Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of self-actualizers?

Accepted Answer

A)  a deep preoccupation with one's own thoughts, feelings, and flaws 
B)  spontaneity 
C)  efficient perceptions of reality 
D)  a continued freshness of appreciation 
A)  a deep preoccupation with one's own thoughts, feelings, and flaws 
B)  spontaneity 
C)  efficient perceptions of reality 
D)  a continued freshness of appreciation

Question 2

Which level of awareness holds repressed memories and emotions, plus the instinctual drives of the id?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscious 
B)  preconscious 
C)  unconscious 
D)  postconscious 
A)  conscious 
B)  preconscious 
C)  unconscious 
D)  postconscious

Question 3

According to social learning theory, a child's attempts to match his or her behavior to another person's behavior is called

Accepted Answer

A)  identification. 
B)  imitation. 
C)  self-efficacy. 
D)  organismic valuing. 
A)  identification. 
B)  imitation. 
C)  self-efficacy. 
D)  organismic valuing.

Question 4

Mark is very hungry.After class, he leaves the building and sees the signs of various fast food restaurants on the highway near the college.After seeing the signs, he gets in his car to go to a restaurant to satisfy his hunger.According to Dollard and Miller, going to the restaurant would be considered a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  ​cue. 
B)  ​archetype. 
C)  ​reward. 
D)  ​response. 
A)  ​cue. 
B)  ​archetype. 
C)  ​reward. 
D)  ​response.

Question 5

According to Horney, emotional problems

Accepted Answer

A)  ​lock people into an overuse of one of the three modes of interacting. 
B)  ​result from a failure to compensate for feelings of inferiority. 
C)  ​result from a failure to achieve balance between the conscious and the unconscious. 
D)  ​reflect incongruence between one's real self and ideal self. 
A)  ​lock people into an overuse of one of the three modes of interacting. 
B)  ​result from a failure to compensate for feelings of inferiority. 
C)  ​result from a failure to achieve balance between the conscious and the unconscious. 
D)  ​reflect incongruence between one's real self and ideal self.

Question 6

To better understand personality, trait theorists attempt to

Accepted Answer

A)  analyze traits. 
B)  classify traits. 
C)  interrelate traits. 
D)  do all of these. 
A)  analyze traits. 
B)  classify traits. 
C)  interrelate traits. 
D)  do all of these.

Question 7

Scott is out shopping at the local bookstore and stumbles on a rare 20-volume set of The Civil War Years: Crisis, Peril, and Triumph.He has wanted this set for years, but unfortunately right now, he's unable to afford it.If the personality structures proposed by psychoanalytic theory could talk, what would the id likely say in this situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Walk away and don't look back." 
B)  "Talk to the book store owner, see if you can put a small down payment on it to hold it, and then start saving up the money any way that you can." 
C)  "You really need this set of books.Why not just charge the whole thing on your already overburdened credit card?" 
D)  "You always want things you can't afford.You need to spend your money on necessities, not luxuries." 
A)  "Walk away and don't look back." 
B)  "Talk to the book store owner, see if you can put a small down payment on it to hold it, and then start saving up the money any way that you can." 
C)  "You really need this set of books.Why not just charge the whole thing on your already overburdened credit card?" 
D)  "You always want things you can't afford.You need to spend your money on necessities, not luxuries."

Question 8

The ego and superego reside at which level(s)of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  only the unconscious level 
B)  only the conscious level 
C)  only at the preconscious and unconscious levels 
D)  at the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious levels 
A)  only the unconscious level 
B)  only the conscious level 
C)  only at the preconscious and unconscious levels 
D)  at the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious levels

Question 9

According to behavioral personality theorists, what is predictable about personality is that people tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  react in an angry and aggressive manner when frustrated. 
B)  be dominated by their inborn temperamental traits. 
C)  respond differently based on their age, gender, and cultural differences. 
D)  respond in consistent ways to certain types of situations. 
A)  react in an angry and aggressive manner when frustrated. 
B)  be dominated by their inborn temperamental traits. 
C)  respond differently based on their age, gender, and cultural differences. 
D)  respond in consistent ways to certain types of situations.

Question 10

In personality development, humanistic and behavioral theories stress the importance of

Accepted Answer

A)  learning and life experiences. 
B)  fixations within the psychosexual stages. 
C)  temperamental differences. 
D)  inherited biological predispositions. 
A)  learning and life experiences. 
B)  fixations within the psychosexual stages. 
C)  temperamental differences. 
D)  inherited biological predispositions.

Question 11

According to Carl Jung, a bold, outgoing person whose attention is directed outward is referred to as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  introvert. 
B)  Type A personality. 
C)  perceptive type. 
D)  extrovert. 
A)  introvert. 
B)  Type A personality. 
C)  perceptive type. 
D)  extrovert.

Question 12

A person who is cynical and insensitive, lacks remorse, and is unconcerned with the morality of his or her actions would be described as having the trait of

Accepted Answer

A)  ​psychopathy. 
B)  ​narcissism. 
C)  ​neuroticism. 
D)  ​dogmatism. 
A)  ​psychopathy. 
B)  ​narcissism. 
C)  ​neuroticism. 
D)  ​dogmatism.

Question 13

If you have learned something about your friends' personalities from their reactions to movies, paintings, what they see in cloud formations, and other ambiguous stimuli, then you are using an informal method of assessing personality that is similar to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rating scale 
B)  situational testing 
C)  projective tests 
D)  personality inventories 
A)  the rating scale 
B)  situational testing 
C)  projective tests 
D)  personality inventories

Question 14

You are asked by a psychologist to describe what you see in a set of ten inkblots that vary in color, shading, form, and complexity.This psychologist is using the

Accepted Answer

A)  Thematic Apperception Test. 
B)  Rorschach Test. 
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. 
D)  16 PF. 
A)  Thematic Apperception Test. 
B)  Rorschach Test. 
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. 
D)  16 PF.

