Exam 11: Theories of Personality and Intelligence

A psychological test that measures what we intend it to measure is said to be ___________.

Three-year-old Brandon has watched his father,a chef,when he prepares meals for the family.This year,Brandon has asked for a play kitchen for his birthday.Freud would say that Brandon is beginning the process of __________ as a way of resolving his Oedipal conflict.

Jordan is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 8 years.His IQ would be _________.

According to Karen Horney,men had __________.

The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the __________.

If a person becomes a Catholic priest or nun because of latent homosexual desires,their occupational choice might represent which defense mechanism?

Gordon Allport thought traits were wired into the brain.

Name the theory that emphasizes the concept that humans are positively motivated and progress toward higher levels of functioning.

Your teacher organizes a debate on Freudian theory.You are assigned to be on the anti-Freud side and,therefore,must point out problems in the theory.Which of the following will be at the top of your list?

A college student takes a lot of psychology courses so that he will be able to talk about his personal psychological problems in a calm,detached,clinical fashion.He is using the defense mechanism of _______.

Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind,the personal and the _________.

What number reflects the amount of differences in a population attributable to genetic influences?

Harry goes to a psychologist because he is continually depressed.When he gets to the psychologist's office,he realizes that while he wants to end his depression it will take him far too long to tell the doctor his life story.The psychologist senses Harry's reluctance and decides to administer an objective test to reveal Harry's attitudes and feelings.The doctor administers which of the following tests?

The most commonly used personality inventory is the ____________.

Which structure of the personality,according to Freud,works on the reality principle?

Which theories are less concerned with the explanation for personality development and changing personality than they are with describing personality and predicting behavior based on that description?

According to Rogers,people brought up with unconditional positive regard _________.

Which of these might be an example of a performance item on the Wechsler intelligence tests?

Frank and Gina are looking at an abstract painting in a museum.Gina describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting.Frank says,"It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Gina responds,"No,there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in Introductory Psychology?

The ___________ theory of personality has its basis in the theories of learning and focuses on the effects of environment on one's personal characteristics and actions.