Test Bank for Psychology: Themes and Variations 3rd Canadian Edition by Weiten – Complete Chapters 1-16

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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLEuOFuCONTENT



CHAPTERu1:uTheuEvolutionuofuPsychologyuCHAPTERu2:u


TheuResearchuEnterpriseuinuPsychologyuCHAPTERu3:uTh


euBiologicaluBasesuofuBehaviouruCHAPTERu4:uSensatio


nuanduPerception


CHAPTERu5:uVariationsuinuConsciousnessuC


HAPTERu6:uLearning


CHAPTERu7:uHumanuMemoryuCHAPTE


Ru8:uLanguageuanduThought


CHAPTERu9:uIntelligenceuanduPsychologicaluTestinguCH


APTERu10:uMotivationuanduEmotion


CHAPTERu11:uHumanuDevelopmentuacrossutheuLifeuSpanuCHAPT


ERu12:uPersonality:uTheory,uResearch,uanduAssessmentuCHAPTE


Ru13:uSocialuBehaviour


CHAPTERu14:uStress,uCoping,uanduHealthuC


HAPTERu15:uPsychologicaluDisorders


CHAPTERu16:uTreatmentuofuPsychologicaluDisorder

,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
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MULTIPLEuCHOICE

1. Whichuofutheufollowinguindividualsuisuresponsibleuforuestablishingupsychologyu
asuanuindependentudisciplineuwithuitsuownusubjectumatter?
a. WilhelmuWundt
b. G.uStanleyuHall
c. RenéuDescartes
d. WilliamuJames
ANSWER:u A PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u4 BLM:u Remember

2. Accordingutouhistorians,uwhenuanduwhereudidutheu“birth”uofupsychologyuoccur?
a. 1859uinuEngland
b. 1879uinuGermany
c. 1883uinutheuUniteduStates
d. 1909uinuAustria
ANSWER:u B PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u4 BLM:u Remember

3. AccordingutouWilhelmuWundt,uwhatuwasutheufocusuofupsychology?
a. touunderstandufunctionsuofubehaviour
b. touunderstanduunconsciousumotivation
c. theuscientificustudyuofuobservableubehaviour
d. theuscientificustudyuofuconsciousuexperience
ANSWER:u D PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u4 BLM:u Remember

4. WhatudiduWilhelmuWundtubelieveutheufocusuofupsychologyushouldube?
a. studyingustimulus-responseuassociations
b. questioningutheunatureuofuexistence
c. examiningupeople’suawarenessuofutheiruimmediateuexperience
d. determiningupeople’suunconsciousumotivationuforubehaviour
ANSWER:u C PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u4 BLM:u Higheruorder

5. WhouestablishedutheufirstupsychologicaluresearchulaboratoryuinutheuUniteduStat
esuandulauncheduthatucountry’sufirstupsychologyujournal?
a. WilliamuJames
b. G.uStanleyuHall
c. JohnuWatson
d. EdwarduTitchener
ANSWER:u B PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u5 BLM:u Remember

, 6. WhouwasutheufirstupresidentuofutheuAmericanuPsychologicaluAssociationu(APA)?
a. G.uStanleyuHall
b. JohnuWatson
c. WilliamuJames
d. SigmunduFreud
ANSWER:u A PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u5 BLM:u Remember

7. Whatuisutheuworld’sulargestuorganizationudevotedutoutheuadvancementu
ofupsychology?
a. PsychologistsuofuNorthuAmerica
b. WesternuPsychologicaluSociety
c. WorlduPsychologyuOrganization
d. AmericanuPsychologicaluAssociation
ANSWER:u D PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u5 BLM:u Remember

8. Whatuwereutheufirstutwoumajoruschoolsuofupsychology?
a. functionalismuandubehaviourism
b. behaviourismuandupsychoanalyticutheory
c. behaviourismuanduGestaltupsychology
d. structuralismuandufunctionalism
ANSWER:u D PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u6 BLM:u Remember

9. Whichuschooluofupsychologyufocuseduonuidentifyinguanduexaminingutheufunda
mentalucomponentsuofuconsciousuexperience,usuchuasusensations,ufeelings,uanduimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:u B PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u6 BLM:u Remember

10. Whichutypeuofupsychologistuwasumostulikelyutouuseutheutechniqueuo
fuintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:u A PTS:uuu 1 REF:uuup.u6 BLM:u Higheruorder

11. Mariskauisuparticipatinguinuaustudyuinuwhichusheuisuaskedutoucarefullyuobserveu
andureportuheruconsciousureactionsutouseveralustimuli.uWhichutypeuofupsychologistuisumostuli
kelyutouconductuaustudyulikeuthis?
a. structuralist