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TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
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Variations 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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/f Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
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/f ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6: Learning /f /f /f




CHAPTER 7: Human Memory /f /f /f




/f CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought/f /f /f /f




CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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/f TestingCHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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/f CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and
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AssessmentCHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and/f /f /f /f




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 /f




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. WilhelmWundt /f




b. G. Stanley Hall /f /f




c. René Descartes /f




d. William James /f




ANSWER: / f A PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 4 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur? /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




a. 1859 in England /f /f




b. 1879 in Germany /f /f




c. 1883 in the United States /f /f /f /f




d. 1909 inAustria /f /f




ANSWER: / f B PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 4 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




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: / f D PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 4 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be? /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




a. studying stimulus-response associations /f /f




b. questioning the nature of existence /f /f /f /f




c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience /f /f /f /f /f /f




d. determining people‘s unconscious motivation for behaviour /f /f /f /f /f




ANSWER: / f C PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 4 /f /f /f /f BLM: Higher order / f /f




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 /f




b. G. Stanley Hall /f /f




c. JohnWatson /f




d. Edward Titchener /f




ANSWER: / f B PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 5 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f

, 6. Who was the first president of theAmerican Psychological Association (APA)?
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a. G. Stanley Hall
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b. JohnWatson /f




c. William James /f




d. Sigmund Freud /f




ANSWER: / f A PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 5 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




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 /f /f /f




b. Western Psychological Society /f /f




c. World Psychology Organization /f /f




d. American Psychological Association /f /f




ANSWER: / f D PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 5 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




a. functionalism and behaviourism /f /f




b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory /f /f /f




c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology /f /f /f




d. structuralism and functionalism /f /f




ANSWER: / f D PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 6 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




9.Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




/f fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: / f B PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 6 /f /f /f /f BLM: Remember / f




10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




/f ofintrospection?
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a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: / f A PTS: /f /f / f 1 REF: p. 6 /f /f /f /f BLM: Higher order / f /f




11.Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f /f




/f observeand report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is
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/f most likely to conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist

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