Question 1

Jeffrey Gray proposed a neuropsychology of personality that is called the reticular activation system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following scenarios best represents the behavioral activation system proposed by Gray?

Accepted Answer

A) Peter is driving his new car. 
B) Cassie is babysitting her neighbor's baby. 
C) Ronald is exercising on a treadmill. 
D) David is expecting a reward for his work. 
A) Peter is driving his new car. 
B) Cassie is babysitting her neighbor's baby. 
C) Ronald is exercising on a treadmill. 
D) David is expecting a reward for his work.

Question 3

Mathew is a fourteen-year-old adolescent.He is poor in academics,but is a national-level basketball player.Despite his poor performance in academics,his parents never criticize him.They try to assist him in academics and encourage him in sports.Which of the following elements of Rogers's theory is demonstrated by Mathew's parents in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

A) Conditions of worth 
B) Unconditional positive regard 
C) Defense mechanisms 
D) Reactance 
A) Conditions of worth 
B) Unconditional positive regard 
C) Defense mechanisms 
D) Reactance

Question 4

Which of the following is true of Horney's sociocultural approach?

Accepted Answer

A) She believed that no woman experiences penis envy. 
B) She believed that the need for security is the most important human need. 
C) She supported Freud's notion that anatomy is destiny. 
D) She rejected the notion that men covet women's reproductive cAPAcities. 
A) She believed that no woman experiences penis envy. 
B) She believed that the need for security is the most important human need. 
C) She supported Freud's notion that anatomy is destiny. 
D) She rejected the notion that men covet women's reproductive cAPAcities.

Question 5

Mary is a cheerful,hardworking employee who always attributes her success and failures to herself.Which of the following is most likely to be true about Mary in the context of Bandura's social cognitive theory?

Accepted Answer

A) Mary is high on the trait of conformity. 
B) Mary is high on the trait of neuroticism. 
C) Mary has an external locus of control. 
D) Mary has an internal locus of control. 
A) Mary is high on the trait of conformity. 
B) Mary is high on the trait of neuroticism. 
C) Mary has an external locus of control. 
D) Mary has an internal locus of control.

Question 6

Which of the following behaviors is typical of a person fixated at the oral stage of development and using the defense mechanism of reaction formation?

Accepted Answer

A) Puritanical attitude toward sex 
B) Dislike of milk 
C) Excessive modesty 
D) Fear of dirt 
A) Puritanical attitude toward sex 
B) Dislike of milk 
C) Excessive modesty 
D) Fear of dirt

Question 7

Demi is moody and always grumbles about minor issues in life.According to the five-factor model of personality,Demi is most likely highest on _____.

Accepted Answer

A) conscientiousness 
B) neuroticism 
C) extraversion 
D) agreeableness 
A) conscientiousness 
B) neuroticism 
C) extraversion 
D) agreeableness

Question 8

A major criticism of the social cognitive theory of personality is that:

Accepted Answer

A) it provides only broad generalizations about behavior. 
B) it is too concerned with the changes and situational influences on personality. 
C) it underestimates the role of a person's thoughts and beliefs in personality. 
D) it overemphasizes the role of biology in human personality. 
A) it provides only broad generalizations about behavior. 
B) it is too concerned with the changes and situational influences on personality. 
C) it underestimates the role of a person's thoughts and beliefs in personality. 
D) it overemphasizes the role of biology in human personality.

Question 9

According to Abraham Maslow,which of the following traits is least likely to be associated with self-actualizers?

Accepted Answer

A) Spontaneity 
B) Creativity 
C) Intolerance 
D) Ambition 
A) Spontaneity 
B) Creativity 
C) Intolerance 
D) Ambition

Question 10

Harold is a high-school basketball player who is coached by his father.Harold realizes that his father's affections for him are completely dependent on whether or not Harold plays a good game.Whenever Harold loses a game,his father starts to emotionally withdraw from him.In this scenario,which concept of Rogers's humanistic approach to personality is best illustrated here?

Accepted Answer

In this scenario,Harold is most likely t

Question 11

According to the life story approach to identity,the _____ is an enduring concern for warm interpersonal encounters for their own sake.

Accepted Answer

A) agreeableness trait 
B) achievement motive 
C) intimacy motive 
D) extraversion trait 
A) agreeableness trait 
B) achievement motive 
C) intimacy motive 
D) extraversion trait

Question 12

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,the ego abides by the _____ principle.

Accepted Answer

A) pleasure 
B) self-actualization 
C) reality 
D) all-or-none 
A) pleasure 
B) self-actualization 
C) reality 
D) all-or-none

Question 13

According to the five-factor model of personality,a person who is incAPAble of being calm and satisfied with oneself or others is likely to be high on _____.

Accepted Answer

A) openness 
B) extraversion 
C) agreeableness 
D) neuroticism 
A) openness 
B) extraversion 
C) agreeableness 
D) neuroticism

Question 14

In psychology,enduring dispositions or lasting personality characteristics are known as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) behaviors 
B) perceptions 
C) traits 
D) instincts 
A) behaviors 
B) perceptions 
C) traits 
D) instincts

Question 15

Projective techniques require content analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The most commonly used method of measuring personality characteristics is _____.

