Exam 13: Personality

Imagine that your college or university has a number of campus dogs that roam freely.You decide to test whether students have similar views of the "personalities" of these animals.Research suggests that:

As a child,Erin was always getting into trouble with her parents because she liked to steal cookies from the cookie jar.She was not concerned with the consequences and would steal cookies even when she knew she might get punished.Erin's impulse is based in what Freud called the:

Marta has a successful job,is married to a handsome and kind person,and has three intelligent children.What would you predict about Marta's self-esteem based on this information?

How is brain functioning related to remembering information about the self?

One current view on self-enhancement suggests that:

Todd is a very conscientious person,Jane is a very extraverted person,and Tyrone is a very agreeable person.In terms of human evolution,which of these people have a personality trait that is highly adaptive?

Bandura's concept of self-efficacy:

Cultures that highlight individual success are referred to as _____ cultures.

Cognitive-social theories of personality emphasize:

Your psychology teacher is studying the personalities of the students in the class and asks everyone to write a personal narrative involving his or her experiences in college thus far.The teacher is using a(n)_____ approach to personality description.

Which of the following statements is NOT a view that evolutionary psychologists would hold about human personality?

According to research on physiological arousal and personality,which brain structure has been associated with inhibiting behavior?

According to your textbook,scoring low on the trait of _____ is associated with relatively high consistency in your behavior across situations.

Most people feel they are _____,and this view is _____.

Your professor believes that behavior is strongly affected by emotions and by expectations about what might happen in the future.In addition,events in the environment affect one's current expectations and emotions.From a theory of personality perspective,your professor is acting most like a _____ theorist.

Your friend says her dog,a cocker spaniel,has a very outgoing personality.On the basis of research reported in your textbook,you argue that:

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of temperament?

Researchers have found that the trait of conscientiousness predicts_____,and that openness to experience predicts_____.

If Andy's id is a very dominant force in his personality,he is likely to:

If you were a parent who endorsed Carl Rogers's person-centered approach to personality,how would you treat your child?