Question 1

According to Miller and Dollard,permissiveness for sexual and aggressive behavior in childhood

Accepted Answer

A)  is linked to adult needs for power. 
B)  forms a person's attitudes toward cleanliness, conformity, and bodily functions. 
C)  helps form a person's basic active or passive orientation toward the world. 
D)  leads to androgynous behavior as adults. 
A)  is linked to adult needs for power. 
B)  forms a person's attitudes toward cleanliness, conformity, and bodily functions. 
C)  helps form a person's basic active or passive orientation toward the world. 
D)  leads to androgynous behavior as adults.

Question 2

Studies have shown that severe,punishing,or frustrating toilet training

Accepted Answer

A)  leads to quicker training at an early age. 
B)  changes a child's passive orientation to an active one. 
C)  can have undesirable effects on personality development. 
D)  have not shown any undesirable effects on personality development. 
A)  leads to quicker training at an early age. 
B)  changes a child's passive orientation to an active one. 
C)  can have undesirable effects on personality development. 
D)  have not shown any undesirable effects on personality development.

Question 3

Kierra was invited to go water skiing,an activity she has not done before.Kierra believes she has the ability to learn to water ski and keep up with her more experienced friends because she is a fast learner.Bandura would say that Kierra shows high

Accepted Answer

A)  self-actualizing. 
B)  organismic valuing. 
C)  congruence. 
D)  self-efficacy. 
A)  self-actualizing. 
B)  organismic valuing. 
C)  congruence. 
D)  self-efficacy.

Question 4

To assess personality,psychologists tend to use

Accepted Answer

A)  interviews. 
B)  observation. 
C)  questionnaires and projective tests. 
D)  all of these in combination. 
A)  interviews. 
B)  observation. 
C)  questionnaires and projective tests. 
D)  all of these in combination.

Question 5

If a person taking the MMPI-2 displays a pattern of responses that indicates the presence of obsessive worries,irrational fears,and compulsive actions,the person would have a high score on which clinical subscale?

Accepted Answer

A)  hypochondrias 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  psychasthenia 
D)  hysteria 
A)  hypochondrias 
B)  schizophrenia 
C)  psychasthenia 
D)  hysteria

Question 6

When his dad is fixing things around the house,five-year-old Jamie gets out his toy tool kit and acts like he is fixing things.Jamie even tries to walk and talk like his father does because Jamie wants to be like his father so much.This illustrates the social learning concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  androgyny. 
B)  imitation. 
C)  congruence. 
D)  fixation. 
A)  androgyny. 
B)  imitation. 
C)  congruence. 
D)  fixation.

Question 7

Dr.Satchel administered an objective personality test that has 567 questions and 10 clinical subscales.After she scores this test,she will chart the results graphically

Accepted Answer

A)  in a deviation graph. 
B)  in an MMPI-2 profile. 
C)  on a normality curve. 
D)  on a Ebbinghaus curve. 
A)  in a deviation graph. 
B)  in an MMPI-2 profile. 
C)  on a normality curve. 
D)  on a Ebbinghaus curve.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the four critical situations that Dollard and Miller believed to be capable of leaving a lasting imprint on personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  sex training 
B)  language skills 
C)  feeding 
D)  toilet training 
A)  sex training 
B)  language skills 
C)  feeding 
D)  toilet training

Question 9

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)was primarily designed

Accepted Answer

A)  to identify people with particular psychological problems. 
B)  for use with children under age ten. 
C)  for use with the intellectually disabled. 
D)  to identify vocational preferences. 
A)  to identify people with particular psychological problems. 
B)  for use with children under age ten. 
C)  for use with the intellectually disabled. 
D)  to identify vocational preferences.

Question 10

Regarding how personality develops through the life span,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temperament has a large impact on how infants interact with their parents. 
B)  After age 50, most older adults tend to become "grumpy old men" and "cranky old women." 
C)  Personality starts to stabilize at age three and continues to "harden" through age 50. 
D)  Temperament consists of the biological predispositions to be sensitive, irritable, distractible, and display a typical mood. 
A)  Temperament has a large impact on how infants interact with their parents. 
B)  After age 50, most older adults tend to become "grumpy old men" and "cranky old women." 
C)  Personality starts to stabilize at age three and continues to "harden" through age 50. 
D)  Temperament consists of the biological predispositions to be sensitive, irritable, distractible, and display a typical mood.

Question 11

In evaluating a new theory,a psychologist asks the questions "Does the theory adequately explain behavior? Does the theory stimulate new research? Does the theory suggest how to treat psychological disorders?" This psychologist is judging this theory by its

Accepted Answer

A)  truthfulness. 
B)  usefulness. 
C)  concreteness. 
D)  reliability. 
A)  truthfulness. 
B)  usefulness. 
C)  concreteness. 
D)  reliability.

Question 12

Your session with a clinical psychologist begins with her asking you describe what you see in a set of ambiguous pictures.This psychologist is using a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  rating scale. 
B)  situational test. 
C)  projective test. 
D)  objective test. 
A)  rating scale. 
B)  situational test. 
C)  projective test. 
D)  objective test.

