TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,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
Statesand 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 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
ofpsychology?
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
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
ofintrospection?
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
, b. humanist
c. behaviourist
d. psychoanalytic
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
12. Isabel is listening to a piece of classical music and tape recording all her
feelings and impressions as she experiences them. Which school of psychology was well-
known for using this sort of technique?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
13. In an attempt to learn something about his conscious experience,
William looked at an abstract painting and wrote down all of his impressions as they
came to him.What is this technique called?
a. retrospection
b. empiricism
c. introspection
d. psychoanalysis
ANSWER: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
14. Dr. Asgaard believes that in order to fully understand complex processes,
suchas auditory processing, it is first necessary to understand all the separate component
parts. Which of the following psychologists are Dr. Asgaard’s views most consistent with?
a. Ivan Pavlov
b. Carl Rogers
c. William James
d. Edward Titchener
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
15. Which of the following was an important reason why structuralism ended as
adominant school of psychology?
a. Introspection was a highly subjective method of analyzing consciousness, and
itwas difficult for others to validate or evaluate the claims made about a
subject’s
conscious experiences.
b. Psychoanalysis was a much better method than introspection for determining the
conscious experiences of an individual.
c. Structuralists did not want to examine important psychological issues like sensation
and perception.
d. Titchener died, and there were no other well-established structuralists to continue
his work.
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,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
Statesand 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 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
ofpsychology?
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
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Remember
10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
ofintrospection?
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
, b. humanist
c. behaviourist
d. psychoanalytic
ANSWER: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
12. Isabel is listening to a piece of classical music and tape recording all her
feelings and impressions as she experiences them. Which school of psychology was well-
known for using this sort of technique?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
13. In an attempt to learn something about his conscious experience,
William looked at an abstract painting and wrote down all of his impressions as they
came to him.What is this technique called?
a. retrospection
b. empiricism
c. introspection
d. psychoanalysis
ANSWER: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
14. Dr. Asgaard believes that in order to fully understand complex processes,
suchas auditory processing, it is first necessary to understand all the separate component
parts. Which of the following psychologists are Dr. Asgaard’s views most consistent with?
a. Ivan Pavlov
b. Carl Rogers
c. William James
d. Edward Titchener
ANSWER: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 6 BLM: Higher order
15. Which of the following was an important reason why structuralism ended as
adominant school of psychology?
a. Introspection was a highly subjective method of analyzing consciousness, and
itwas difficult for others to validate or evaluate the claims made about a
subject’s
conscious experiences.
b. Psychoanalysis was a much better method than introspection for determining the
conscious experiences of an individual.
c. Structuralists did not want to examine important psychological issues like sensation
and perception.
d. Titchener died, and there were no other well-established structuralists to continue
his work.
