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c Variations 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT c c
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in
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PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of
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c Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in c c c
ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6: Learning
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CHAPTER 7: Human Memory c c c
CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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TestingCHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and
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AssessmentCHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and
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HealthCHAPTER 15: Psychological
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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 c
Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing
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psychologyas an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt c
b. G. Stanley Hall c c
c. René Descartes c
d. William James c
ANSWER: A c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 4 ccc c BLM: Rememberc
2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur? c c c c c c c c c c c
a. 1859 in England c c
b. 1879 in Germany c c
c. 1883 in the United Statesc c c c
d. 1909 in Austria c c
ANSWER: B c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 4 ccc c BLM: Rememberc
3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? c c c c c c c c c
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 c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 4 ccc c BLM: Rememberc
4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations c c
b. questioning the nature of existence c c c c
c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people‘s unconscious motivation for behaviour c c c c c
ANSWER: C c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 4 ccc c BLM: Higher order
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Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United
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Statesand launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William James c
b. G. Stanley Hallc c
c. John Watson c
d. Edward Titchener c
ANSWER: B c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 5 ccc c BLM: Rememberc
, 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 c
c. William James c
d. Sigmund Freud c
ANSWER: A c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 5 ccc c BLM: Remember c
What is the world‘s largest organization devoted to the advancement
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ofpsychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America c c c
b. Western Psychological Society c c
c. World Psychology Organization c c
d. American Psychological Association c c
ANSWER: D c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 5 ccc c BLM: Remember c
8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
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a. functionalism and behaviourism c c
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory c c c
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology c c c
d. structuralism and functionalism c c
ANSWER: D c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 6 ccc c BLM: Remember c
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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c fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 6 ccc c BLM: Remember c
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
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ofintrospection?
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a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: A c PTS: 1 cc c REF: p. 6 ccc c BLM: Higher order c c
Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully
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observeand report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is
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most likely to conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist