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

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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2:
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The Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: Th
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e Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation
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and Perception DT




CHAPTER 5: Variations in ConsciousnessCH
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APTER 6: Learning DT DT




CHAPTER 7: Human Memory CHAPTE DT DT DT DT




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 CHAPT
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ER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and AssessmentCHAPTER
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13: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and HealthCH
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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE DT




Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologya
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s an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt DT




b. G. Stanley Hall DT DT




c. René Descartes DT




d. William James DT




ANSWER: A D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 4 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember
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2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT




a. 1859 in England DT DT




b. 1879 in Germany DT DT




c. 1883 in the United StatesDT DT DT DT




d. 1909 in Austria DT DT




ANSWER: B D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 4 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT




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 D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 4 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember
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4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations DT DT




b. questioning the nature of existence DT DT DT DT




c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour DT DT DT DT DT




ANSWER: C D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 4 DTDTDT DT BLM: Higher order
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Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United State
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sand launched that country’s first psychology journal?
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a. William James DT




b. G. Stanley Hall DT DT




c. John Watson DT




d. Edward Titchener DT




ANSWER: B D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 5 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember
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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 DT




c. William James DT




d. Sigmund Freud DT




ANSWER: A D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 5 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember D T




7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America DT DT DT




b. Western Psychological Society DT DT




c. World Psychology Organization DT DT




d. American Psychological Association DT DT




ANSWER: D D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 5 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember D T




8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
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a. functionalism and behaviourism DT DT




b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory DT DT DT




c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology DT DT DT




d. structuralism and functionalism DT DT




ANSWER: D D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 6 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember D T




Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the funda
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mental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 6 DTDTDT DT BLM: Remember D T




10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique ofi
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ntrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: A D T PTS: 1 DTDTD T REF: p. 6 DTDTDT DT BLM: Higher order D T DT




Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully observea
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nd report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is most like
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ly to conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist

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