CHAPTER f1: fThe fEvolution fof fPsychology
f CHAPTER f2: fThe fResearch fEnterprise fin
f PsychologyfCHAPTER f3: fThe fBiological fBases fof
f Behaviour fCHAPTER f4: fSensation fand fPerception
CHAPTER f5: fVariations fin
f ConsciousnessfCHAPTER f6: fLearning
CHAPTER f7: fHuman fMemory
f CHAPTER f8: fLanguage fand
Thought
f
CHAPTER f9: fIntelligence fand fPsychological
f TestingfCHAPTER f10: fMotivation fand fEmotion
CHAPTER f11: fHuman fDevelopment facross fthe fLife fSpan
f CHAPTER f12: fPersonality: fTheory, fResearch, fand
AssessmentfCHAPTER f13: fSocial fBehaviour
f
CHAPTER f14: fStress, fCoping, fand
HealthfCHAPTER f15: fPsychological
f
f Disorders
CHAPTER f16: fTreatment fof fPsychological fDisorder
,Chapter f1—The fEvolution fof fPsychology
MULTIPLE fCHOICE
1. Which fof fthe ffollowing findividuals fis fresponsible ffor festablishing
fpsychologyfas fan findependent fdiscipline fwith fits fown fsubject fmatter?
a. Wilhelm fWundt
b. G. fStanley fHall
c. René fDescartes
d. William fJames
ANS: f A PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Remember
2. According fto fhistorians, fwhen fand fwhere fdid fthe f“birth” fof fpsychology foccur?
a. 1859 fin fEngland
b. 1879 fin fGermany
c. 1883 fin fthe fUnited fStates
d. 1909 fin fAustria
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3. According fto fWilhelm fWundt, fwhat fwas fthe ffocus fof fpsychology?
a. to funderstand ffunctions fof fbehaviour
b. to funderstand funconscious fmotivation
c. the fscientific fstudy fof fobservable fbehaviour
d. the fscientific fstudy fof fconscious fexperience
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4. What fdid fWilhelm fWundt fbelieve fthe ffocus fof fpsychology fshould fbe?
a. studying fstimulus-response fassociations
b. questioning fthe fnature fof fexistence
c. examining fpeople’s fawareness fof ftheir fimmediate fexperience
d. determining fpeople’s funconscious fmotivation ffor fbehaviour
ANS: f C PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Higher forder
5. Who festablished fthe ffirst fpsychological fresearch flaboratory fin fthe fUnited
fStatesfand flaunched fthat fcountry’s ffirst fpsychology fjournal?
a. William fJames
b. G. fStanley fHall
c. John fWatson
d. Edward fTitchener
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, 6. Who fwas fthe ffirst fpresident fof fthe fAmerican fPsychological fAssociation f(APA)?
a. G. fStanley fHall
b. John fWatson
c. William fJames
d. Sigmund fFreud
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What fis fthe fworld’s flargest forganization fdevoted fto fthe fadvancement
7.
foffpsychology?
a. Psychologists fof fNorth fAmerica
b. Western fPsychological fSociety
c. World fPsychology fOrganization
d. American fPsychological fAssociation
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8. What fwere fthe ffirst ftwo fmajor fschools fof fpsychology?
a. functionalism fand fbehaviourism
b. behaviourism fand fpsychoanalytic ftheory
c. behaviourism fand fGestalt fpsychology
d. structuralism fand ffunctionalism
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Which fschool fof fpsychology ffocused fon fidentifying fand fexamining fthe
9.
ffundamental fcomponents fof fconscious fexperience, fsuch fas fsensations, ffeelings, fand
fimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
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10. Which ftype fof fpsychologist fwas fmost flikely fto fuse fthe ftechnique
f offintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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11. Mariska fis fparticipating fin fa fstudy fin fwhich fshe fis fasked fto fcarefully
fobservefand freport fher fconscious freactions fto fseveral fstimuli. fWhich ftype fof fpsychologist
fis fmost flikely fto fconduct fa fstudy flike fthis?
a. structuralist