Question 13

Which two of the following theories have the opposite view of human nature with one viewing human nature as inherently good and the other theory viewing human nature as inherently bad?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic and behaviorist 
B)  humanistic and psychoanalytic 
C)  behaviorist and humanistic 
D)  trait and behaviorist 
A)  psychoanalytic and behaviorist 
B)  humanistic and psychoanalytic 
C)  behaviorist and humanistic 
D)  trait and behaviorist

Question 14

With respect to the influence of traits and situations on behavior,it is most accurate to say that the two

Accepted Answer

A)  interact. 
B)  counteract. 
C)  are independent. 
D)  are secondary. 
A)  interact. 
B)  counteract. 
C)  are independent. 
D)  are secondary.

Question 15

Which theory has been rigorously tested,includes the impact of thinking and expectations within its framework,but has been criticized for understating the importance of a person's private experiences?

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalytic 
B)  social learning 
C)  trait 
D)  humanist 
A)  psychoanalytic 
B)  social learning 
C)  trait 
D)  humanist

Question 16

Shy individuals tend to

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A)  rate high in public self-consciousness. 
B)  blame circumstances for social failures. 
C)  give themselves credit for social successes. 
D)  do all of these. 
A)  rate high in public self-consciousness. 
B)  blame circumstances for social failures. 
C)  give themselves credit for social successes. 
D)  do all of these.

Question 17

A proficiency in interacting with others is referred to as having

Accepted Answer

A)  authenticity. 
B)  public self-consciousness. 
C)  self-efficacy. 
D)  social skills. 
A)  authenticity. 
B)  public self-consciousness. 
C)  self-efficacy. 
D)  social skills.

Question 18

When parents accept their children and give them affection,the children tend to

Accepted Answer

A)  become dependent. 
B)  have impaired self-esteem. 
C)  become sociable. 
D)  be characterized by all of these. 
A)  become dependent. 
B)  have impaired self-esteem. 
C)  become sociable. 
D)  be characterized by all of these.

Question 19

You are asked by a psychologist to describe what you see in a set of ten inkblots that vary in color,shading,form,and complexity.This psychologist is using the

Accepted Answer

A)  Thematic Apperception Test. 
B)  Rorschach Test. 
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. 
D)  16 PF. 
A)  Thematic Apperception Test. 
B)  Rorschach Test. 
C)  Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2. 
D)  16 PF.

Question 20

Dollard and Miller believed that the first six years are important to personality development because childhood is a time

Accepted Answer

A)  when most fixations occur resulting in an oral, anal, or phallic personality. 
B)  when one starts forming the idea of an "ideal self" as well as other possible selves. 
C)  when the framework of our personality is formed through the expression of one's inborn temperament. 
D)  of urgent drives, powerful rewards and punishments, and crushing frustrations. 
A)  when most fixations occur resulting in an oral, anal, or phallic personality. 
B)  when one starts forming the idea of an "ideal self" as well as other possible selves. 
C)  when the framework of our personality is formed through the expression of one's inborn temperament. 
D)  of urgent drives, powerful rewards and punishments, and crushing frustrations.

Exam 12: C: Personality

According to Miller and Dollard,permissiveness for sexual and aggressive behavior in childhood

Studies have shown that severe,punishing,or frustrating toilet training

Kierra was invited to go water skiing,an activity she has not done before.Kierra believes she has the ability to learn to water ski and keep up with her more experienced friends because she is a fast learner.Bandura would say that Kierra shows high

To assess personality,psychologists tend to use

If a person taking the MMPI-2 displays a pattern of responses that indicates the presence of obsessive worries,irrational fears,and compulsive actions,the person would have a high score on which clinical subscale?

When his dad is fixing things around the house,five-year-old Jamie gets out his toy tool kit and acts like he is fixing things.Jamie even tries to walk and talk like his father does because Jamie wants to be like his father so much.This illustrates the social learning concept of

Dr.Satchel administered an objective personality test that has 567 questions and 10 clinical subscales.After she scores this test,she will chart the results graphically

Which of the following is NOT one of the four critical situations that Dollard and Miller believed to be capable of leaving a lasting imprint on personality?

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2)was primarily designed

Regarding how personality develops through the life span,which of the following statements is FALSE?

In evaluating a new theory,a psychologist asks the questions "Does the theory adequately explain behavior? Does the theory stimulate new research? Does the theory suggest how to treat psychological disorders?" This psychologist is judging this theory by its

Your session with a clinical psychologist begins with her asking you describe what you see in a set of ambiguous pictures.This psychologist is using a(n)

Which two of the following theories have the opposite view of human nature with one viewing human nature as inherently good and the other theory viewing human nature as inherently bad?

With respect to the influence of traits and situations on behavior,it is most accurate to say that the two

Which theory has been rigorously tested,includes the impact of thinking and expectations within its framework,but has been criticized for understating the importance of a person's private experiences?

Shy individuals tend to

A proficiency in interacting with others is referred to as having

When parents accept their children and give them affection,the children tend to

You are asked by a psychologist to describe what you see in a set of ten inkblots that vary in color,shading,form,and complexity.This psychologist is using the

Dollard and Miller believed that the first six years are important to personality development because childhood is a time

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