Question 1

Of the following examples,who illustrates one key contribution that Alfred Adler made to psychodynamic thought?

Accepted Answer

A) Gertrude,who is proud of her parents' rise from "poverty to PhDs," and often tells people about their success 
B) Maia,who is ashamed that she grew up in a very poor family,and,to hide this,tells people instead that her well-to-do family always sent her to private schools 
C) Faluh,who is somewhat self-conscious about her prominent nose,but takes pride in her resemblance to her grandfather 
D) Rachel,who tends to eat,drink,and smoke to excess,which may reflect an unresolved conflict in her early development 
A) Gertrude,who is proud of her parents' rise from "poverty to PhDs," and often tells people about their success 
B) Maia,who is ashamed that she grew up in a very poor family,and,to hide this,tells people instead that her well-to-do family always sent her to private schools 
C) Faluh,who is somewhat self-conscious about her prominent nose,but takes pride in her resemblance to her grandfather 
D) Rachel,who tends to eat,drink,and smoke to excess,which may reflect an unresolved conflict in her early development

Question 2

The processing of the self in the brain takes place primarily in ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the frontal areas of the brain 
B) a widely distributed network of brain structures 
C) the left hemisphere 
D) the right hemisphere 
A) the frontal areas of the brain 
B) a widely distributed network of brain structures 
C) the left hemisphere 
D) the right hemisphere

Question 3

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow?

Accepted Answer

A) He was primarily interested in human motivation. 
B) He conducted most of his research on rats and pigeons. 
C) He developed a theory of personality based on his experience as a therapist. 
D) He observed that exceptional people generally lacked a sense of humor but had many friends. 
A) He was primarily interested in human motivation. 
B) He conducted most of his research on rats and pigeons. 
C) He developed a theory of personality based on his experience as a therapist. 
D) He observed that exceptional people generally lacked a sense of humor but had many friends.

Question 4

Pria,a recent college graduate,has been asked to take a personality test as part of the process of applying for a position as an assisted living center activities director.According to the text,what should she do first?

Accepted Answer

A) Respond as thoroughly and honestly as possible to the test questions. 
B) Consult with a lawyer and consider whether the request made by the potential employer is legal. 
C) Fully educate herself regarding the test and make an informed decision about whether to proceed. 
D) Review the guidelines of the American Care Providers Association as well as the American Civil Liberties Union. 
A) Respond as thoroughly and honestly as possible to the test questions. 
B) Consult with a lawyer and consider whether the request made by the potential employer is legal. 
C) Fully educate herself regarding the test and make an informed decision about whether to proceed. 
D) Review the guidelines of the American Care Providers Association as well as the American Civil Liberties Union.

Question 5

Francesca admires how popular budding actors are at her new high school,and although she has never been involved in this area,she decides to join the drama club.This is an example of ____.

Accepted Answer

A) the "bask in reflected glory" approach 
B) self-handicapping 
C) diminished self-esteem 
D) sandbagging 
A) the "bask in reflected glory" approach 
B) self-handicapping 
C) diminished self-esteem 
D) sandbagging

Question 6

Of the following types of personality tests,one is based largely on characteristics that were proposed by Carl Jung.Unfortunately,this test has not held up well to scientific analyses of validity and reliability.Which one is it?

Accepted Answer

A) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 
B) The California Personality Inventory (CPI) 
C) The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) 
D) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 
A) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) 
B) The California Personality Inventory (CPI) 
C) The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) 
D) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Question 7

Paula is conducting her doctoral dissertation research in the contemporary offshoot of humanistic psychology.Which would be an appropriate title for Paula's dissertation?

Accepted Answer

A) "A Gestalt Approach-Eschewing Parts for Wholes" 
B) "Positive Psychology-Focusing on What Works" 
C) "Interpersonal Psychology-Relationships That Matter" 
D) "Eclecticism-Many Become One" 
A) "A Gestalt Approach-Eschewing Parts for Wholes" 
B) "Positive Psychology-Focusing on What Works" 
C) "Interpersonal Psychology-Relationships That Matter" 
D) "Eclecticism-Many Become One"

Question 8

That we may think of our own hair color differently than we think of others with the same hair color is known as the

Accepted Answer

A) self-awareness effect (SA
E) . 
B) self-referent effect (SR
E) . 
C) self-confidence effect (SC
E) . 
D) self-esteem effect (SE
E) . 
A) self-awareness effect (SA
E) . 
B) self-referent effect (SR
E) . 
C) self-confidence effect (SC
E) . 
D) self-esteem effect (SE
E) .

