Question 1

The 1960s TV show The Odd Couple provided an example of the fixations that might result from trauma in this psychosexual stage.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

All of the following are qualities of personality, EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) Aspects of one's personality form a coherent picture. 
B) Aspects of one's personality are integrated. 
C)  Aspects of one's personality are constantly changing. 
D)  Aspects of one's personality are relatively enduring. 
A) Aspects of one's personality form a coherent picture. 
B) Aspects of one's personality are integrated. 
C)  Aspects of one's personality are constantly changing. 
D)  Aspects of one's personality are relatively enduring.

Question 3

In contrast to Walter Mischel, Seymour Epstein proposed that traits did indeed predict behavior if behaviors were examined on a number of occasions and the results were

Accepted Answer

A)  aggregated 
B)  negated 
C)  correlated 
D)  multiplied 
A)  aggregated 
B)  negated 
C)  correlated 
D)  multiplied

Question 4

Anthony Terracciano found that national-character stereotypes, like egocentric Americans and industrious East-Asians, tend to be

Accepted Answer

A)  totally opposite to the consensus of individuals from those cultures 
B)  residual effects of earlier racist attitudes 
C)  consistent with the consensus of individuals from those cultures 
D)  evidence that racism continues to influence social cognition and personality 
A)  totally opposite to the consensus of individuals from those cultures 
B)  residual effects of earlier racist attitudes 
C)  consistent with the consensus of individuals from those cultures 
D)  evidence that racism continues to influence social cognition and personality

Question 5

This term highlights the importance that others around the growing self are truly being genuine and are not presenting a self which reflects others' values and wishes rather than their own.

Accepted Answer

A)  congruence 
B)  accurate empathy 
C)  unconditional positive regard 
D)  positive self-regard 
A)  congruence 
B)  accurate empathy 
C)  unconditional positive regard 
D)  positive self-regard

Question 6

A person's cognitive and emotional assessments of his or her own self-worth is commonly referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  self-concept 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  self-help 
D)  self-regard 
A)  self-concept 
B)  self-esteem 
C)  self-help 
D)  self-regard

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the three frequently identified sources of non-shared environmental influence on personality?

Accepted Answer

A) differing parental treatment of each child 
B)  peer influence 
C)  chance occurrences 
D)  genotype 
A) differing parental treatment of each child 
B)  peer influence 
C)  chance occurrences 
D)  genotype

Question 8

Roy Baumeister and his colleagues label this aspect of high self-esteem the "dark side of self-esteem."

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual promiscuity 
B)  aggression and violence 
C)  poor school performance 
D)  social loafing 
A)  sexual promiscuity 
B)  aggression and violence 
C)  poor school performance 
D)  social loafing

Question 9

Personality consists partly of unique variations on the set of evolved mental and behavioral characteristics, which all human beings share to some degree as a result of our common evolutionary history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to humanist grand theories, various mental processes are pressed into service by the mind in its efforts to navigate and resolve the conflicts with which it is continuously faced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The central aspect of personality for humanists was an intrinsic evaluation of the quality of a person's own unique existence in the world, termed

Accepted Answer

A)  self-esteem 
B)  self-concept 
C)  congruence 
D)  accurate empathy 
A)  self-esteem 
B)  self-concept 
C)  congruence 
D)  accurate empathy

Question 12

Almost all evidence from behavior genetics research points to this aspect of experience as the main environmental influence on adolescent and adult personality.

Accepted Answer

A) traits inherited from the same-sex parent 
B)  shared environmental influences 
C)  non-shared environmental influences 
D)  traits shared among siblings 
A) traits inherited from the same-sex parent 
B)  shared environmental influences 
C)  non-shared environmental influences 
D)  traits shared among siblings

Question 13

People are not merely a random collection of traits, meaning that people's personalities are

Accepted Answer

A)  integrated 
B)  organized 
C)  enduring 
D)  transient 
A)  integrated 
B)  organized 
C)  enduring 
D)  transient

Question 14

The main problem with Freud's conception of the conflicts arising in the phallic stage is that

Accepted Answer

A)  children are hardly ever attached to their caregivers 
B)  children innately identify with their opposite-sex parent 
C)  Freud did not explain how a girl or boy would understand the use of a penis and its meaning 
D)  Freud did not explain how a mother and father would conceive a child obsessed with erotic pleasure 
A)  children are hardly ever attached to their caregivers 
B)  children innately identify with their opposite-sex parent 
C)  Freud did not explain how a girl or boy would understand the use of a penis and its meaning 
D)  Freud did not explain how a mother and father would conceive a child obsessed with erotic pleasure

Question 15

Which of the following components of Freud's theories have been least supported by scientific data?

Accepted Answer

A)  tThe existence of anal and oral personality types 
B)  tThat childhood experiences have important impacts on personality 
C)  c.tThe existence of some defense mechanisms like denial 
D)  d.tThe universality of the Oedipus complex 
A)  tThe existence of anal and oral personality types 
B)  tThat childhood experiences have important impacts on personality 
C)  c.tThe existence of some defense mechanisms like denial 
D)  d.tThe universality of the Oedipus complex

Question 16

In Judith Harris's account of peer influence on personality, this concept prompts the child to conform to the expectations of his or her peers.

Accepted Answer

A) status system 
B)  socialization system 
C)  gene-environment system 
D)  conformity system 
A) status system 
B)  socialization system 
C)  gene-environment system 
D)  conformity system

Question 17

This humanistic term means that the approval and love we receive from important people in our lives are freely and fully given, regardless of flaws in our own behavior or character.

Accepted Answer

A)  congruence 
B)  accurate empathy 
C)  unconditional positive regard 
D)  positive reinforcement 
A)  congruence 
B)  accurate empathy 
C)  unconditional positive regard 
D)  positive reinforcement

Question 18

These are temporary, relatively unstable personality characteristics that are closely related to moods and emotions.

Accepted Answer

A)  types 
B)  traits 
C)  states 
D)  archetypes 
A)  types 
B)  traits 
C)  states 
D)  archetypes

Question 19

In the Eysencks' two-factor model of personality the two trait dimensions that interact to explain personality are referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  subordinate traits 
B)  superordinate traits 
C)  stability traits 
D)  extraversion traits 
A)  subordinate traits 
B)  superordinate traits 
C)  stability traits 
D)  extraversion traits

Question 20

Critics charge that the standards for scoring the Rorschach are not valid and may cause psychologically normal people to appear to have serious psychological disturbances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The 1960s TV show The Odd Couple provided an example of the fixations that might result from trauma in this psychosexual stage.

All of the following are qualities of personality, EXCEPT:

In contrast to Walter Mischel, Seymour Epstein proposed that traits did indeed predict behavior if behaviors were examined on a number of occasions and the results were

Anthony Terracciano found that national-character stereotypes, like egocentric Americans and industrious East-Asians, tend to be

This term highlights the importance that others around the growing self are truly being genuine and are not presenting a self which reflects others' values and wishes rather than their own.

A person's cognitive and emotional assessments of his or her own self-worth is commonly referred to as

Which of the following is NOT one of the three frequently identified sources of non-shared environmental influence on personality?

Roy Baumeister and his colleagues label this aspect of high self-esteem the "dark side of self-esteem."

Personality consists partly of unique variations on the set of evolved mental and behavioral characteristics, which all human beings share to some degree as a result of our common evolutionary history.

According to humanist grand theories, various mental processes are pressed into service by the mind in its efforts to navigate and resolve the conflicts with which it is continuously faced.

The central aspect of personality for humanists was an intrinsic evaluation of the quality of a person's own unique existence in the world, termed

Almost all evidence from behavior genetics research points to this aspect of experience as the main environmental influence on adolescent and adult personality.

People are not merely a random collection of traits, meaning that people's personalities are

The main problem with Freud's conception of the conflicts arising in the phallic stage is that

Which of the following components of Freud's theories have been least supported by scientific data?

In Judith Harris's account of peer influence on personality, this concept prompts the child to conform to the expectations of his or her peers.

This humanistic term means that the approval and love we receive from important people in our lives are freely and fully given, regardless of flaws in our own behavior or character.

These are temporary, relatively unstable personality characteristics that are closely related to moods and emotions.

In the Eysencks' two-factor model of personality the two trait dimensions that interact to explain personality are referred to as

Critics charge that the standards for scoring the Rorschach are not valid and may cause psychologically normal people to appear to have serious psychological disturbances.

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Exam 12: Personality

The 1960s TV show The Odd Couple provided an example of the fixations that might result from trauma in this psychosexual stage.

All of the following are qualities of personality, EXCEPT:

In contrast to Walter Mischel, Seymour Epstein proposed that traits did indeed predict behavior if behaviors were examined on a number of occasions and the results were

Anthony Terracciano found that national-character stereotypes, like egocentric Americans and industrious East-Asians, tend to be

This term highlights the importance that others around the growing self are truly being genuine and are not presenting a self which reflects others' values and wishes rather than their own.

A person's cognitive and emotional assessments of his or her own self-worth is commonly referred to as

Which of the following is NOT one of the three frequently identified sources of non-shared environmental influence on personality?

Roy Baumeister and his colleagues label this aspect of high self-esteem the "dark side of self-esteem."

Personality consists partly of unique variations on the set of evolved mental and behavioral characteristics, which all human beings share to some degree as a result of our common evolutionary history.

According to humanist grand theories, various mental processes are pressed into service by the mind in its efforts to navigate and resolve the conflicts with which it is continuously faced.

The central aspect of personality for humanists was an intrinsic evaluation of the quality of a person's own unique existence in the world, termed

Almost all evidence from behavior genetics research points to this aspect of experience as the main environmental influence on adolescent and adult personality.

People are not merely a random collection of traits, meaning that people's personalities are

The main problem with Freud's conception of the conflicts arising in the phallic stage is that

Which of the following components of Freud's theories have been least supported by scientific data?

In Judith Harris's account of peer influence on personality, this concept prompts the child to conform to the expectations of his or her peers.

This humanistic term means that the approval and love we receive from important people in our lives are freely and fully given, regardless of flaws in our own behavior or character.

These are temporary, relatively unstable personality characteristics that are closely related to moods and emotions.

In the Eysencks' two-factor model of personality the two trait dimensions that interact to explain personality are referred to as

Critics charge that the standards for scoring the Rorschach are not valid and may cause psychologically normal people to appear to have serious psychological disturbances.

Psychology As Science

The Brain, the Body, and Behavior

The Nature and Nurture of Behavior

Human Lifespan Development

Perception and the Senses

Varieties of Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Motivation

Emotion and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment

Social Psychology

Sex, Gender, and Sexual Behavior

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