TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and Variations 3rd Canadian Edition By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete

TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and
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Variations 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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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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Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation and Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in
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ConsciousnessCHAPTER 6: Learning
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CHAPTER 7: Human Memory
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CHAPTER 8: Language and
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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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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




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 b


b. G. Stanley Hall b b


c. René Descartes b


d. William James b




ANSWER: A b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 4 bbb b BLM: Remember
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2. According to historians, when and where did the ―birth‖ of psychology occur? b b b b b b b b b b b


a. 1859 in England b b


b. 1879 in Germany b b


c. 1883 in the United Statesb b b b


d. 1909 in Austria b b




ANSWER: B b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 4 bbb b BLM: Remember
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? b b b b b b b b b


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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ANSWER: D b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 4 bbb b BLM: Remember
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4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations b b


b. questioning the nature of existence b b b b


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




ANSWER: C b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 4 bbb b BLM: Higher order
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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 b


b. G. Stanley Hallb b


c. John Watson b


d. Edward Titchener b




ANSWER: B b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 5 bbb b BLM: Remember
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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 b


c. William James b


d. Sigmund Freud b




ANSWER: A b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 5 bbb b BLM: Remember b




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 b b b


b. Western Psychological Society b b


c. World Psychology Organization
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d. American Psychological Association b b




ANSWER: D b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 5 bbb b BLM: Remember b




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


b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory b b b


c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology b b b


d. structuralism and functionalism b b




ANSWER: D b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 6 bbb b BLM: Remember b




Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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fundamental components of conscious experience, such as sensations, feelings, and images?
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a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER: B b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 6 bbb b BLM: Remember b




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
ANSWER: A b PTS: bb b 1 REF: p. 6 bbb b BLM: Higher order b b




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