Question 9

Where in the brain does self-referential processing-the processing of information relevant to ourselves but not others-occur?

Accepted Answer

A) In both the right and left hemispheres 
B) In the prefrontal cortex and temporal lobe as well as in both Broca's and Wernicke's areas 
C) In the visual,aural,olfactory,and tactile domains 
D) In the emotional,facial,memory,motor,social,spatial,and verbal domains 
A) In both the right and left hemispheres 
B) In the prefrontal cortex and temporal lobe as well as in both Broca's and Wernicke's areas 
C) In the visual,aural,olfactory,and tactile domains 
D) In the emotional,facial,memory,motor,social,spatial,and verbal domains

Question 10

Compared to the Japanese,Americans were

Accepted Answer

A) more satisfied with personal achievement. 
B) less satisfied with personal achievement. 
C) less likely to see themselves as unique. 
D) less satisfied with personal achievement,but more likely to see themselves as unique. 
A) more satisfied with personal achievement. 
B) less satisfied with personal achievement. 
C) less likely to see themselves as unique. 
D) less satisfied with personal achievement,but more likely to see themselves as unique.

Question 11

For as long as she can remember,Brinja's passion in life has been to eat,drink,and be merry.Which component of Freud's personality theory does this reflect?

Accepted Answer

A) Superego 
B) Id 
C) Unconscious 
D) Ego 
A) Superego 
B) Id 
C) Unconscious 
D) Ego

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true about the heritability ratio of personality traits in humans?

Accepted Answer

A) The heritability ratio does not tell us how an individual's personality actually develops. 
B) Approximately 50% of the personality traits within a family are produced by genes. 
C) The heritability ratio incorporates the effects of shared and non-shared environments on the production of particular outcomes. 
D) Approximately 50% of a person's personality traits are produced by genes. 
A) The heritability ratio does not tell us how an individual's personality actually develops. 
B) Approximately 50% of the personality traits within a family are produced by genes. 
C) The heritability ratio incorporates the effects of shared and non-shared environments on the production of particular outcomes. 
D) Approximately 50% of a person's personality traits are produced by genes.

Question 13

Janna is studying the firing of neurons in the brains of rats as part of her dissertation research on memory.She is disciplined in her research process and in her record-keeping and follows her advisor's recommendations to the letter,as she wants to eventually accomplish a lot in this field.The Big Five trait that best describes this aspect of Janna's personality is ____.

Accepted Answer

A) openness 
B) extroversion 
C) conscientiousness 
D) agreeableness 
A) openness 
B) extroversion 
C) conscientiousness 
D) agreeableness

Question 14

Katinka is a highly ranked competitive swimmer who generally feels good about herself as a person and as a swimmer.Her last two meets,however,have gone surprisingly poorly in the backstroke event.How is she mostly likely to feel about her capabilities after these performances?

Accepted Answer

A) That she will never be as fast as the top freestyler in the world 
B) That she was better in the past,despite her increasing success now 
C) That her losses were primarily the fault of her coach 
D) That she is still far faster than her teammates in freestyle events 
A) That she will never be as fast as the top freestyler in the world 
B) That she was better in the past,despite her increasing success now 
C) That her losses were primarily the fault of her coach 
D) That she is still far faster than her teammates in freestyle events

Question 15

Marion rarely refers to his strengths or accomplishments when with friends,so they have little clue as to his self-esteem.If Maion is among the majority of people,he most likely ____.

Accepted Answer

A) judges himself more negatively and less positively than he judges others 
B) judges himself and others with complete fairness 
C) judges himself more positively and less negatively than he judges others 
D) judges himself and others very accurately 
A) judges himself more negatively and less positively than he judges others 
B) judges himself and others with complete fairness 
C) judges himself more positively and less negatively than he judges others 
D) judges himself and others very accurately

Question 16

Rosline is filling in a personality inventory in connection with joining the armed forces.The results are based on her self-report.Why is this a potential limitation?

Accepted Answer

A) Rosline's responses might be influenced by his need to appear socially appropriate. 
B) Self-report can be very time consuming. 
C) Results based on self-report invariably lack validity. 
D) Rosline's responses may be overly objective. 
A) Rosline's responses might be influenced by his need to appear socially appropriate. 
B) Self-report can be very time consuming. 
C) Results based on self-report invariably lack validity. 
D) Rosline's responses may be overly objective.

Question 17

Mary Ellen is taking a personality test at her college's career counseling office.This test is not the MMPI.What form of question is most likely to be used on the test?

Accepted Answer

A) True-false options 
B) Likert scales 
C) Fill-in-the-blank 
D) Essays 
A) True-false options 
B) Likert scales 
C) Fill-in-the-blank 
D) Essays

Question 18

Oliver has just obtained his motorcycle license.He is nervous that he might break one of numerous "rules of the road" and receive both a ticket and a reprimand from his parents.Which component of Freud's personality theory reflects this need to behave in moral,or right,ways?

Accepted Answer

A) Unconscious 
B) Ego 
C) Superego 
D) Id 
A) Unconscious 
B) Ego 
C) Superego 
D) Id

Question 19

According to a large meta-analysis involving thousands of participants (Kling,Hyde,Showers,& Buswell,1999),____.

Accepted Answer

A) females have significantly lower self-esteem than males 
B) males have a very small advantage over females in self-esteem 
C) females have increasingly lower self-esteem than males over the life span 
D) males have a large advantage over females in self-esteem 
A) females have significantly lower self-esteem than males 
B) males have a very small advantage over females in self-esteem 
C) females have increasingly lower self-esteem than males over the life span 
D) males have a large advantage over females in self-esteem

Question 20

In Freud's theory of personality development,the correct order of stages is ____.

Accepted Answer

A) latency,oral,anal,phallic,and genital 
B) phallic,latency,oral,genital,and anal 
C) anal,oral,genital,phallic,and latency 
D) oral,anal,phallic,latency,and genital 
A) latency,oral,anal,phallic,and genital 
B) phallic,latency,oral,genital,and anal 
C) anal,oral,genital,phallic,and latency 
D) oral,anal,phallic,latency,and genital

Of the following examples,who illustrates one key contribution that Alfred Adler made to psychodynamic thought?

The processing of the self in the brain takes place primarily in ____.

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow?

Pria,a recent college graduate,has been asked to take a personality test as part of the process of applying for a position as an assisted living center activities director.According to the text,what should she do first?

Francesca admires how popular budding actors are at her new high school,and although she has never been involved in this area,she decides to join the drama club.This is an example of ____.

Of the following types of personality tests,one is based largely on characteristics that were proposed by Carl Jung.Unfortunately,this test has not held up well to scientific analyses of validity and reliability.Which one is it?

Paula is conducting her doctoral dissertation research in the contemporary offshoot of humanistic psychology.Which would be an appropriate title for Paula's dissertation?

That we may think of our own hair color differently than we think of others with the same hair color is known as the

Where in the brain does self-referential processing-the processing of information relevant to ourselves but not others-occur?

Compared to the Japanese,Americans were

For as long as she can remember,Brinja's passion in life has been to eat,drink,and be merry.Which component of Freud's personality theory does this reflect?

Which of the following statements is true about the heritability ratio of personality traits in humans?

Katinka is a highly ranked competitive swimmer who generally feels good about herself as a person and as a swimmer.Her last two meets,however,have gone surprisingly poorly in the backstroke event.How is she mostly likely to feel about her capabilities after these performances?

Marion rarely refers to his strengths or accomplishments when with friends,so they have little clue as to his self-esteem.If Maion is among the majority of people,he most likely ____.

