TEST BANK For Psychology Themes and Variat
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ions 4th Canadian Edition
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By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT k k
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2: T
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he Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The
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Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation a
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nd Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in ConsciousnessCH
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APTER 6: Learning k k
CHAPTER 7: Human Memory CHAPTE k k k k
R 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological TestingCH
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APTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span CHAPTE
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R 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and AssessmentCHAPTER 1
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3: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and HealthCH
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APTER 15: Psychological 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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1.Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologyas
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an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt k
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. René Descartes k
d. William James k
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2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur?
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a. 1859 in England
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b. 1879 in Germany
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c. 1883 in the United States
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d. 1909 in Austria
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? k k k k k k k k k
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?
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a. studying stimulus-response associations
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b. questioning the nature of existence k k k k
c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour
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5.Who established the first psychological research laboratory in the United States
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and launched that country’s first psychology journal?
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a. William James k
b. G. Stanley Hall
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c. John Watson k
d. Edward Titchener k
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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 k
c. William James k
d. Sigmund Freud k
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
a. Psychologists of North America k k k
b. Western Psychological Society k k
c. World Psychology Organization
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d. American Psychological Association k k
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology?
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a. functionalism and behaviourism k k
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory k k k
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology k k k
d. structuralism and functionalism k k
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9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the funda
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mental 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 ofi
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ntrospection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
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11. Mariska is participating in a study in which she is asked to carefully observean
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d report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is most likely
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to conduct a study like this?
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a. structuralist
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