Question 15

According to Jung, the archetype that represents the male principle is called the​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​ego ideal. 
B)  ​persona. 
C)  ​anima. 
D)  ​animus. 
A)  ​ego ideal. 
B)  ​persona. 
C)  ​anima. 
D)  ​animus.

Question 16

You are talking to a new classmate.She asks you where you went to high school and if you have any brothers or sisters.According to Freud, this personal information about your life resided in which level of consciousness until you "pulled" it up into current awareness?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscious 
B)  preconscious 
C)  unconscious 
D)  postconscious 
A)  conscious 
B)  preconscious 
C)  unconscious 
D)  postconscious

Question 17

Which of the following psychologists developed The Dirty Dozen rating scale to measure the dark triad of traits? ​

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Adler 
B)  ​Carl Jung 
C)  ​Peter Jonason 
D)  Julian Rotter 
A)  Alfred Adler 
B)  ​Carl Jung 
C)  ​Peter Jonason 
D)  Julian Rotter

Question 18

When Walter was rated using The Dirty Dozen rating scale, he scored high on these statements: "I tend to manipulate others to get my way"; "I have used deceit or lied to get my way"; "I have used flattery to get my way"; andI tend to exploit others towards my own end".His high score on these four statements is associated with the trait known as​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​ethnocentrism. 
B)  ​Machiavellianism. 
C)  authoritarianism. 
D)  ​dogmatism. 
A)  ​ethnocentrism. 
B)  ​Machiavellianism. 
C)  authoritarianism. 
D)  ​dogmatism.

Question 19

Interviews are used to do all of the following EXCEPT to

Accepted Answer

A)  study the dynamics of personality and identify personality disturbances. 
B)  select people for jobs, college, or special programs. 
C)  control a client's behavior in therapy. 
D)  gain information about a person through observing his or her body language. 
A)  study the dynamics of personality and identify personality disturbances. 
B)  select people for jobs, college, or special programs. 
C)  control a client's behavior in therapy. 
D)  gain information about a person through observing his or her body language.

Question 20

According to Freud, when impulses from the id overwhelm the ego, the person experiences

Accepted Answer

A)  incongruence. 
B)  neurotic anxiety. 
C)  moral anxiety. 
D)  organismic valuing. 
A)  incongruence. 
B)  neurotic anxiety. 
C)  moral anxiety. 
D)  organismic valuing.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of self-actualizers?

Which level of awareness holds repressed memories and emotions, plus the instinctual drives of the id?

According to social learning theory, a child's attempts to match his or her behavior to another person's behavior is called

According to Horney, emotional problems

To better understand personality, trait theorists attempt to

The ego and superego reside at which level(s)of consciousness?

According to behavioral personality theorists, what is predictable about personality is that people tend to

In personality development, humanistic and behavioral theories stress the importance of

According to Carl Jung, a bold, outgoing person whose attention is directed outward is referred to as a(n)

A person who is cynical and insensitive, lacks remorse, and is unconcerned with the morality of his or her actions would be described as having the trait of

If you have learned something about your friends' personalities from their reactions to movies, paintings, what they see in cloud formations, and other ambiguous stimuli, then you are using an informal method of assessing personality that is similar to which of the following?

You are asked by a psychologist to describe what you see in a set of ten inkblots that vary in color, shading, form, and complexity.This psychologist is using the

According to Jung, the archetype that represents the male principle is called the

You are talking to a new classmate.She asks you where you went to high school and if you have any brothers or sisters.According to Freud, this personal information about your life resided in which level of consciousness until you "pulled" it up into current awareness?

Which of the following psychologists developed The Dirty Dozen rating scale to measure the dark triad of traits?

Interviews are used to do all of the following EXCEPT to

According to Freud, when impulses from the id overwhelm the ego, the person experiences

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of self-actualizers?

Which level of awareness holds repressed memories and emotions, plus the instinctual drives of the id?

According to social learning theory, a child's attempts to match his or her behavior to another person's behavior is called

According to Horney, emotional problems

To better understand personality, trait theorists attempt to

The ego and superego reside at which level(s)of consciousness?

According to behavioral personality theorists, what is predictable about personality is that people tend to

In personality development, humanistic and behavioral theories stress the importance of

According to Carl Jung, a bold, outgoing person whose attention is directed outward is referred to as a(n)

A person who is cynical and insensitive, lacks remorse, and is unconcerned with the morality of his or her actions would be described as having the trait of

If you have learned something about your friends' personalities from their reactions to movies, paintings, what they see in cloud formations, and other ambiguous stimuli, then you are using an informal method of assessing personality that is similar to which of the following?

You are asked by a psychologist to describe what you see in a set of ten inkblots that vary in color, shading, form, and complexity.This psychologist is using the

According to Jung, the archetype that represents the male principle is called the​

You are talking to a new classmate.She asks you where you went to high school and if you have any brothers or sisters.According to Freud, this personal information about your life resided in which level of consciousness until you "pulled" it up into current awareness?

Which of the following psychologists developed The Dirty Dozen rating scale to measure the dark triad of traits? ​

Interviews are used to do all of the following EXCEPT to

According to Freud, when impulses from the id overwhelm the ego, the person experiences

Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science

Brain and Behavior.

Human Development

Sensation and Perception.

States of Consciousness.

Conditioning and Learning.

Memory.

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Intelligence.

Motivation and Emotion.

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.

Health, Stress, and Coping.

Psychological Disorders.

Therapies.

Social Thinking and Social Influence.

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior.

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According to Jung, the archetype that represents the male principle is called the

Which of the following psychologists developed The Dirty Dozen rating scale to measure the dark triad of traits?