Question 1

Sigmund Freud believed that unconscious conflict arises from __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  latent and manifest dreams 
B)  the pleasure principle and wish fulfillment 
C)  hypnosis and free association 
D)  anxiety and repression 
A)  latent and manifest dreams 
B)  the pleasure principle and wish fulfillment 
C)  hypnosis and free association 
D)  anxiety and repression

Question 2

Kevin views himself as being better than most people across a wide range of traits and abilities. Kevin probably has fairly high __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  self-esteem 
B)  object relations 
C)  conditional positive regard 
D)  self-actualization 
A)  self-esteem 
B)  object relations 
C)  conditional positive regard 
D)  self-actualization

Question 3

Situations in which we are most liable to show our "true colors" are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ambiguous 
B)  highly structured 
C)  tension producing 
D)  composed of members of the same sex 
A)  ambiguous 
B)  highly structured 
C)  tension producing 
D)  composed of members of the same sex

Question 4

What is the main underlying theme of positive psychology?

Accepted Answer

A)  the importance of "fixing" humans 
B)  focus on positive subjective experiences, traits, and social institutions 
C)  the importance of documenting successful human lives 
D)  focus on lower-level human needs 
A)  the importance of "fixing" humans 
B)  focus on positive subjective experiences, traits, and social institutions 
C)  the importance of documenting successful human lives 
D)  focus on lower-level human needs

Question 5

In Walter Mischel's view of personality, competencies are __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  what a person knows and is capable of doing 
B)  an individual's ways of interpreting the world 
C)  the ways in which an individual regulates his or her behavior 
D)  an individual's personal value structures 
A)  what a person knows and is capable of doing 
B)  an individual's ways of interpreting the world 
C)  the ways in which an individual regulates his or her behavior 
D)  an individual's personal value structures

Question 6

Sigmund Freud believed that the intensity of resistance on the part of a patient __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected the degree to which the patient would be hypnotizable 
B)  reflected the way in which the patient was socialized to inhibit emotional responses 
C)  indicated that the patient was close to retrieving an emotionally charged memory 
D)  was indicative of how much the patient liked the therapist 
A)  reflected the degree to which the patient would be hypnotizable 
B)  reflected the way in which the patient was socialized to inhibit emotional responses 
C)  indicated that the patient was close to retrieving an emotionally charged memory 
D)  was indicative of how much the patient liked the therapist

Question 7

Kagan and his colleagues hypothesize that children who seem to be temperamentally inhibited have a low threshold for activity in a subcortical brain structure called the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  amygdala 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  lateral geniculate nucleus 
D)  superior colliculus 
A)  amygdala 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  lateral geniculate nucleus 
D)  superior colliculus

Question 8

A longitudinal study __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  can be completed in a matter of weeks 
B)  provides information about many different people 
C)  is useful only if one develops a complete psychological history of the individual 
D)  involves studying the same group of people at various stages of development 
A)  can be completed in a matter of weeks 
B)  provides information about many different people 
C)  is useful only if one develops a complete psychological history of the individual 
D)  involves studying the same group of people at various stages of development

Question 9

My Very Elderly Mother Just Sold Uncle Nick's Puppy is a memory aid for remembering the names of the planets in our solar system (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto). Which of the following is an acronym that will help you remember the "Big Five" dimensions of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  TRIPE 
B)  WAGON 
C)  OCEAN 
D)  PORCH 
A)  TRIPE 
B)  WAGON 
C)  OCEAN 
D)  PORCH

Question 10

Alex is a brand-new researcher fresh out of graduate school. He has decided that he is going to devote his career to positive psychology. We can assume that his research would focus on all of the following topics EXCEPT __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  positive social institutions 
B)  the flow of positive energy within the body 
C)  positive subjective experiences 
D)  positive individual traits 
A)  positive social institutions 
B)  the flow of positive energy within the body 
C)  positive subjective experiences 
D)  positive individual traits

Sigmund Freud believed that unconscious conflict arises from __________.

Kevin views himself as being better than most people across a wide range of traits and abilities. Kevin probably has fairly high __________.

Situations in which we are most liable to show our "true colors" are __________.

What is the main underlying theme of positive psychology?

In Walter Mischel's view of personality, competencies are __________.

Sigmund Freud believed that the intensity of resistance on the part of a patient __________.

Kagan and his colleagues hypothesize that children who seem to be temperamentally inhibited have a low threshold for activity in a subcortical brain structure called the __________.

A longitudinal study __________.

Alex is a brand-new researcher fresh out of graduate school. He has decided that he is going to devote his career to positive psychology. We can assume that his research would focus on all of the following topics EXCEPT __________.

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Development

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

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Exam 15: Personality

Sigmund Freud believed that unconscious conflict arises from __________.

Kevin views himself as being better than most people across a wide range of traits and abilities. Kevin probably has fairly high __________.

Situations in which we are most liable to show our "true colors" are __________.

What is the main underlying theme of positive psychology?

In Walter Mischel's view of personality, competencies are __________.

Sigmund Freud believed that the intensity of resistance on the part of a patient __________.

Kagan and his colleagues hypothesize that children who seem to be temperamentally inhibited have a low threshold for activity in a subcortical brain structure called the __________.

A longitudinal study __________.

Alex is a brand-new researcher fresh out of graduate school. He has decided that he is going to devote his career to positive psychology. We can assume that his research would focus on all of the following topics EXCEPT __________.

Research Methods

Evolutionary and Genetic Influences on Behavior

The Brain and the Nervous System

Sensation

Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Thinking

Language

Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion

Social Psychology

Development

Psychopathology

Treatment of Mental Disorders

Filters