Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2: T
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he Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The
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Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation an
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d Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in ConsciousnessCH qf qf qf qf fq
APTER 6: Learning qf qf
CHAPTER 7: Human Memory CHAPTE qf qf qf qf
R 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological TestingCH
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APTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span CHAPTE
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R 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and AssessmentCHAPTER 1
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3: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and HealthCH qf qf qf qf qf fq
APTER 15: Psychological Disorders
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CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
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,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologyas qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf fq qf
an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt qf
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. René Descartes qf
d. William James qf
ANSWER: A q f PTS: 1 qfqfq f REF: p. 4 qfqfq f qf BLM: Remember q f
2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf
a. 1859 in England qf qf
b. 1879 in Germany qf qf
c. 1883 in the United Statesqf qf qf qf
d. 1909 inAustria qf qf
ANSWER: B q f PTS: 1 qfqfq f REF: p. 4 qfqfq f qf BLM: Remember q f
3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf
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: D q f PTS: 1 qfqfq f REF: p. 4 qfqfq f qf BLM: Remember q f
4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be? qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf
a. studying stimulus-response associations qf qf
b. questioning the nature of existence qf qf qf qf
c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour qf qf qf qf qf
ANSWER: C q f PTS: 1 qfqfq f REF: p. 4 qfqfq f qf BLM: Higher order
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5. Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United States
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and launched that country’s first psychology journal?
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a. William James qf
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. John Watson qf
d. Edward Titchener qf
ANSWER: B q f PTS: 1 qfqfq f REF: p. 5 qfqfq f qf BLM: Remember q f
, 6. Who was the first president of theAmerican PsychologicalAssociation (APA)?
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a. G. Stanley Hall
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b. John Watson qf
c. William James qf
d. Sigmund Freud qf
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America qf qf qf
b. Western Psychological Society qf qf
c. World Psychology Organization qf qf
d. American PsychologicalAssociation qf qf
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? qf qf qf qf qf qf qf qf
a. functionalism and behaviourism qf qf
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory qf qf qf
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology qf qf qf
d. structuralism and functionalism qf qf
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9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the fundam
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ental 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 ofin
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trospection?
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 observean
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d report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is most likely t
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o conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist