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Chapter 1 - The Evolution of Psychology
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1. Which two disciplines provided foundations for the field of psychology?
a. physiology and theology
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Chapter 1 - The Evolution of Psychology
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1. Which two disciplines provided foundations for the field of psychology?
a. physiology and theology b. physiology and sociology
c. philosophy and physiology d. sociology and philosophy
ANSWER: c
2. While the term “psychology” has existed since at least the early 1700s, when did psychology come to be considered a
science?
a. the 1750s b. the early 1800s
c. the late 1800s d. the 1940s
ANSWER: c
3. Which event marked the “birth” of psychology as a science?
a. Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory for psychological research.
b. Sigmund Freud first described the unconscious.
c. Charles Darwin published the theory of natural selection.
d. William James published the textbook Principles of Psychology.
ANSWER: a
4. How did Wilhelm Wundt define psychology?
a. the scientific study of the unconscious
b. the scientific study of conscious experience
c. the scientific study of behaviour
d. the scientific study of the brain
ANSWER: b
5. What are the two Greek words that make up “psychology”?
a. psyche, meaning the brain and logos, referring to the study of a subject
b. psyche, meaning the brain and logos, referring to research
c. psyche, meaning the soul and logos, referring to the study of a subject
d. psyche, meaning the soul and logos, referring to the history of a subject
ANSWER: c
6. Who established the first experimental psychology lab in the British Empire at the University of Toronto in 1891?
a. James Mark Baldwin b. Donald Hebb
c. William Wundt d. Brenda Milner
ANSWER: a
7. Which school of psychology stated that the task of psychology is to analyze conscious experience into its basic
elements?
a. functionalism b. psychoanalysi
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