Test Bank for Psychology Themes and Variations 4th Canadian Edition by Wayne Weiten | Complete Chapters 1–16 with Answers

TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete

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,TABLE OF CONTENT



CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2:


The Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3:


The Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4:


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CHAPTER 5: Variations in Consciousness
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CHAPTER 6: Learning N
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CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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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 U REF: p. 4 BLM: Remember

2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur?
a. 1859 in England
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1883 in the United States
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d. 1909 in Austria
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According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology?
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to understand functions of behaviour
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to understand unconscious motivation
the scientific study of observable behaviour
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the scientific study of conscious experience
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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
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c. World Psychology Organization
d. American Psychological Association
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ANSWER: D

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What were the first two major schools of psychology?
a. functionalism and behaviourism
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b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory
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behaviourism and Gestalt psychology
d. structuralism and functionalism
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Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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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