1. Which fof fthe ffollowing findividuals fis fresponsible ffor festablishing
fpsychologyfas fan findependent fdiscipline fwith fits fown fsubject fmatter?
a. Wilhelm fWundt
b. G. fStanley fHall
c. René fDescartes
d. William fJames
ANS: f A PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Remember
2. According fto fhistorians, fwhen fand fwhere fdid fthe f“birth” fof fpsychology foccur?
a. 1859 fin fEngland
b. 1879 fin fGermany
c. 1883 fin fthe fUnited fStates
d. 1909 fin fAustria
ANS: f B PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Remember
3. According fto fWilhelm fWundt, fwhat fwas fthe ffocus fof fpsychology?
a. to funderstand ffunctions fof fbehaviour
b. to funderstand funconscious fmotivation
c. the fscientific fstudy fof fobservable fbehaviour
d. the fscientific fstudy fof fconscious fexperience
ANS: f D PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Remember
4. What fdid fWilhelm fWundt fbelieve fthe ffocus fof fpsychology fshould fbe?
a. studying fstimulus-response fassociations
b. questioning fthe fnature fof fexistence
c. examining fpeople’s fawareness fof ftheir fimmediate fexperience
d. determining fpeople’s funconscious fmotivation ffor fbehaviour
ANS: f C PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f4 BLM: f Higher forder
5. Who festablished fthe ffirst fpsychological fresearch flaboratory fin fthe fUnited
fStatesfand flaunched fthat fcountry’s ffirst fpsychology fjournal?
a. William fJames
b. G. fStanley fHall
c. John fWatson
d. Edward fTitchener
ANS: f B PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f5 BLM: f Remember
, 6. Who fwas fthe ffirst fpresident fof fthe fAmerican fPsychological fAssociation f(APA)?
a. G. fStanley fHall
b. John fWatson
c. William fJames
d. Sigmund fFreud
ANS: f A PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f5 BLM: f Remember
a. Psychologists fof fNorth fAmerica
b. Western fPsychological fSociety
c. World fPsychology fOrganization
d. American fPsychological fAssociation
ANS: f D PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f5 BLM: f Remember
8. What fwere fthe ffirst ftwo fmajor fschools fof fpsychology?
a. functionalism fand fbehaviourism
b. behaviourism fand fpsychoanalytic ftheory
c. behaviourism fand fGestalt fpsychology
d. structuralism fand ffunctionalism
ANS: f D PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f6 BLM: f Remember
Which fschool fof fpsychology ffocused fon fidentifying fand fexamining fthe
9.
ffundamental fcomponents fof fconscious fexperience, fsuch fas fsensations, ffeelings, fand
fimages?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANS: f B PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f6 BLM: f Remember
10. Which ftype fof fpsychologist fwas fmost flikely fto fuse fthe ftechnique
f offintrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANS: f A PTS: f f f 1 REF: f f fp. f6 BLM: f Higher forder
11. Mariska fis fparticipating fin fa fstudy fin fwhich fshe fis fasked fto fcarefully
fobservefand freport fher fconscious freactions fto fseveral fstimuli. fWhich ftype fof fpsychologist
fis fmost flikely fto fconduct fa fstudy flike fthis?
a. structuralist
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