Rosline is filling in a personality inventory in connection with joining the armed forces.The results are based on her self-report.Why is this a potential limitation?

Mary Ellen is taking a personality test at her college's career counseling office.This test is not the MMPI.What form of question is most likely to be used on the test?

Oliver has just obtained his motorcycle license.He is nervous that he might break one of numerous "rules of the road" and receive both a ticket and a reprimand from his parents.Which component of Freud's personality theory reflects this need to behave in moral,or right,ways?

According to a large meta-analysis involving thousands of participants (Kling,Hyde,Showers,& Buswell,1999),____.

In Freud's theory of personality development,the correct order of stages is ____.

The Science of Mind the Discipline of Psychology

The Measure of Mind Methods of Psychology

The Evolving Mind Nature and Nurture Intertwined

The Biological Mind the Physical Basis of Behavior

The Perceiving Mind Sensation and Perception

The Aware Mind Elements of Consciousness

The Feeling Mind Emotion and Motivation

The Adaptive Mind Learning

The Knowing Mind Memory

The Thinking Mind Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The Developing Mind Life Span Development

The Connected Mind Social Psychology

The Troubled Mind Psychological Disorders

Healing the Troubled Mind Therapy

The Healthy Mind Stress and Coping, Health Psychology, and Positive Psychology

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Exam 12: The Individual Mind Personality and the Self

Of the following examples,who illustrates one key contribution that Alfred Adler made to psychodynamic thought?

The processing of the self in the brain takes place primarily in ____.

Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow?

Pria,a recent college graduate,has been asked to take a personality test as part of the process of applying for a position as an assisted living center activities director.According to the text,what should she do first?

Francesca admires how popular budding actors are at her new high school,and although she has never been involved in this area,she decides to join the drama club.This is an example of ____.

Of the following types of personality tests,one is based largely on characteristics that were proposed by Carl Jung.Unfortunately,this test has not held up well to scientific analyses of validity and reliability.Which one is it?

Paula is conducting her doctoral dissertation research in the contemporary offshoot of humanistic psychology.Which would be an appropriate title for Paula's dissertation?

That we may think of our own hair color differently than we think of others with the same hair color is known as the

Where in the brain does self-referential processing-the processing of information relevant to ourselves but not others-occur?

Compared to the Japanese,Americans were

For as long as she can remember,Brinja's passion in life has been to eat,drink,and be merry.Which component of Freud's personality theory does this reflect?

Which of the following statements is true about the heritability ratio of personality traits in humans?

Katinka is a highly ranked competitive swimmer who generally feels good about herself as a person and as a swimmer.Her last two meets,however,have gone surprisingly poorly in the backstroke event.How is she mostly likely to feel about her capabilities after these performances?

Marion rarely refers to his strengths or accomplishments when with friends,so they have little clue as to his self-esteem.If Maion is among the majority of people,he most likely ____.

Rosline is filling in a personality inventory in connection with joining the armed forces.The results are based on her self-report.Why is this a potential limitation?

Mary Ellen is taking a personality test at her college's career counseling office.This test is not the MMPI.What form of question is most likely to be used on the test?

Oliver has just obtained his motorcycle license.He is nervous that he might break one of numerous "rules of the road" and receive both a ticket and a reprimand from his parents.Which component of Freud's personality theory reflects this need to behave in moral,or right,ways?

According to a large meta-analysis involving thousands of participants (Kling,Hyde,Showers,& Buswell,1999),____.

In Freud's theory of personality development,the correct order of stages is ____.

The Science of Mind the Discipline of Psychology

The Measure of Mind Methods of Psychology

The Evolving Mind Nature and Nurture Intertwined

The Biological Mind the Physical Basis of Behavior

The Perceiving Mind Sensation and Perception

The Aware Mind Elements of Consciousness

The Feeling Mind Emotion and Motivation

The Adaptive Mind Learning

The Knowing Mind Memory

The Thinking Mind Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The Developing Mind Life Span Development

The Connected Mind Social Psychology

The Troubled Mind Psychological Disorders

Healing the Troubled Mind Therapy

The Healthy Mind Stress and Coping, Health Psychology, and Positive Psychology

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