Question 1

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the horn effect 
B)  unconscious motives 
C)  interviewer bias 
D)  the halo effect 
A)  the horn effect 
B)  unconscious motives 
C)  interviewer bias 
D)  the halo effect

Question 2

What did Carl Rogers mean by the term "fully functioning person"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Someone who is experiencing a match between his or her real and ideal self and who is also trusting of his or her innermost intuitions and urges. 
B)  Someone who is working to discover his or her ideal self. 
C)  Someone who is working to discover his or her real self. 
D)  Someone who has discovered his or her self-efficacy. 
A)  Someone who is experiencing a match between his or her real and ideal self and who is also trusting of his or her innermost intuitions and urges. 
B)  Someone who is working to discover his or her ideal self. 
C)  Someone who is working to discover his or her real self. 
D)  Someone who has discovered his or her self-efficacy.

Question 3

If a person becomes a Catholic priest or nun because of latent homosexual desires, his or her occupational choice might represent which defense mechanism?

Accepted Answer

A)  sublimation 
B)  displacement 
C)  reaction formation 
D)  projection 
A)  sublimation 
B)  displacement 
C)  reaction formation 
D)  projection

Question 4

When a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure, the test has __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reliability 
B)  discriminative power 
C)  statistical power 
D)  validity 
A)  reliability 
B)  discriminative power 
C)  statistical power 
D)  validity

Question 5

Someone who was interested in measuring a person's source traits, as described by Raymond Cattell, would use the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  NEO Personality Inventory 
B)  California Psychological Inventory (CPI) 
C)  Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire 
D)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 
A)  NEO Personality Inventory 
B)  California Psychological Inventory (CPI) 
C)  Sixteen Personality Factor (16PF) Questionnaire 
D)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Question 6

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop at about age 5?

Accepted Answer

A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  authentic self 
D)  superego 
A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  authentic self 
D)  superego

Question 7

In the metaphor of the angel, the devil, and me, the devil is the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  superego 
D)  libido 
A)  id 
B)  ego 
C)  superego 
D)  libido

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a halo effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shawn unknowingly tends to rate his new client's behavior slightly higher during testing after noticing the client is wearing a class ring from his own alma mater. 
B)  Kenneth tends to distrust all instructors, regardless of if they are new or if he has had them for multiple classes. 
C)  Jordan always seems to like the last person she interviews for a job because she remembers the most about them. 
D)  Wyleen provided her diagnosis only after conducting her own assessment and compiling information from two of her professional colleagues. 
A)  Shawn unknowingly tends to rate his new client's behavior slightly higher during testing after noticing the client is wearing a class ring from his own alma mater. 
B)  Kenneth tends to distrust all instructors, regardless of if they are new or if he has had them for multiple classes. 
C)  Jordan always seems to like the last person she interviews for a job because she remembers the most about them. 
D)  Wyleen provided her diagnosis only after conducting her own assessment and compiling information from two of her professional colleagues.

Question 9

Everly is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party. According to Freud, since Everly is in the latency period, whom would you expect to be at her party?

Accepted Answer

A)  mostly girls 
B)  mostly boys 
C)  mostly male parents who look like her father 
D)  mostly parents 
A)  mostly girls 
B)  mostly boys 
C)  mostly male parents who look like her father 
D)  mostly parents

Question 10

Raymond Cattell originally proposed that there are __________ personality source traits.

Accepted Answer

A)  five 
B)  eight 
C)  11 
D)  16 
A)  five 
B)  eight 
C)  11 
D)  16

Question 11

Akilah just graduated from high school; she is trying out for the soccer team at the college she will attend in the fall. She knows that it will be more competitive than her high school team, but she believes in her ability to succeed and plans to practice all summer. Bandura would say that Akilah might have an edge over some competitors simply because she has __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  high self-efficacy 
B)  self-actualization 
C)  set aside the time to practice 
D)  an external locus of control 
A)  high self-efficacy 
B)  self-actualization 
C)  set aside the time to practice 
D)  an external locus of control

Question 12

You have walked in late to class, and your psychology professor is explaining how one personality theorist sees personality as a relatively stable set of potential responses to various situations. You know immediately that your professor is talking about the theories of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Julian Rotter 
B)  B. F. Skinner 
C)  Albert Bandura 
D)  John Watson 
A)  Julian Rotter 
B)  B. F. Skinner 
C)  Albert Bandura 
D)  John Watson

Question 13

According to Rogers, one's perception of whom one should be or would like to be is called the real self.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Four-year-old Brandon has watched his father as he has mowed the lawn. This year, Brandon has asked for a lawn mower of his own for his birthday. Freud would say that Brandon is beginning the process of __________ as a way of resolving his Oedipal conflict.

Accepted Answer

A)  identification 
B)  compensation 
C)  sublimation 
D)  denial 
A)  identification 
B)  compensation 
C)  sublimation 
D)  denial

Question 15

Describe what is meant by a collectivistic culture.

Accepted Answer

Collectivistic culture refers to a cultu

Question 16

Jung's collective unconscious and Freud's unconscious are very similar.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Freudian stage during which girls must resolve the Electra complex is the __________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  genital 
B)  oral 
C)  phallic 
D)  anal 
A)  genital 
B)  oral 
C)  phallic 
D)  anal

Question 18

What is Freud's term for the unconscious efforts by the ego to deny or distort reality for the purpose of protecting itself when conflict becomes too intense?

Accepted Answer

A)  false cognitions 
B)  coping techniques 
C)  disordered thinking 
D)  psychological defense mechanisms 
A)  false cognitions 
B)  coping techniques 
C)  disordered thinking 
D)  psychological defense mechanisms

Question 19

Zaahir has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see. What type of test would psychologists call this?

Accepted Answer

A)  a dynamic test 
B)  a projective test 
C)  an objective test 
D)  a predictive test 
A)  a dynamic test 
B)  a projective test 
C)  an objective test 
D)  a predictive test

Question 20

What is one purpose of the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?

Accepted Answer

A)  to assess levels of current stressors 
B)  to check the appropriateness of a particular diagnosis 
C)  to detect the tendencies of test takers to present themselves in a favorable light 
D)  to distinguish items that incorrectly diagnose from those that correctly diagnose an individual 
A)  to assess levels of current stressors 
B)  to check the appropriateness of a particular diagnosis 
C)  to detect the tendencies of test takers to present themselves in a favorable light 
D)  to distinguish items that incorrectly diagnose from those that correctly diagnose an individual

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of __________.

What did Carl Rogers mean by the term "fully functioning person"?

If a person becomes a Catholic priest or nun because of latent homosexual desires, his or her occupational choice might represent which defense mechanism?

When a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure, the test has __________.

Someone who was interested in measuring a person's source traits, as described by Raymond Cattell, would use the __________.

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop at about age 5?

In the metaphor of the angel, the devil, and me, the devil is the __________.

Which of the following is an example of a halo effect?

Everly is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party. According to Freud, since Everly is in the latency period, whom would you expect to be at her party?

Raymond Cattell originally proposed that there are __________ personality source traits.

You have walked in late to class, and your psychology professor is explaining how one personality theorist sees personality as a relatively stable set of potential responses to various situations. You know immediately that your professor is talking about the theories of __________.

According to Rogers, one's perception of whom one should be or would like to be is called the real self.

Four-year-old Brandon has watched his father as he has mowed the lawn. This year, Brandon has asked for a lawn mower of his own for his birthday. Freud would say that Brandon is beginning the process of __________ as a way of resolving his Oedipal conflict.

Describe what is meant by a collectivistic culture.

Jung's collective unconscious and Freud's unconscious are very similar.

The Freudian stage during which girls must resolve the Electra complex is the __________ stage.

What is Freud's term for the unconscious efforts by the ego to deny or distort reality for the purpose of protecting itself when conflict becomes too intense?

Zaahir has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see. What type of test would psychologists call this?

What is one purpose of the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?

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Exam 13: Theories of Personality

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of __________.

What did Carl Rogers mean by the term "fully functioning person"?

If a person becomes a Catholic priest or nun because of latent homosexual desires, his or her occupational choice might represent which defense mechanism?

When a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure, the test has __________.

Someone who was interested in measuring a person's source traits, as described by Raymond Cattell, would use the __________.

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop at about age 5?

In the metaphor of the angel, the devil, and me, the devil is the __________.

Which of the following is an example of a halo effect?

Everly is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party. According to Freud, since Everly is in the latency period, whom would you expect to be at her party?

Raymond Cattell originally proposed that there are __________ personality source traits.

You have walked in late to class, and your psychology professor is explaining how one personality theorist sees personality as a relatively stable set of potential responses to various situations. You know immediately that your professor is talking about the theories of __________.

According to Rogers, one's perception of whom one should be or would like to be is called the real self.

Four-year-old Brandon has watched his father as he has mowed the lawn. This year, Brandon has asked for a lawn mower of his own for his birthday. Freud would say that Brandon is beginning the process of __________ as a way of resolving his Oedipal conflict.

Describe what is meant by a collectivistic culture.

Jung's collective unconscious and Freud's unconscious are very similar.

The Freudian stage during which girls must resolve the Electra complex is the __________ stage.

What is Freud's term for the unconscious efforts by the ego to deny or distort reality for the purpose of protecting itself when conflict becomes too intense?

Zaahir has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see. What type of test would psychologists call this?

What is one purpose of the validity scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

Filters