test bank for psychology themes and variations 3rd canadian edition by weiten.

,TABLEtOFtCONTENT


CHAPTERt1:tThetEvolutiontoftPsychologytCHAPTERt

2:tThetResearchtEnterprisetintPsychologytCHAPTERt3:t

ThetBiologicaltBasestoftBehaviourtCHAPTERt4:tSensat

iontandtPerception

CHAPTERt5:tVariationstintConsciousnesstCHAPTERt

6:tLearning

CHAPTERt7:tHumantMemorytCHAPTERt

8:tLanguagetandtThought

CHAPTERt9:tIntelligencetandtPsychologicaltTestingtCH

APTERt10:tMotivationtandtEmotion

CHAPTERt11:tHumantDevelopmenttacrosstthetLifetSpantCHAPTERt1

2:tPersonality:tTheory,tResearch,tandtAssessmenttCHAPTERt13:tSocia

ltBehaviour

CHAPTERt14:tStress,tCoping,tandtHealthtCHAPTERt

15:tPsychologicaltDisorders

CHAPTERt16:tTreatmenttoftPsychologicaltDisorder

,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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MULTIPLEtCHOICE

1. Whichtoftthetfollowingtindividualstistresponsibletfortestablishingtpsychologytast
antindependenttdisciplinetwithtitstowntsubjecttmatter?
a. WilhelmtWundt
b. G.tStanleytHall
c. RenétDescartes
d. WilliamtJames
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2. Accordingttothistorians,twhentandtwheretdidtthet“birth”toftpsychologytoccur?
a. 1859tintEngland
b. 1879tintGermany
c. 1883tintthetUnitedtStates
d. 1909tintAustria
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3. AccordingttotWilhelmtWundt,twhattwastthetfocustoftpsychology?
a. totunderstandtfunctionstoftbehaviour
b. totunderstandtunconscioustmotivation
c. thetscientifictstudytoftobservabletbehaviour
d. thetscientifictstudytoftconscioustexperience
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4. WhattdidtWilhelmtWundttbelievetthetfocustoftpsychologytshouldtbe?
a. studyingtstimulus-responsetassociations
b. questioningtthetnaturetoftexistence
c. examiningtpeople’stawarenesstofttheirtimmediatetexperience
d. determiningtpeople’stunconscioustmotivationtfortbehaviour
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5. WhotestablishedtthetfirsttpsychologicaltresearchtlaboratorytintthetUnitedtStatestan
dtlaunchedtthattcountry’stfirsttpsychologytjournal?
a. WilliamtJames
b. G.tStanleytHall
c. JohntWatson
d. EdwardtTitchener
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, 6. WhotwastthetfirsttpresidenttoftthetAmericantPsychologicaltAssociationt(APA)?
a. G.tStanleytHall
b. JohntWatson
c. WilliamtJames
d. SigmundtFreud
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7. Whattistthetworld’stlargesttorganizationtdevotedttotthetadvancementtoftpsy
chology?
a. PsychologiststoftNorthtAmerica
b. WesterntPsychologicaltSociety
c. WorldtPsychologytOrganization
d. AmericantPsychologicaltAssociation
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8. Whattweretthetfirstttwotmajortschoolstoftpsychology?
a. functionalismtandtbehaviourism
b. behaviourismtandtpsychoanalyticttheory
c. behaviourismtandtGestalttpsychology
d. structuralismtandtfunctionalism
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9. Whichtschooltoftpsychologytfocusedtontidentifyingtandtexaminingtthetfundame
ntaltcomponentstoftconscioustexperience,tsuchtastsensations,tfeelings,tandtimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
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10. Whichttypetoftpsychologisttwastmosttlikelyttotusetthettechniquetoftintr
ospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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11. Mariskatistparticipatingtintatstudytintwhichtshetistaskedttotcarefullytobservetandt
reportthertconscioustreactionsttotseveraltstimuli.tWhichttypetoftpsychologisttistmosttlikelyttotco
nducttatstudytliketthis?
a. structuralist