Exam 11: Theories of Personality and Intelligence

When you took your college entrance exam,students across the country took the same test at the same time with the same instructions.What characteristic of a good psychological test do these similarities reflect?

Goleman has proposed that ________________ intelligence is a more powerful influence on success in life than other forms of intelligence.

Which one of the goals of psychology would be most relevant in the trait perspective?

Keneisha is only 11 years old,but she can answer questions that most 15 year olds can answer.Fifteen is Keneisha's

Maria takes good notes in class.Whenever someone who has missed class due to illness asks her if he can copy her notes,she grips them tightly and says "No! They're mine,and I don't wish to share them." A psychoanalytic theorist would probably contend that Maria has a(n)_______ fixation.

On a newly developed IQ test,an individual scores at the 110 level on the first half of the test,and 150 on the second half of the test.What does this test appear to lack?

According to Freud,the stage in which children develop a marked attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and become jealous of the same-sex parent is the phallic stage.

Charles Spearman believed that intelligence is composed of:

According to Freud,the _______ makes up the largest part of our personality.

Adler believed that people often are motivated by __________.

Personality assessments conducted by behaviorists rely primarily on __________.

People are termed gifted in terms of intelligence if their IQ is above ________.

The perceived source of control over one's life is:

The pattern of characteristic thoughts,feelings,and behaviors that persists over time and situations and distinguishes one person from another is called _______.

Carolyn took home some printer paper from the office.Later,she felt guilty for stealing it so she brought some paper to work to replace what she took.Freud would suggest that Carolyn's ________ was influencing her motives and behavior.

The Binet-Simon scale was originally developed to __________.

What three types of intelligence constitute Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence?

Which type of assessment would have the least problem with reliability?

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

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States,according to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality?