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CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2:
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s1 Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation
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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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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 CHAPTER
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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 s1
1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologyas
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a. Wilhelm Wundt s1
b. G. Stanley Halls1 s1
c. René Descartes s1
d. William James s1
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2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. 1859 in England s1 s1
b. 1879 in Germany s1 s1
c. 1883 in the United States s1 s1 s1 s1
d. 1909 inAustria s1 s1
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3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
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?s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. studying stimulus-response associations s1 s1
b. questioning the nature of existence s1 s1 s1 s1
c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
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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 s1
b. G. Stanley Hall s1 s1
c. John Watson s1
d. Edward Titchener s1
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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 s1
c. William James s1
d. Sigmund Freud s1
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
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b. Western Psychological Society s1 s1
c. World Psychology Organization s1 s1
d. American Psychological Association s1 s1
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. functionalism and behaviourism s1 s1
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory s1 s1 s1
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology s1 s1 s1
d. structuralism and functionalism s1 s1
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9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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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 observeand
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a. structuralist
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s1 Variations 4th Canadian Edition by Weiden
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Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
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,TABLE OF CONTENT s1 s1
CHAPTER 1: The Evolution of Psychology CHAPTER 2:
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s1 The Research Enterprise in PsychologyCHAPTER 3: The
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s1 Biological Bases of Behaviour CHAPTER 4: Sensation
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s1 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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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 CHAPTER
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s1 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and AssessmentCHAPTER 13:
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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 s1
1. Which of the following individuals is responsible for establishing psychologyas
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a. Wilhelm Wundt s1
b. G. Stanley Halls1 s1
c. René Descartes s1
d. William James s1
ANSWER: s 1 A PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 4 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Remember s 1
2. According to historians, when and where did the “birth” of psychology occur? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. 1859 in England s1 s1
b. 1879 in Germany s1 s1
c. 1883 in the United States s1 s1 s1 s1
d. 1909 inAustria s1 s1
ANSWER: s 1 B PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 4 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Remember s 1
3. According to Wilhelm Wundt, what was the focus of psychology? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
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: s 1 D PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 4 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Remember s 1
4. What did Wilhelm Wundt believe the focus of psychology should be?s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. studying stimulus-response associations s1 s1
b. questioning the nature of existence s1 s1 s1 s1
c. examining people’s awareness of their immediate experience
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d. determining people’s unconscious motivation for behaviour s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
ANSWER: s 1 C PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 4 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Higher order s 1 s1
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 s1
b. G. Stanley Hall s1 s1
c. John Watson s1
d. Edward Titchener s1
ANSWER: s 1 B PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 5 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Remember s 1
, 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 s1
c. William James s1
d. Sigmund Freud s1
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7. What is the world’s largest organization devoted to the advancement of
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psychology?
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a. Psychologists of North America s1 s1 s1
b. Western Psychological Society s1 s1
c. World Psychology Organization s1 s1
d. American Psychological Association s1 s1
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8. What were the first two major schools of psychology? s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1 s1
a. functionalism and behaviourism s1 s1
b. behaviourism and psychoanalytic theory s1 s1 s1
c. behaviourism and Gestalt psychology s1 s1 s1
d. structuralism and functionalism s1 s1
ANSWER: s 1 D PTS: 1 s1 s1 s 1 REF: p. 6 s1 s1 s1 s1 BLM: Remember s 1
9. Which school of psychology focused on identifying and examining the
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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 observeand
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s1 report her conscious reactions to several stimuli. Which type of psychologist is most likely to
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a. structuralist