Psychology Themes And Variations 5th Edition by Wayne Weiten - Test Bank
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,Ch. 1 - The Evolution of Psychology
Imagine that you have gone to visit your PSYC 1001 professor during his office hours and find out that he
has a time machine in his office. He explains that the time machine works, except for a programming
glitch that restricts the destination of the machine. This particular time machine can only travel to the
laboratories of past psychology researchers. Seeing as you are an avid first-year psychology student, you
boldly ask your professor if you can take a ride to a past laboratory. Surprisingly, he agrees, so you hop
in, ready to travel back in time.
1. You choose to travel back to Vienna in the early 1900s to talk to Sigmund Freud. You enter his office
when he is in a session with a patient. Which of the following would you NOT expect to hear?
A. The patient describing the dream she had last night in great detail.
B. Freud asking his patient why she believes she dreamed about her cat eating a mouse.
C. Freud asking the patient to describe the behaviours of the characters in her dream.
D. The patient asking Freud what he thinks of her dream about her cat eating a mouse.
ANSWER: B
2. You travel to the office of B. F. Skinner. You ask him how he thinks you can stop your bad habit of
biting your nails. What does he suggest you do?
A. Scare yourself with stories about terrible illnesses and infections caused by nail-biting.
B. Paint a vomit-inducing polish on your nails so you will learn to associate nail-biting with vomiting.
C. Reward yourself every time you make it a week without biting your nails.
D. Think about the reason why you bite your nails and work to correct that instead.
ANSWER: C
3. When you visit _____________, he explains that your roommate is most likely stealing your food
because ________________.
A. Abraham Maslow; his physiological needs are greater than his need for self-esteem
B. Carl Rogers; his physiological needs are greater than his need to be accepted
C. Carl Rogers; his need for achievement is greater than his need to be accepted
D. Abraham Maslow; he has met the steps of the needs hierarchy before his need to be accepted
ANSWER: A
4. You (and most other individuals) are under the impression that humans have the power to choose their
own beliefs and behaviours. When you mention this to ____________, he disagrees and you get into a
heated argument about your beliefs and his controversial theories.
A. Abraham Maslow
B. B.F. Skinner
C. Wilhelm Wundt
D. Sigmund Freud
ANSWER: B
,Raphael and Paxton are roommates. Because they’re both psychology majors, they choose to dress up as
their favourite early psychologists for a Halloween party in their building. They also challenge one
another to act like these psychologists all night, and the first one to break character has to take out the
trash until the end of semester.
1. Raphael’s friend Samantha says that her best friend just started dating the guy Samantha had a crush
on. Raphael asks Samantha, “And how did that make you feel?” Who is Raphael dressed as?
A. Rene Descartes
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Max Wertheimer
D. William James
ANSWER: B
2. Paxton is listening to his friend Nadav who is telling him about how worried he is that he will fail his
physics class. Paxton reassures him by saying, “Our mind expands to accommodate new information. So,
keep studying as hard as you can, and you’ll learn the material!” Who is Paxton dressed as?
A. Rene Descartes
B. E.B. Titchener
C. G. Stanley Hall
D. William James
ANSWER: D
3. Imagine that Paxton is dressed as Wilhelm Wundt and supports the theory of structuralism all evening.
Whereas Raphael is dressed as William James and supports functionalism. They get into a few arguments.
When their friend Nadav asks them if they agree on anything, how do they respond?
A. “No. We are forever doomed to trying to prove each other wrong.”
B. “Yes, introspection.”
C. “Yes, systematic observation.”
D. “Yes, stream of consciousness.”
ANSWER: C
, Lucas is a 4th year student at Carleton studying psychology and is now considering more seriously his
future and the career options he has. He is currently completing his undergraduate thesis (a big research
project many psychology majors complete before they graduate). Lucas’ research is investigating how
subjective feelings of fear activate the autonomic nervous system.
1. If Lucas decides to get a Ph.D. in psychology after he graduates, he is most likely going to be
employed in ____________.
A. the private sector
B. a college or a university
C. a hospital or a clinic
D. the government
ANSWER: A
2. Lucas is not sure about what to do after graduation, so he decides to book an appointment for career
counselling. Lucas is going to be meeting with a psychologist specializing in ___________.
A. clinical psychology
B. counselling psychology
C. educational and school psychology
D. industrial and organizational psychology
ANSWER: B
3. Which major area of contemporary psychology does Lucas’ thesis belong to?
A. Social psychology
B. Psychometrics
C. Physiological psychology
D. Cognitive psychology
ANSWER: C
4. While conducting his thesis, Lucas made sure that all his research methods were empirical in nature.
This means that the conclusions he reached were based on _____________.
A. reasoning
B. traditional beliefs
C. speculation
D. observation
ANSWER: D
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