Question 1

Maslow identified ________ as an example of a self-actualized personality.

Accepted Answer

A)  Walt Disney 
B)  Abraham Lincoln 
C)  Albert Neuman 
D)  Teddy Roosevelt 
E)  Thomas Edison 
A)  Walt Disney 
B)  Abraham Lincoln 
C)  Albert Neuman 
D)  Teddy Roosevelt 
E)  Thomas Edison

Question 2

Yongmei is studying for her math test. Her boyfriend Marcus asks if she can go to the movies with him. She would love to go but she knows she has to study for the math test in order to pass the class. What part of Yongmei's personality will say "You must stay home and study because passing the class is necessary for you to graduate"?

Accepted Answer

A)  her ego because it is the moral conscience of her personality 
B)  her id because studying is what she really wants to do 
C)  her libido because she knows her boyfriend will love her more if she studies 
D)  her superego because it is this part of the personality that is the moral conscience 
E)  her libido, because it is the driving force behind the superego. 
A)  her ego because it is the moral conscience of her personality 
B)  her id because studying is what she really wants to do 
C)  her libido because she knows her boyfriend will love her more if she studies 
D)  her superego because it is this part of the personality that is the moral conscience 
E)  her libido, because it is the driving force behind the superego.

Question 3

Jerome Kagan's recent studies of shyness found that

Accepted Answer

A)  most children are born as more bold than shy. 
B)  20% of all children are highly responsive and excitable. 
C)  most people outgrow shyness by the time of college. 
D)  life experiences have little effect on shyness. 
E)  shyness is seldom consistent over time. 
A)  most children are born as more bold than shy. 
B)  20% of all children are highly responsive and excitable. 
C)  most people outgrow shyness by the time of college. 
D)  life experiences have little effect on shyness. 
E)  shyness is seldom consistent over time.

Question 4

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much

Accepted Answer

A)  description. 
B)  research. 
C)  material. 
D)  explanation. 
E)  control. 
A)  description. 
B)  research. 
C)  material. 
D)  explanation. 
E)  control.

Question 5

A famous psychologist argues that there are three factors that influence personality: environment, cognition, and behavior. This psychologist is most likely a ________ psychologist.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychodynamic 
B)  social cognitive 
C)  psychoanalytic 
D)  trait 
E)  Adlerian 
A)  psychodynamic 
B)  social cognitive 
C)  psychoanalytic 
D)  trait 
E)  Adlerian

Question 6

A choleric temperament was associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  blood. 
B)  phlegm. 
C)  black bile. 
D)  yellow bile. 
E)  saliva. 
A)  blood. 
B)  phlegm. 
C)  black bile. 
D)  yellow bile. 
E)  saliva.

Question 7

In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the

Accepted Answer

A)  id. 
B)  ego. 
C)  superego. 
D)  unconscious. 
E)  libido. 
A)  id. 
B)  ego. 
C)  superego. 
D)  unconscious. 
E)  libido.

Question 8

When anxiety-provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness, such as not remembering lying to parents, it is called

Accepted Answer

A)  denial. 
B)  sublimation. 
C)  repression. 
D)  regression. 
E)  projection. 
A)  denial. 
B)  sublimation. 
C)  repression. 
D)  regression. 
E)  projection.

Question 9

Name the "Big Five" personality traits.

Accepted Answer

extroversion, agreea

Question 10

Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the ________ stage of psychosexual development.

Accepted Answer

A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  latency 
D)  genital 
E)  phallic 
A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  latency 
D)  genital 
E)  phallic

Question 11

Karen Horney believed that ________ may block the normal development of a personality.

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of death 
B)  castration anxiety 
C)  the Elektra complex 
D)  basic anxiety 
E)  the "shadow" 
A)  fear of death 
B)  castration anxiety 
C)  the Elektra complex 
D)  basic anxiety 
E)  the "shadow"

Question 12

As part of an application for a job, Dan is asked to complete some psychological tests including one in which he responds true or false to items such as "I feel sad most of the time," or "I had a good childhood." What type of psychological test is Dan taking?

Accepted Answer

A)  a behavioral log 
B)  the TAT 
C)  a projective test 
D)  an inventory 
E)  the Rorschach 
A)  a behavioral log 
B)  the TAT 
C)  a projective test 
D)  an inventory 
E)  the Rorschach

Question 13

Projective tests make use of ________ stimuli.

