapter 1 The Evolution of Psychology
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Chapter 2 The Research Enterprise in Psychology
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Chapter 3 The Biological Bases of Behaviour
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Chapter 4 Sensation and Perception
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Chapter 5 Variations in Consciousness
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Chapter 6 Learning
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Chapter 7 Human Memory
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Chapter 8 Language and Thought
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Chapter 9 Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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Chapter 10 Motivation and Emotion
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Chapter 11 Human Development Across the Life Span
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Chapter 12 Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Chapter 13 Stress, Coping, and Health
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Chapter 14 Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 15 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Chapter 16 Social Behaviour

,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychology
as an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt
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c. René Descartes
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d. William James
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According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur?
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a. 1859 in England
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1879 in Germany
c. 1883 in the United States
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d. 1909 in Austria
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology?
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to understand functions of behaviour
b. to understand unconscious motivation
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c. the scientific study of observable behaviour
d. the scientific study of conscious experience
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4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
a. studying stimulus-response associations
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b. questioning the nature of existence
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c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour
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5. Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United States
and launched that country’s first psychology journal?
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a. William James
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. John Watson
d. Edward Titchener
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, 6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. John Watson
c. William James
d. Sigmund Freud
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America
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b. Western Psychological Society
c. World Psychology Organization
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d. American Psychological Association
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What were the first two major schools of psychology?
a. functionalism and behaviourism
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behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology
d. structuralism and functionalism
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9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
a. humanism
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b. structuralism
c. functionalism
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d. behaviourism
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10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique of
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introspection?
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structuralist
b. behaviourist
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c. cognitive
d. humanist
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11. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully observe
and report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is most
likely to conduct a study like this?
a. structuralist