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Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,TABLEawOFawCONTENT
CHAPTERaw1:awTheawEvolutionawofawPsychologyawCHAPT
ERaw2:awTheawResearchawEnterpriseawinawPsychologyawCH
APTERaw3:awTheawBiologicalawBasesawofawBehaviourawCH
APTERaw4:awSensationawandawPerception
CHAPTERaw5:awVariationsawinawConsciousne
ssawCHAPTERaw6:awLearning
CHAPTERaw7:awHumanawMemoryawCHA
PTERaw8:awLanguageawandawThought
CHAPTERaw9:awIntelligenceawandawPsychologicalawTesti
ngawCHAPTERaw10:awMotivationawandawEmotion
CHAPTERaw11:awHumanawDevelopmentawacrossawtheawLifeawSpana
w CHAPTERaw12:awPersonality:awTheory,awResearch,awandawAssess
mentawCHAPTERaw13:awSocialawBehaviour
CHAPTERaw14:awStress,awCoping,awandawHeal
thawCHAPTERaw15:awPsychologicalawDisorder
s
CHAPTERaw16:awTreatmentawofawPsychologicalawDisorder
,Chapteraw1—TheawEvolutionawofawPsychology
MULTIPLEawCHOICE
1. Whichawofawtheawfollowingawindividualsawisawresponsibleawforawestablishingawpsy
chologyawasawanawindependentawdisciplineawwithawitsawownawsubjectawmatter?
a. WilhelmawWundt
b. G.awStanleyawHall
c. RenéawDescartes
d. WilliamawJames
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
2. Accordingawtoawhistorians,awwhenawandawwhereawdidawtheaw“birth”awofawpsychologyaw
occur?
a. 1859awinawEngland
b. 1879awinawGermany
c. 1883awinawtheawUnitedawStates
d. 1909awinawAustria
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
3. AccordingawtoawWilhelmawWundt,awwhatawwasawtheawfocusawofawpsychology?
a. toawunderstandawfunctionsawofawbehaviour
b. toawunderstandawunconsciousawmotivation
c. theawscientificawstudyawofawobservableawbehaviour
d. theawscientificawstudyawofawconsciousawexperience
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
4. WhatawdidawWilhelmawWundtawbelieveawtheawfocusawofawpsychologyawshouldawbe?
a. studyingawstimulus-responseawassociations
b. questioningawtheawnatureawofawexistence
c. examiningawpeople’sawawarenessawofawtheirawimmediateawexperience
d. determiningawpeople’sawunconsciousawmotivationawforawbehaviour
ANSWER:a w C PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Higheraworder
5. WhoawestablishedawtheawfirstawpsychologicalawresearchawlaboratoryawinawtheawUni
tedawStatesawandawlaunchedawthatawcountry’sawfirstawpsychologyawjournal?
a. WilliamawJames
b. G.awStanleyawHall
c. JohnawWatson
d. EdwardawTitchener
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
, 6. WhoawwasawtheawfirstawpresidentawofawtheawAmericanawPsychologicalawAssociationaw(
APA)?
a. G.awStanleyawHall
b. JohnawWatson
c. WilliamawJames
d. SigmundawFreud
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
7. Whatawisawtheawworld’sawlargestaworganizationawdevotedawtoawtheawadvan
cementawofawpsychology?
a. PsychologistsawofawNorthawAmerica
b. WesternawPsychologicalawSociety
c. WorldawPsychologyawOrganization
d. AmericanawPsychologicalawAssociation
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
8. Whatawwereawtheawfirstawtwoawmajorawschoolsawofawpsychology?
a. functionalismawandawbehaviourism
b. behaviourismawandawpsychoanalyticawtheory
c. behaviourismawandawGestaltawpsychology
d. structuralismawandawfunctionalism
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Remember
9. Whichawschoolawofawpsychologyawfocusedawonawidentifyingawandawexaminingawt
heawfundamentalawcomponentsawofawconsciousawexperience,awsuchawasawsensations,awfeelings,
awandawimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Remember
10. Whichawtypeawofawpsychologistawwasawmostawlikelyawtoawuseawtheawtec
hniqueawofawintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Higheraworder
11. Mariskaawisawparticipatingawinawaawstudyawinawwhichawsheawisawaskedawtoawcarefu
llyawobserveawandawreportawherawconsciousawreactionsawtoawseveralawstimuli.awWhichawtypeawofa
wpsychologistawisawmostawlikelyawtoawconductawaawstudyawlikeawthis?
