Exam 11: Personality

In her direct observations of her hospitalized mental patients, a psychologist records the frequency of each patient's aggression, self-care, speech, and unusual behaviors. This psychologist is using the technique known as __________.

According to Allport, some traits are so basic that all of a person's activities can be traced to the existence of these traits. Allport calls such traits __________ traits.

According to Rogers, we allow experiences that match our self-image into awareness, where they gradually change the self.

The energies of which of the following are aimed at discharging tensions related to sex and aggression?

Since the ability to control your own life is the essence of what it means to be human, Albert Bandura believes that one of the most important expectancies we develop concerns our capacity for producing a desired result. Bandura called this concept

When people are asked to describe a person they know very well, they usually identify six to seven core traits that characterize this person's personality. According to Allport, these core traits would be the person's __________ traits.

According to Seligman and Peterson, the human strength of "justice" is expressed by the positive traits of

According to studies of the influence of heredity and environment on personality traits, heredity appears to be responsible for less than ten percent of the variation in most personality traits.

Which of the following is the term for the favored pattern of behavior expected of each sex within a culture?

Regarding a study using behavioral assessments, it was found that couples with sexual difficulties were more likely to do which of the following than couples with no sexual difficulties?

People who have personality traits that increase their chance of suffering a heart attack are considered __________ personalities.

The psychological situation, expectancy, and reinforcement value are important concepts in the theory proposed by

What observation method exposes people to frustrations, temptations, pressure, and boredom in a controlled environment, and is used for firearms training in police departments?

Traits theorists believe that traits provide a hereditary readiness to behave in particular ways, or a biological __________.

According to Gordon Allport, personality traits that are shared by most members of a particular culture are called __________ traits.

Temperament refers to

The paranoid personality, the dependent personality, and the antisocial personality are examples of __________ personality types.

Researchers have found that students are more likely to prefer to meet and talk to people through the Internet than face-to-face if they are high in the trait of

According to Rogers, the total subjective perception of one's body and personality is called the __________.

Which of the following aspects of Freud's theory have been challenged by new research?