Accepted Answer

A) the self-report test 
B) the projective test 
C) psychobiography 
D) brain imaging 
A) the self-report test 
B) the projective test 
C) psychobiography 
D) brain imaging

Question 17

Which of the following accurately describes the process of factor analysis in the identification of personality traits?

Accepted Answer

A) Factor analysis allows researchers to create operational definitions of observed personality traits. 
B) Factor analysis permits trait inferences by examining people's responses to ambiguous stimuli. 
C) Factor analysis identifies which traits go together in terms of how they are rated. 
D) Factor analysis allows researchers to use projective tests to determine durable traits. 
A) Factor analysis allows researchers to create operational definitions of observed personality traits. 
B) Factor analysis permits trait inferences by examining people's responses to ambiguous stimuli. 
C) Factor analysis identifies which traits go together in terms of how they are rated. 
D) Factor analysis allows researchers to use projective tests to determine durable traits.

Question 18

At home,Carrie is moody,self-centered,and bossy.At social events,she is the life of the party.She is funny,happy,and demonstrates social graces that none of her family members ever see at home.Which of the following is the most accurate explanation of Carrie's behavior in the context of Jung's analytic theory?

Accepted Answer

A) Carrie displays her persona at parties. 
B) Carrie displays her anima at parties. 
C) Carrie displays her animus at home. 
D) Carrie displays unconditional positive regard at parties. 
A) Carrie displays her persona at parties. 
B) Carrie displays her anima at parties. 
C) Carrie displays her animus at home. 
D) Carrie displays unconditional positive regard at parties.

Question 19

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,_____ occurs when the ego replaces a less acceptable motive with a more acceptable one.

Accepted Answer

A) regression 
B) sublimation 
C) rationalization 
D) displacement 
A) regression 
B) sublimation 
C) rationalization 
D) displacement

Question 20

Which of the following psychologists would be most interested in examining the impact of amygdala damage on personality?

Accepted Answer

A) Gordon Allport 
B) Albert Bandura 
C) Carl Rogers 
D) Jeffrey Gray 
A) Gordon Allport 
B) Albert Bandura 
C) Carl Rogers 
D) Jeffrey Gray

Jeffrey Gray proposed a neuropsychology of personality that is called the reticular activation system.

Which of the following scenarios best represents the behavioral activation system proposed by Gray?

Which of the following is true of Horney's sociocultural approach?

Mary is a cheerful,hardworking employee who always attributes her success and failures to herself.Which of the following is most likely to be true about Mary in the context of Bandura's social cognitive theory?

Which of the following behaviors is typical of a person fixated at the oral stage of development and using the defense mechanism of reaction formation?

Demi is moody and always grumbles about minor issues in life.According to the five-factor model of personality,Demi is most likely highest on _____.

A major criticism of the social cognitive theory of personality is that:

According to Abraham Maslow,which of the following traits is least likely to be associated with self-actualizers?

According to the life story approach to identity,the _____ is an enduring concern for warm interpersonal encounters for their own sake.

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,the ego abides by the _____ principle.

According to the five-factor model of personality,a person who is incAPAble of being calm and satisfied with oneself or others is likely to be high on _____.

In psychology,enduring dispositions or lasting personality characteristics are known as _____.

Projective techniques require content analysis.

The most commonly used method of measuring personality characteristics is _____.

Which of the following accurately describes the process of factor analysis in the identification of personality traits?

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,_____ occurs when the ego replaces a less acceptable motive with a more acceptable one.

Which of the following psychologists would be most interested in examining the impact of amygdala damage on personality?

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Exam 12: Personality

Jeffrey Gray proposed a neuropsychology of personality that is called the reticular activation system.

Which of the following scenarios best represents the behavioral activation system proposed by Gray?

Which of the following is true of Horney's sociocultural approach?

Mary is a cheerful,hardworking employee who always attributes her success and failures to herself.Which of the following is most likely to be true about Mary in the context of Bandura's social cognitive theory?

Which of the following behaviors is typical of a person fixated at the oral stage of development and using the defense mechanism of reaction formation?

Demi is moody and always grumbles about minor issues in life.According to the five-factor model of personality,Demi is most likely highest on _____.

A major criticism of the social cognitive theory of personality is that:

According to Abraham Maslow,which of the following traits is least likely to be associated with self-actualizers?

According to the life story approach to identity,the _____ is an enduring concern for warm interpersonal encounters for their own sake.

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,the ego abides by the _____ principle.

According to the five-factor model of personality,a person who is incAPAble of being calm and satisfied with oneself or others is likely to be high on _____.

In psychology,enduring dispositions or lasting personality characteristics are known as _____.

Projective techniques require content analysis.

The most commonly used method of measuring personality characteristics is _____.

Which of the following accurately describes the process of factor analysis in the identification of personality traits?

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory,_____ occurs when the ego replaces a less acceptable motive with a more acceptable one.

Which of the following psychologists would be most interested in examining the impact of amygdala damage on personality?

What Is Psychology?

Psychology’s Scientific Method

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

States of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Human Development

Motivation and Emotion

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Social Psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Health Psychology

Filters