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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology
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CHAPTER 2: The Research Enterprise in
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PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The Biological Bases of
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s Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in s s s




ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6: Learning
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CHAPTER 7: Human Memory s s s




CHAPTER 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological
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TestingCHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and
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AssessmentCHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and
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HealthCHAPTER 15: Psychological
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Disorders
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CHAPTER 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorder
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,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing
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psychologyas an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt s


b. G. Stanley Hall s s


c. René Descartes s


d. William James s




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2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur? s s s s s s s s s s s


a. 1859 in England s s


b. 1879 in Germany s s


c. 1883 in the United States s s s s


d. 1909 in Austria s s




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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? s s s s s s s s s


a. to understand functions of behaviour
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b. to understand unconscious motivation
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c. the scientific study of observable behaviour
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d. the scientific study of conscious experience
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4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be? s s s s s s s s s s


a. studying stimulus-response associations s s


b. questioning the nature of existence s s s s


c. examining people‘s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people‘s unconscious motivation for behaviour s s s s s




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Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United
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Statesand launched that country‘s first psychology journal?
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a. William James s


b. G. Stanley Halls s


c. John Watson s


d. Edward Titchener s




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, 6. Who was the first president of the American Psychological Association (APA)?
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a. G. Stanley Hall
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b. John Watson s


c. William James s


d. Sigmund Freud s




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7. What is the world‘s largest organization devoted to the advancement
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ofpsychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America s s s


b. Western Psychological Society s s


c. World Psychology Organizations s


d. American Psychological Association s s




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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
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a. functionalism and behaviourism s s


b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory s s s


c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology s s s


d. structuralism and functionalism s s




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9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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s fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
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10. Which type of psychologist was most likely to use the technique
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ofintrospection?
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a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully
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observeand report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is
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most likely to conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist