Exam 11: Personality

_____ often leads people to assert that "I knew it all along" in discussing outcomes they did not actually predict.

Fred was the highest paid news anchor in prime-time television. He had been with the same national network for 20 years. His coworkers couldn't believe it when Fred cleared out his office one day and announced he was going to become a volunteer with an international relief agency. He explained, "I feel I need to make a fundamental change in my life if I am going to continue to grow as a person." Fred's actions are consistent with

One of the chief goals of terror management theory is to explain why people ​

If Tim is a typical young child, Adler would believe that Tim has ​

Juan used to be a fairly generous individual, but it seemed that whenever he loaned things to people, they were never returned, or they were returned broken. Consequently, Juan is no longer generous. Based on principles of operant conditioning, Juan's lack of generosity is MOST likely a result of ​

In explaining behavior, social learning theorist Walter Mischel is MOST interested in the influence of

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a self-actualizing person?

In an emergency, we would all react differently from one another because we all have different personalities and experiences. This quality of personality is called ​

Which of the following levels of awareness contains material just beneath the surface of awareness that can easily be retrieved?

Alan has always done poorly in his math courses; he must take a statistics course next term to graduate. He is not confident he will do well in it and is very nervous about taking the course. In this example, Alan shows evidence of having ​

The theorist who advanced the concept that the unconscious has two layers, the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious, was ​

Which of the following is NOT a common criticism of psychodynamic theories of personality?

In explaining an individual's aggressiveness, Skinner would look for ​

Finding ways to meet instinctual needs and still take into account the conditions of the external, social world defines the _____, the basic operating theme of the _____.

Kevin has been working for the same company for the past 15 years. He earns a good salary, and he feels like his coworkers are "family." However, lately he has begun to feel that his supervisors are not giving him the recognition or respect that he deserves, so he has been considering looking for another job. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Kevin's thoughts of changing jobs may well be motivated by frustrated _____ needs.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of narcissism?

Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week, he struck out on an easy pitch. When this happened, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. According to Freud, Jose may be unconsciously dealing with his anger at himself by using the defense mechanism of ​

Primary process thinking is associated with the _____, and secondary process thinking is associated with the _____.

What need was Abraham Maslow expressing when he said, "What a man can be, he must be"?

Briefly describe the strengths and weaknesses of the behavioral approach to personality.