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x2 Variations 4th Canadian Edition by Weiden
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Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT x2 x2
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2:
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x2 The Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The
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x2 Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation
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x2 and Perception
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CHAPTER 5: Variations in Consciousness
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CHAPTER 6: Learning
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CHAPTER 7: Human Memory CHAPTER
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x2 8: Language and Thought
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CHAPTER 9: Intelligence and Psychological Testing
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CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion
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CHAPTER 11: Human Development across the Life Span
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x2 CHAPTER 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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CHAPTER 13: Social Behaviour
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CHAPTER 14: Stress, Coping, and Health
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CHAPTER 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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MULTIPLE CHOICE x2
1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologyas
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x2 an independent discipline with its own subject matter?
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a. Wilhelm Wundt x2
b. G. Stanley Hallx2 x2
c. René Descartes x2
d. William James x2
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2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
a. 1859 in England x2 x2
b. 1879 in Germany x2 x2
c. 1883 in the United States x2 x2 x2 x2
d. 1909 inAustria x2 x2
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
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 x2 x2
b. questioning the nature of existence x2 x2 x2 x2
c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
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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 x2
b. G. Stanley Hall x2 x2
c. John Watson x2
d. Edward Titchener x2
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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 x2
c. William James x2
d. Sigmund Freud x2
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
psychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America x2 x2 x2
b. Western Psychological Society x2 x2
c. World Psychology Organization x2 x2
d. American Psychological Association x2 x2
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
a. functionalism and behaviourism x2 x2
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory x2 x2 x2
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology x2 x2 x2
d. structuralism and functionalism x2 x2
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9.Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
x2 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 of
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introspection?
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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 observe x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2 x2
and 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