Psychology: Themes and Variations (4th Canadian Edition) by Weiten – Complete Test Bank (Chapters 1–16)

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


CHAPTER--1:--The--Evolution--of--Psychology--

CHAPTER--2:--The--Research--Enterprise--in--

Psychology-CHAPTER--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




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, Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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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--
States-and--launched--that--country’s--first--psychology--journal?
a. William--James
b. G.--Stanley--Hall
c. John--Watson
d. Edward--Titchener
ANSWER:- - B PTS:----- - 1 REF:------p.--5 BLM:- - Remember




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, 6. Who--was--the--first--president--of--the--American--Psychological--Association--(APA)?
a. G.--Stanley--Hall
b. John--Watson
c. William--James
d. Sigmund--Freud
ANSWER:- - A PTS:----- - 1 REF:------p.--5 BLM:- - Remember

7. What--is--the--world’s--largest--organization--devoted--to--the--advancement--of-
psychology?
a. Psychologists--of--North--America
b. Western--Psychological--Society
c. World--Psychology--Organization
d. American--Psychological--Association
ANSWER:- - D PTS:----- - 1 REF:------p.--5 BLM:- - Remember

8. What--were--the--first--two--major--schools--of--psychology?
a. functionalism--and--behaviourism
b. behaviourism--and--psychoanalytic--theory
c. behaviourism--and--Gestalt--psychology
d. structuralism--and--functionalism
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9. Which--school--of--psychology--focused--on--identifying--and--examining--the--
fundamental--components--of--conscious--experience,--such--as--sensations,--feelings,--and--
images?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:- - B PTS:----- - 1 REF:------p.--6 BLM:- - Remember

10. Which--type--of--psychologist--was--most--likely--to--use--the--technique--
of-introspection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:- - A PTS:----- - 1 REF:------p.--6 BLM:- - Higher--order

11. Mariska--is--participating--in--a--study--in--which--she--is--asked--to--carefully--
observe-and--report--her--conscious--reactions--to--several--stimuli.--Which--type--of--psychologist--
is--most--likely--to--conduct--a--study--like--this?
a. structuralist
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