a. structuralist
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,TABLEawOFawCONTENT
CHAPTERaw1:awTheawEvolutionawofawPsychologyawCHAPT
ERaw2:awTheawResearchawEnterpriseawinawPsychologyawCH
APTERaw3:awTheawBiologicalawBasesawofawBehaviourawCH
APTERaw4:awSensationawandawPerception
CHAPTERaw5:awVariationsawinawConsciousne
ssawCHAPTERaw6:awLearning
CHAPTERaw7:awHumanawMemoryawCHA
PTERaw8:awLanguageawandawThought
CHAPTERaw9:awIntelligenceawandawPsychologicalawTesti
ngawCHAPTERaw10:awMotivationawandawEmotion
CHAPTERaw11:awHumanawDevelopmentawacrossawtheawLifeawSpana
w CHAPTERaw12:awPersonality:awTheory,awResearch,awandawAssess
mentawCHAPTERaw13:awSocialawBehaviour
CHAPTERaw14:awStress,awCoping,awandawHeal
thawCHAPTERaw15:awPsychologicalawDisorder
s
CHAPTERaw16:awTreatmentawofawPsychologicalawDisorder
,Chapteraw1—TheawEvolutionawofawPsychology
MULTIPLEawCHOICE
1. Whichawofawtheawfollowingawindividualsawisawresponsibleawforawestablishingawpsy
chologyawasawanawindependentawdisciplineawwithawitsawownawsubjectawmatter?
a. WilhelmawWundt
b. G.awStanleyawHall
c. RenéawDescartes
d. WilliamawJames
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
2. Accordingawtoawhistorians,awwhenawandawwhereawdidawtheaw“birth”awofawpsychologyaw
occur?
a. 1859awinawEngland
b. 1879awinawGermany
c. 1883awinawtheawUnitedawStates
d. 1909awinawAustria
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
3. AccordingawtoawWilhelmawWundt,awwhatawwasawtheawfocusawofawpsychology?
a. toawunderstandawfunctionsawofawbehaviour
b. toawunderstandawunconsciousawmotivation
c. theawscientificawstudyawofawobservableawbehaviour
d. theawscientificawstudyawofawconsciousawexperience
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Remember
4. WhatawdidawWilhelmawWundtawbelieveawtheawfocusawofawpsychologyawshouldawbe?
a. studyingawstimulus-responseawassociations
b. questioningawtheawnatureawofawexistence
c. examiningawpeople’sawawarenessawofawtheirawimmediateawexperience
d. determiningawpeople’sawunconsciousawmotivationawforawbehaviour
ANSWER:a w C PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw4 BLM:a w Higheraworder
5. WhoawestablishedawtheawfirstawpsychologicalawresearchawlaboratoryawinawtheawUni
tedawStatesawandawlaunchedawthatawcountry’sawfirstawpsychologyawjournal?
a. WilliamawJames
b. G.awStanleyawHall
c. JohnawWatson
d. EdwardawTitchener
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
, 6. WhoawwasawtheawfirstawpresidentawofawtheawAmericanawPsychologicalawAssociationaw(
APA)?
a. G.awStanleyawHall
b. JohnawWatson
c. WilliamawJames
d. SigmundawFreud
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
7. Whatawisawtheawworld’sawlargestaworganizationawdevotedawtoawtheawadvan
cementawofawpsychology?
a. PsychologistsawofawNorthawAmerica
b. WesternawPsychologicalawSociety
c. WorldawPsychologyawOrganization
d. AmericanawPsychologicalawAssociation
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw5 BLM:a w Remember
8. Whatawwereawtheawfirstawtwoawmajorawschoolsawofawpsychology?
a. functionalismawandawbehaviourism
b. behaviourismawandawpsychoanalyticawtheory
c. behaviourismawandawGestaltawpsychology
d. structuralismawandawfunctionalism
ANSWER:a w D PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Remember
9. Whichawschoolawofawpsychologyawfocusedawonawidentifyingawandawexaminingawt
heawfundamentalawcomponentsawofawconsciousawexperience,awsuchawasawsensations,awfeelings,
awandawimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:a w B PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Remember
10. Whichawtypeawofawpsychologistawwasawmostawlikelyawtoawuseawtheawtec
hniqueawofawintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:a w A PTS:awawa w 1 REF:awawawp.aw6 BLM:a w Higheraworder
11. Mariskaawisawparticipatingawinawaawstudyawinawwhichawsheawisawaskedawtoawcarefu
llyawobserveawandawreportawherawconsciousawreactionsawtoawseveralawstimuli.awWhichawtypeawofa
wpsychologistawisawmostawlikelyawtoawconductawaawstudyawlikeawthis?
a. structuralist
