TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,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 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
, 6. Who awas athe afirst apresident aof athe aAmerican aPsychological aAssociation
a(APA)?
a. G. aStanley aHall
b. John aWatson
c. William aJames
d. Sigmund aFreud
ANSWER: a A PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a5 BLM: a Remember
7. What ais athe aworld’s alargest aorganization adevoted ato athe
aadvancement aofapsychology?
a. Psychologists aof aNorth aAmerica
b. Western aPsychological aSociety
c. World aPsychology aOrganization
d. American aPsychological aAssociation
ANSWER: a D PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a5 BLM: a Remember
8. What awere athe afirst atwo amajor aschools aof apsychology?
a. functionalism aand abehaviourism
b. behaviourism aand apsychoanalytic atheory
c. behaviourism aand aGestalt apsychology
d. structuralism aand afunctionalism
ANSWER: a D PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Remember
9. Which aschool aof apsychology afocused aon aidentifying aand aexamining athe
afundamental acomponents aof aconscious aexperience, asuch aas asensations, afeelings, aand
aimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: a B PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Remember
10. Which atype aof apsychologist awas amost alikely ato ause athe
atechnique aofaintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: a A PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Higher aorder
11. Mariska ais aparticipating ain aa astudy ain awhich ashe ais aasked ato acarefully
aobserveaand areport aher aconscious areactions ato aseveral astimuli. aWhich atype aof
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a. structuralist
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,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 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
, 6. Who awas athe afirst apresident aof athe aAmerican aPsychological aAssociation
a(APA)?
a. G. aStanley aHall
b. John aWatson
c. William aJames
d. Sigmund aFreud
ANSWER: a A PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a5 BLM: a Remember
7. What ais athe aworld’s alargest aorganization adevoted ato athe
aadvancement aofapsychology?
a. Psychologists aof aNorth aAmerica
b. Western aPsychological aSociety
c. World aPsychology aOrganization
d. American aPsychological aAssociation
ANSWER: a D PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a5 BLM: a Remember
8. What awere athe afirst atwo amajor aschools aof apsychology?
a. functionalism aand abehaviourism
b. behaviourism aand apsychoanalytic atheory
c. behaviourism aand aGestalt apsychology
d. structuralism aand afunctionalism
ANSWER: a D PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Remember
9. Which aschool aof apsychology afocused aon aidentifying aand aexamining athe
afundamental acomponents aof aconscious aexperience, asuch aas asensations, afeelings, aand
aimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: a B PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Remember
10. Which atype aof apsychologist awas amost alikely ato ause athe
atechnique aofaintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER: a A PTS: a a a 1 REF: a a ap. a6 BLM: a Higher aorder
11. Mariska ais aparticipating ain aa astudy ain awhich ashe ais aasked ato acarefully
aobserveaand areport aher aconscious areactions ato aseveral astimuli. aWhich atype aof
apsychologist ais amost alikely ato aconduct aa astudy alike athis?
a. structuralist
