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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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,TABLE OF CONTENT ff ff




CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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ff CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in
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ff PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of
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ff Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in ff ff ff




ff ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6: Learning f ff ff




CHAPTER 7: Human Memory ff ff ff




ff CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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ff TestingCHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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ff CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and
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AssessmentCHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
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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 ff




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 f




b. G. Stanley Hall ff ff




c. René Descartes ff




d. William James ff




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




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




a. 1859 in England ff ff




b. 1879 in Germany ff ff




c. 1883 in the United States ff ff ff ff




d. 1909 in Austria ff f




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




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? ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff




a. studying stimulus-response associations ff ff




b. questioning the nature of existence ff ff ff ff




c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience ff ff ff ff ff ff




d. determining people‘s unconscious motivation for behaviour ff ff ff ff ff




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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 ff




b. G. Stanley Hall ff ff




c. John Watson f




d. Edward Titchener ff




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, 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 f




c. William James ff




d. Sigmund Freud ff




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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 ff ff ff




b. Western Psychological Society ff ff




c. World Psychology Organization ff ff




d. American Psychological Association ff f




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




a. functionalism and behaviourism ff ff




b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory ff ff ff




c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology ff ff ff




d. structuralism and functionalism ff ff




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




ff fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
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10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff




ff ofintrospection?
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a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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11. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff




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

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