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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in vv vv vv
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Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and
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CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
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,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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MULTIPLE CHOICE vv
Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing
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psychologyas an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt vv
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. René Descartes vv
d. William James vv
ANSWER: v v A PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Remember v v
2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur?
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a. 1859 vvin England
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b. 1879 vvin Germany
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c. 1883 vvin the United States
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d. 1909 vvin Austria
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
a. to understand functions of behaviour
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b. to understand unconscious motivation
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c. the scientific study of observable behaviour
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d. the scientific study of conscious experience
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4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations vv vv
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c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience
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ANSWER: v v C PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Higher order v v vv
Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United
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Statesand launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William James vv
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. John Watson vv
d. Edward Titchener vv
ANSWER: v v B PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 5 vv BLM: Remember v v
, 6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
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a. G. Stanley Hall
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b. John Watson vv
c. William James vv
d. Sigmund Freud vv
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7. What is the world‘s largest organization devoted to the advancement
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ofpsychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America vv vv vv
b. Western Psychological Society vv vv
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d. American Psychological Association vv vv
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
a. functionalism and behaviourism vv vv
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory vv vv vv
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology vv vv vv
d. structuralism and functionalism vv vv
ANSWER: v v D PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 6 vv BLM: Remember v v
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining thevv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and
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images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: v v B PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 6 vv BLM: Remember v v
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
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a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
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11. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully
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a. structuralist
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Variations 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT vv vv
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in vv vv vv
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CHAPTER 7: Human Memory vv vv vv
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Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and
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HealthCHAPTER 15: Psychological
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CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
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,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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MULTIPLE CHOICE vv
Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing
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psychologyas an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt vv
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. René Descartes vv
d. William James vv
ANSWER: v v A PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Remember v v
2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur?
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a. 1859 vvin England
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b. 1879 vvin Germany
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c. 1883 vvin the United States
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d. 1909 vvin Austria
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ANSWER: v v B PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Remember v v
3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
a. to understand functions of behaviour
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b. to understand unconscious motivation
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c. the scientific study of observable behaviour
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d. the scientific study of conscious experience
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ANSWER: v v D PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Remember v v
4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations vv vv
b. questioning the nature of existence vv vv vv vv
c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people‘s unconscious motivation for behaviour vv vv vv vv vv
ANSWER: v v C PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 4 vv BLM: Higher order v v vv
Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United
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Statesand launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William James vv
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. John Watson vv
d. Edward Titchener vv
ANSWER: v v B PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 5 vv BLM: Remember v v
, 6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
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a. G. Stanley Hall
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b. John Watson vv
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ANSWER: v v A PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 5 vv BLM: Remember v v
7. What is the world‘s largest organization devoted to the advancement
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ofpsychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America vv vv vv
b. Western Psychological Society vv vv
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d. American Psychological Association vv vv
ANSWER: v v D PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 5 vv BLM: Remember v v
8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
a. functionalism and behaviourism vv vv
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory vv vv vv
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology vv vv vv
d. structuralism and functionalism vv vv
ANSWER: v v D PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 6 vv BLM: Remember v v
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining thevv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv vv
fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and
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images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: v v B PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 6 vv BLM: Remember v v
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
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a. structuralist
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ANSWER: v v A PTS: vv vv v v 1 REF: vv vv vv p. 6 vv BLM: Higher order v v vv
11. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully
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a. structuralist
