Exam 9: Personality and Individual Differences

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The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment,evaluation,expression,and regulation of emotions is known as ____________ intelligence.

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This is the definition of emotional intelligence.

A test that does not discriminate against members of any minority group is called a ___________________ IQ test.

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Explain the "Big Five" trait approach to finding the core of personality.

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A host of researchers used modern factor analytic statistical techniques to identify a similar set of five factors that underlie personality.The five factors are openness to experience,conscientiousness,extraversion,agreeableness,and neuroticism (emotional stability).

Adler used the term ___________ to describe situations in which adults have not been able to overcome the feelings of inferiority they developed as children,when they were small and limited in their knowledge about the world.

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The part of the personality,according to Freud,that provides a buffer between the id and the outside world is known as the ______________.

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The neo-Freudians placed greater emphasis than Freud on the functions of the ego,suggesting that it has more control than does the id over day to day activities.

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Describe the psychosexual stages of development,and identify who created this theory.

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Explain Skinner's behaviorist approach to personality.

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The evolutionary perspective assumes that personality traits that led to survival and reproductive success of our ancestors are more likely to be preserved and passed on to subsequent generations.

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Practical intelligence is intelligence related to overall success in living.

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_____________ syndrome results from the presence of an extra chromosome.

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A measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic,inherited factors is known as _____________.

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Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively;used by psychologists to help people make decisions about their lives and understand more about themselves,are called ___________________.

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__________ are consistent personality characteristics and behaviors displayed in different situations.

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According to humanistic theory,an attitude of acceptance and respect on the part of an observer,no matter what a person says or does,is called _________________.

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The Rorschach and the Thematic Apperception Test are both known as projective tests.

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According to Robert Sternberg,___________ intelligence is related to overall success in living.

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When a test measures what it is supposed to measure,this is called ____________.

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________________ approaches to personality assume that personality is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which people have little awareness.

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The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment,evaluation,expression,and regulation of emotions is known as ____________ intelligence.

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