Question 1

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) disputed the findings of twin studies 
B) been attacked for ethical reasons 
C) confirmed what twin studies have shown 
D) shown that twin studies have methods that need to be reexamined 
A) disputed the findings of twin studies 
B) been attacked for ethical reasons 
C) confirmed what twin studies have shown 
D) shown that twin studies have methods that need to be reexamined C

Question 2

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of _________.

Accepted Answer

A) the horn effect 
B) unconscious motives 
C) interviewer bias 
D) the halo effect 
A) the horn effect 
B) unconscious motives 
C) interviewer bias 
D) the halo effect C

Question 3

What is Freud's term for the primitive,biological side of personality?

Accepted Answer

A) preconscious 
B) ego 
C) superego 
D) id 
A) preconscious 
B) ego 
C) superego 
D) id D

Question 4

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) soul 
B) character 
C) temperament 
D) conscience 
A) soul 
B) character 
C) temperament 
D) conscience

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) collective 
B) animus 
C) anima 
D) preconscious 
A) collective 
B) animus 
C) anima 
D) preconscious

Question 6

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

Accepted Answer

A) source traits 
B) secondary traits 
C) background traits 
D) subordinate traits 
A) source traits 
B) secondary traits 
C) background traits 
D) subordinate traits

Question 7

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) ego 
B) extraversion 
C) self-efficacy 
D) superego 
A) ego 
B) extraversion 
C) self-efficacy 
D) superego

Question 8

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the _____.

Accepted Answer

A) observer effect 
B) subject bias 
C) experimenter bias 
D) test bias 
A) observer effect 
B) subject bias 
C) experimenter bias 
D) test bias

Question 9

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways.He asks his daughter,who is a graduate student in psychology,why that is.What is his daughter likely to say?

Accepted Answer

A) Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests. 
B) Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people. 
C) Some items are used to determine if test takers are trying to "fake" the test by not reading. 
D) The MMPI contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test. 
A) Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests. 
B) Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people. 
C) Some items are used to determine if test takers are trying to "fake" the test by not reading. 
D) The MMPI contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test.

Question 10

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

Accepted Answer

A) They are both stage theories. 
B) They focus on unconscious motivation. 
C) They both fit in the learning/cognitive perspective. 
D) They believe that each human being is free to choose his or her own destiny. 
A) They are both stage theories. 
B) They focus on unconscious motivation. 
C) They both fit in the learning/cognitive perspective. 
D) They believe that each human being is free to choose his or her own destiny.

Exam 14: A: Psychological Therapies

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of _________.

What is Freud's term for the primitive,biological side of personality?

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about ____________.

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

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _____.

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the _____.

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways.He asks his daughter,who is a graduate student in psychology,why that is.What is his daughter likely to say?

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

Introduction

A: The Science of Psychology

B: The Science of Psychology

A: The Biological Perspective

B: The Biological Perspective

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

A: Consciousness

B: Consciousness

A: Learning

B: Learning

A: Memory

B: Memory

A: Cognition

B: Cognition

A: Development Across the Life Span

B: Development Across the Life Span

A: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

B: Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

A: Social Psychology

B: Social Psychology

A: Theories of Personality

B: Theories of Personality

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Therapies

Appendix A1: Statistics in Psychology

Appendix A2: Statistics in Psychology

Appendix B1: Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Appendix B2: Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

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