Variations 4th Canadian Edition
By Weiten Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
,TABLE7OF7CONTENT
CHAPTER71:7The7Evolution7of7Psychology7CHAPTER72:7
The7Research7Enterprise7in7Psychology7CHAPTER73:7Th
e7Biological7Bases7of7Behaviour7CHAPTER74:7Sensation
and7Perception
7
CHAPTER75:7Variations7in7Consciousness7C
HAPTER76:7Learning
CHAPTER77:7Human7Memory7CHAPTE
R78:7Language7and7Thought
CHAPTER79:7Intelligence7and7Psychological7Testing7CH
APTER710:7Motivation7and7Emotion
CHAPTER711:7Human7Development7across7the7Life7Span7CHAPT
ER712:7Personality:7Theory,7Research,7and7Assessment7CHAPTE
R713:7Social7Behaviour
CHAPTER714:7Stress,7Coping,7and7Health7C
HAPTER715:7Psychological7Disorders
CHAPTER716:7Treatment7of7Psychological7Disorder
,Chapter 1—The Evolution of Psychology
7 7 7 7
MULTIPLE7CHOICE
1. Which7of7the7following7individuals7is7responsible7for7establishing7psychology7
as7an7independent7discipline7with7its7own7subject7matter?
a. Wilhelm7Wundt
b. G.7Stanley7Hall
c. René7Descartes
d. William7James
ANSWER:7 A PTS:777 1 REF:777p.74 BLM:7 Remember
2. According7to7historians,7when7and7where7did7the7“birth”7of7psychology7occur?
a. 18597in7England
b. 18797in7Germany
c. 18837in7the7United7States
d. 19097in7Austria
ANSWER:7 B PTS:777 1 REF:777p.74 BLM:7 Remember
3. According7to7Wilhelm7Wundt,7what7was7the7focus7of7psychology?
a. to7understand7functions7of7behaviour
b. to7understand7unconscious7motivation
c. the7scientific7study7of7observable7behaviour
d. the7scientific7study7of7conscious7experience
ANSWER:7 D PTS:777 1 REF:777p.74 BLM:7 Remember
4. What7did7Wilhelm7Wundt7believe7the7focus7of7psychology7should7be?
a. studying7stimulus-response7associations
b. questioning7the7nature7of7existence
c. examining7people’s7awareness7of7their7immediate7experience
d. determining7people’s7unconscious7motivation7for7behaviour
ANSWER:7 C PTS:777 1 REF:777p.74 BLM:7 Higher7order
5. Who7established7the7first7psychological7research7laboratory7in7the7United7State
s7and7launched7that7country’s7first7psychology7journal?
a. William7James
b. G.7Stanley7Hall
c. John7Watson
d. Edward7Titchener
ANSWER:7 B PTS:777 1 REF:777p.75 BLM:7 Remember
, 6. Who7was7the7first7president7of7the7American7Psychological7Association7(APA)?
a. G.7Stanley7Hall
b. John7Watson
c. William7James
d. Sigmund7Freud
ANSWER:7 A PTS:777 1 REF:777p.75 BLM:7 Remember
7. What7is7the7world’s7largest7organization7devoted7to7the7advancement7
of7psychology?
a. Psychologists7of7North7America
b. Western7Psychological7Society
c. World7Psychology7Organization
d. American7Psychological7Association
ANSWER:7 D PTS:777 1 REF:777p.75 BLM:7 Remember
8. What7were7the7first7two7major7schools7of7psychology?
a. functionalism7and7behaviourism
b. behaviourism7and7psychoanalytic7theory
c. behaviourism7and7Gestalt7psychology
d. structuralism7and7functionalism
ANSWER:7 D PTS:777 1 REF:777p.76 BLM:7 Remember
9. Which7school7of7psychology7focused7on7identifying7and7examining7the7funda
mental7components7of7conscious7experience,7such7as7sensations,7feelings,7and7images?
a. humanism
b. structuralism
c. functionalism
d. behaviourism
ANSWER:7 B PTS:777 1 REF:777p.76 BLM:7 Remember
10. Which7type7of7psychologist7was7most7likely7to7use7the7technique7of7
introspection?
a. structuralist
b. behaviourist
c. cognitive
d. humanist
ANSWER:7 A PTS:777 1 REF:777p.76 BLM:7 Higher7order
11. Mariska7is7participating7in7a7study7in7which7she7is7asked7to7carefully7observe7
and7report7her7conscious7reactions7to7several7stimuli.7Which7type7of7psychologist7is7most7li
kely7to7conduct7a7study7like7this?
a. structuralist