Accepted Answer

A)  objective 
B)  paper-and-pencil 
C)  three dimensional 
D)  ambiguous 
E)  colorful 
A)  objective 
B)  paper-and-pencil 
C)  three dimensional 
D)  ambiguous 
E)  colorful

Question 14

The ________ is designed to assess the "Big Five" factors of personality.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rorschach 
B)  MMPI 
C)  NEO-PI 
D)  TAT 
E)  Internal-External Locus of Control Scale 
A)  Rorschach 
B)  MMPI 
C)  NEO-PI 
D)  TAT 
E)  Internal-External Locus of Control Scale

Question 15

There were three friends. Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure- seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Ron was mostly

Accepted Answer

A)  id, 
B)  ego, 
C)  superego, 
D)  libido, 
E)  Thanatos, 
A)  id, 
B)  ego, 
C)  superego, 
D)  libido, 
E)  Thanatos,

Question 16

The observation that a smaller number of infants are shy in contrast to the 40% of shy college students suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  shyness is an inherited temperament. 
B)  babies are adept at hiding their shyness. 
C)  shyness is mostly consistent over the lifetime of a person. 
D)  adult shyness may reflect inherited and learned influences. 
E)  the experience of college elicits shyness. 
A)  shyness is an inherited temperament. 
B)  babies are adept at hiding their shyness. 
C)  shyness is mostly consistent over the lifetime of a person. 
D)  adult shyness may reflect inherited and learned influences. 
E)  the experience of college elicits shyness.

Question 17

Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  genital 
E)  latency 
A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  genital 
E)  latency

Question 18

For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is the

Accepted Answer

A)  id. 
B)  superego. 
C)  ego. 
D)  libido. 
E)  Oedipal mechanism. 
A)  id. 
B)  superego. 
C)  ego. 
D)  libido. 
E)  Oedipal mechanism.

Question 19

A key criticism of the humanistic approach is that it

Accepted Answer

A)  was too specific to apply to all people. 
B)  overemphasized society's influence on a person. 
C)  relied too much on theories of the unconscious. 
D)  could reflect an Eastern bias by being too "group-focused." 
E)  has concepts which are difficult to define. 
A)  was too specific to apply to all people. 
B)  overemphasized society's influence on a person. 
C)  relied too much on theories of the unconscious. 
D)  could reflect an Eastern bias by being too "group-focused." 
E)  has concepts which are difficult to define.

Question 20

An investigation of students' housing preferences would probably show that single rooms are preferred by _______whereas suites are preferred by _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  extraverts; introverts 
B)  introverts; extraverts 
C)  good students; poor students 
D)  poor students; good students 
E)  white students; minority students 
A)  extraverts; introverts 
B)  introverts; extraverts 
C)  good students; poor students 
D)  poor students; good students 
E)  white students; minority students

Maslow identified ________ as an example of a self-actualized personality.

Jerome Kagan's recent studies of shyness found that

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much

A famous psychologist argues that there are three factors that influence personality: environment, cognition, and behavior. This psychologist is most likely a ________ psychologist.

A choleric temperament was associated with

In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the

When anxiety-provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness, such as not remembering lying to parents, it is called

Name the "Big Five" personality traits.

Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the ________ stage of psychosexual development.

Karen Horney believed that ________ may block the normal development of a personality.

As part of an application for a job, Dan is asked to complete some psychological tests including one in which he responds true or false to items such as "I feel sad most of the time," or "I had a good childhood." What type of psychological test is Dan taking?

Projective tests make use of ________ stimuli.

The ________ is designed to assess the "Big Five" factors of personality.

There were three friends. Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure- seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Ron was mostly

The observation that a smaller number of infants are shy in contrast to the 40% of shy college students suggests that

Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is the

A key criticism of the humanistic approach is that it

An investigation of students' housing preferences would probably show that single rooms are preferred by _whereas suites are preferred by _.

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Exam 10: Personality: Theories of the Whole Person

Maslow identified ________ as an example of a self-actualized personality.

Jerome Kagan's recent studies of shyness found that

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much

A famous psychologist argues that there are three factors that influence personality: environment, cognition, and behavior. This psychologist is most likely a ________ psychologist.

A choleric temperament was associated with

In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the

When anxiety-provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness, such as not remembering lying to parents, it is called

Name the "Big Five" personality traits.

Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the ________ stage of psychosexual development.

Karen Horney believed that ________ may block the normal development of a personality.

As part of an application for a job, Dan is asked to complete some psychological tests including one in which he responds true or false to items such as "I feel sad most of the time," or "I had a good childhood." What type of psychological test is Dan taking?

Projective tests make use of ________ stimuli.

The ________ is designed to assess the "Big Five" factors of personality.

There were three friends. Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure- seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Ron was mostly

The observation that a smaller number of infants are shy in contrast to the 40% of shy college students suggests that

Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is the

A key criticism of the humanistic approach is that it

An investigation of students' housing preferences would probably show that single rooms are preferred by _______whereas suites are preferred by _______.

Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science

Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Human Nurture

Memory

Thinking and Intelligence

Development Over the Lifespan

States of Consciousness

Emotion and Motivation

Social Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Therapies for Psychological Disorders

From Stress to Health and Well-Being

Filters

An investigation of students' housing preferences would probably show that single rooms are preferred by _whereas suites are preferred by _.