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Test Bank for Psychology: Themes and Variations, 7th
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by Doug McCann, Weiten
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter1—The Evolution of Psychology ..................................................................................................... 3
Chapter2—The Research Enterprise in Psychology ............................................................................ 62
Chapter3—The Biological Bases of Behaviour ..................................................................................... 120
Chapter4—Sensation and Perception...................................................................................................... 181
Chapter5—Variations in Consciousness ................................................................................................. 238
Chapter6—Learning ....................................................................................................................................... 298
Chapter7—Human Memory ........................................................................................................................ 358
Chapter8—Language and Thought ........................................................................................................... 420
Chapter9—Intelligence and Psychological Testing ............................................................................ 480
Chapter10—Motivation and Emotion ..................................................................................................... 543
Chapter11—Human Development across the Life Span .................................................................. 599
Chapter12—Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment ....................................................... 661
Chapter13—Social Behaviour ..................................................................................................................... 720
Chapter14—Stress, Coping, and Health .................................................................................................. 784
Chapter 15—Psychological Disorders ..................................................................................................... 840
Chapter16—Treatment of Psychological Disorders .......................................................................... 902
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Chapter1—The Evolution of Psychology
MULTIPLECHOICE
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 inthe United States and
launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William,James
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. JohnWatson
d. Edward,Titchener
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. JohnWatson
c. William,oJames
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
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
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
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Test Bank for Psychology: Themes and Variations, 7th
Canadian Edition
by Doug McCann, Weiten
All Chapters (1-16)| Expert Verified Answers | Graded
A+
1|Page
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter1—The Evolution of Psychology ..................................................................................................... 3
Chapter2—The Research Enterprise in Psychology ............................................................................ 62
Chapter3—The Biological Bases of Behaviour ..................................................................................... 120
Chapter4—Sensation and Perception...................................................................................................... 181
Chapter5—Variations in Consciousness ................................................................................................. 238
Chapter6—Learning ....................................................................................................................................... 298
Chapter7—Human Memory ........................................................................................................................ 358
Chapter8—Language and Thought ........................................................................................................... 420
Chapter9—Intelligence and Psychological Testing ............................................................................ 480
Chapter10—Motivation and Emotion ..................................................................................................... 543
Chapter11—Human Development across the Life Span .................................................................. 599
Chapter12—Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment ....................................................... 661
Chapter13—Social Behaviour ..................................................................................................................... 720
Chapter14—Stress, Coping, and Health .................................................................................................. 784
Chapter 15—Psychological Disorders ..................................................................................................... 840
Chapter16—Treatment of Psychological Disorders .......................................................................... 902
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Chapter1—The Evolution of Psychology
MULTIPLECHOICE
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 inthe United States and
launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William,James
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. JohnWatson
d. Edward,Titchener
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 5 BLM: Remember
6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. JohnWatson
c. William,oJames
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
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
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
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