TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
CHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
CHAPTER 5: Variations in Consciousness
CHAPTER 6: Learning
CHAPTER 7: Human Memory
CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
CHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and Health
CHAPTER 15: Psychological Disorders
CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
,
, 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
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America
b. Western Psychological Society
c. World Psychology Organization
d. American Psychological Association
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
a. functionalism and behaviourism
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology
d. structuralism and functionalism
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique of
introspection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
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
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
CHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of Behaviour
CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
CHAPTER 5: Variations in Consciousness
CHAPTER 6: Learning
CHAPTER 7: Human Memory
CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
CHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and Health
CHAPTER 15: Psychological Disorders
CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
,
, 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
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America
b. Western Psychological Society
c. World Psychology Organization
d. American Psychological Association
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
a. functionalism and behaviourism
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology
d. structuralism and functionalism
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique of
introspection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
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
