4th Canadian Edition By Weiten, Chapters 1 - 16
Complete | Newest Version 2026/2027.
,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
,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for
establishing psychologyas an independent discipline with its own subject
matter?
a. Wilhelm Wundt
b. G. Stanley Hall
c. René Descartes
d. William James
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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
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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
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4. 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
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, 5. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
a. G. Stanley Hall
b. John Watson
c. William James
d. Sigmund Freud
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6. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the
advancement ofpsychology?
a. Psychologists of North America
b. Western Psychological Society
c. World Psychology Organization
d. American Psychological Association
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7. 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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8. 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
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9. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the
technique ofintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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10. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to
carefully observeand report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which
type of psychologist is most likely to conduct a study like this?
a. structuralist