Exam 15: Personality

Some research has shown that classical conditioning and/or observational learning has been noted in animals with very small cerebra, including honeybees and starfish. Other research has failed to consistently support these findings. This is a problem for which principle of critical thinking?

The extent to which a test contributes information beyond other more easily collected measures is called ________ validity.

The extent to which people believe that reinforcers and punishers lie inside or outside of their control refers to

The main conflict of the anal stage comes from ________.

The fact that a general statement can be seen by five different individuals as being an insightful analysis of their personality is most likely due to the

One path for achieving self-actualisation was through the attainment of ________.

Jennette scored very low on a measure of extraversion contained on a personality inventory she took in her psychology class. What can we predict about her likeliness to attend Saturday's homecoming dance?

Clyde is a 30-month-old toddler who is in the middle of potty training. According to Freud, Clyde is in the ________ stage of development.

One concern with the use of structured personality tests, like the MMPI, is that certain questions do not appear to be relevant to the psychological dimensions they supposedly measure. A psychologist would say such questions have a low degree of ________.

The idea that all psychological events have an underlying cause is better known as

Cailee and Rick's parents take them to church every week. What type of influence on personality is being exhibited?

The practice of physiognomy, as well as that of phrenology, have been summarily discredited by modern scientific research. As it turns out, the bumps on a person's head and one's facial characteristics give virtually no information about personality characteristics. This is an important reminder of the importance of the critical-thinking principle of

A common criticism of many psychoanalytic perspectives on personality development is that they have ________.

Hiram just finished the most difficult statistics exam he has ever taken. When asked the next day by his mother how the exam went, Hiram tells her that he cannot remember a single thing from the previous two days. This experience is most similar to which Freudian defence mechanism?

________, typically pencil-and-paper tests, are the best-known personality instruments.

Lena answered true to most of the questions that asked her about her participation in outdoor activities or social gatherings. When she received her results, she was amazed that the test had accurately described her extraverted personality. What may Lena be a victim of?

The extent to which respondents can tell what the items are measuring is known as

According to Freud, the ego is the ________.

Which neo-Freudian introduced the concept of the inferiority complex into discussions of psychological adjustment?

Contrast the important differences between persons with an internal locus of control and an external locus of control.