Exam 11: Personality

Your roommate tends to be hot-tempered and irritable. The early Greeks would have said that your roommate has which temperament?

If a psychologist is recording the frequency of a child's inattention and out-of-seat behavior, he or she is using a technique known as situational testing.

Describe and provide an example of each of the three concepts of Julian Rotter's social learning theory.

According to Carl Rogers, when parents label some of their children's feelings as bad or wrong, such as a young boy being told that "big boys don't cry," the children develop internal standards of evaluation called __________.

When Anthony gets a test paper back on which he earned an "A," phrases like, "atta boy" and "good going" pop into his head, and he feels a sense of pride in his accomplishments. This illustrates the social learning concept of

Define Carl Rogers' personality structures of the self and self-image; describe what is meant by a fully functioning person and contrast this with a person who is incongruent, including the two ways that incongruence can occur; and explain how children develop conditions of worth, how these internalized conditions of worth contribute to incongruence, and why unconditional positive regard is so important.

A person states that almost anyone would be polite at a wedding reception; it doesn't matter what kind of personality the person has. This person believes that the behavior of people is strongly influenced by

Vickie is a very passive individual that is overly trusting and needs lots of attention. Freud would have said that Vickie has an __________ personality.

When desirable or undesirable characteristics of personality are evaluated, we refer to this as assessing a person's temperament.

Of the positive personality traits listed below, which were found to be the most strongly associated with life satisfaction?

Learning the gender roles of one's culture is greatly influenced by

Explain how each of the four personality theories view: (a) the role of genetics; (b) the role of the environment; (c) human nature; (d) whether behavior is free or determined; (e) principal motives; (f) the structure of the personality; (g) the role of the unconscious; (h) the concept of a conscience; (i) the developmental emphasis; and (j) the barriers to personal growth.

One's food preferences, attitudes, political opinions, musical tastes, and so forth are examples of what Allport called __________ traits.

The pattern of behaviors that are regarded as "male" or "female" by one's culture is referred to as a(n) __________.

According to Freud, a person is likely to become a delinquent or a criminal if which of the following is poorly developed?

Which of the following was the English psychologist who proposed the theory that many personality traits are related to whether one is introverted or extroverted and whether one tends to be emotionally stable or unstable (highly emotional)?

Paul is so disorganized that his room looks like a tornado went through it. When he gets angry, he often breaks objects and can be very cruel to others. According to Freud, Paul has an __________ personality.

Concerning the cultural differences in self-esteem, Americans tend to emphasize individual accomplishments, while the Japanese tend to emphasize group accomplishments.

Genuine self-esteem is based on which type of appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses?

Discuss how interviews are used to assess personality, including the difference in the two types of interviews, two advantages of using interviews, and the four limitations of the interview method.