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TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and Variations 4th Canadian Edition By WeitenChapters 1 - 16, Complete TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception CHAPTER 5: Variations in Consciousness CHAPTER 6: Learning CHAPTER 7: Human Memory CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment CHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and Health CHAPTER 15: Psychological Disorders CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychology as an independent discipline with its own subject matter? a. Wilhelm Wundt b. G. Stanley Hall c. René Descartes d. William James ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 4 BLM: Remember 2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? a. 1859 in England b. 1879 in Germany c. 1883 in the United States d. 1909 in Austria ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 4 BLM: Remember 3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? a. to understand functions of behaviour b. to understand unconscious motivation c. the scientific study of observable behaviour d. the scientific study of conscious experience ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 4 BLM: Remember 4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be? a. studying stimulus-response associations b. questioning the nature of existence c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour ANSWER: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 4 BLM: Higher order 5. Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United Statesand launched that country’s first psychology journal? a. William James b. G. Stanley Hall c. John Watson d. Edward Titchener ANSWER: B

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TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete

,TABLEnOFnCONTENT



CHAPTERn1:nThenEvolutionnofnPsychologynCHAPTERn2:


ThenResearchnEnterpriseninnPsychologynCHAPTERn3:nT
n




henBiologicalnBasesnofnBehaviournCHAPTERn4:nSensati


onnandnPerception


CHAPTERn5:nVariationsninnConsciousnessnC


HAPTERn6:nLearning


CHAPTERn7:nHumannMemorynCHAPT


ERn8:nLanguagenandnThought


CHAPTERn9:nIntelligencenandnPsychologicalnTestingnC


HAPTERn10:nMotivationnandnEmotion


CHAPTERn11:nHumannDevelopmentnacrossnthenLifenSpannCHAP


TERn12:nPersonality:nTheory,nResearch,nandnAssessmentnCHAPT


ERn13:nSocialnBehaviour


CHAPTERn14:nStress,nCoping,nandnHealthnC


HAPTERn15:nPsychologicalnDisorders


CHAPTERn16:nTreatmentnofnPsychologicalnDisorder

,Chaptern1—ThenEvolutionnofnPsychology

MULTIPLEnCHOICE

1. Whichnofnthenfollowingnindividualsnisnresponsiblenfornestablishingnpsycholog
ynasnannindependentndisciplinenwithnitsnownnsubjectnmatter?
a. WilhelmnWundt
b. G.nStanleynHall
c. RenénDescartes
d. WilliamnJames
ANSWER:n A PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n4 BLM:n Remember

2. Accordingntonhistorians,nwhennandnwherendidnthen“birth”nofnpsychologynoccur?
a. 1859ninnEngland
b. 1879ninnGermany
c. 1883ninnthenUnitednStates
d. 1909ninnAustria
ANSWER:n B PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n4 BLM:n Remember

3. AccordingntonWilhelmnWundt,nwhatnwasnthenfocusnofnpsychology?
a. tonunderstandnfunctionsnofnbehaviour
b. tonunderstandnunconsciousnmotivation
c. thenscientificnstudynofnobservablenbehaviour
d. thenscientificnstudynofnconsciousnexperience
ANSWER:n D PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n4 BLM:n Remember

4. WhatndidnWilhelmnWundtnbelieventhenfocusnofnpsychologynshouldnbe?
a. studyingnstimulus-responsenassociations
b. questioningnthennaturenofnexistence
c. examiningnpeople’snawarenessnofntheirnimmediatenexperience
d. determiningnpeople’snunconsciousnmotivationnfornbehaviour
ANSWER:n C PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n4 BLM:n Highernorder

5. WhonestablishednthenfirstnpsychologicalnresearchnlaboratoryninnthenUnitednStat
esnandnlaunchednthatncountry’snfirstnpsychologynjournal?
a. WilliamnJames
b. G.nStanleynHall
c. JohnnWatson
d. EdwardnTitchener
ANSWER:n B PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n5 BLM:n Remember

, 6. WhonwasnthenfirstnpresidentnofnthenAmericannPsychologicalnAssociationn(APA)?
a. G.nStanleynHall
b. JohnnWatson
c. WilliamnJames
d. SigmundnFreud
ANSWER:n A PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n5 BLM:n Remember

7. Whatnisnthenworld’snlargestnorganizationndevotedntonthenadvancement
nofnpsychology?

a. PsychologistsnofnNorthnAmerica
b. WesternnPsychologicalnSociety
c. WorldnPsychologynOrganization
d. AmericannPsychologicalnAssociation
ANSWER:n D PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n5 BLM:n Remember

8. Whatnwerenthenfirstntwonmajornschoolsnofnpsychology?
a. functionalismnandnbehaviourism
b. behaviourismnandnpsychoanalyticntheory
c. behaviourismnandnGestaltnpsychology
d. structuralismnandnfunctionalism
ANSWER:n D PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n6 BLM:n Remember

9. Whichnschoolnofnpsychologynfocusednonnidentifyingnandnexaminingnthenfund
amentalncomponentsnofnconsciousnexperience,nsuchnasnsensations,nfeelings,nandnimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:n B PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n6 BLM:n Remember

10. Whichntypenofnpsychologistnwasnmostnlikelyntonusenthentechniquen
ofnintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:n A PTS:nnn 1 REF:nnnp.n6 BLM:n Highernorder

11. Mariskanisnparticipatingninnanstudyninnwhichnshenisnaskedntoncarefullynobserv
enandnreportnhernconsciousnreactionsntonseveralnstimuli.nWhichntypenofnpsychologistnisnmos
tnlikelyntonconductnanstudynlikenthis?
a. structuralist

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