Question 1

One of the dangers of taking online personality tests is ____________.

Accepted Answer

A) they are all invalid 
B) there is a small normative group 
C) there are too few of them 
D) there is no face-to-face contact to help put the results in perspective 
A) they are all invalid 
B) there is a small normative group 
C) there are too few of them 
D) there is no face-to-face contact to help put the results in perspective D

Question 2

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 B

Question 3

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 A

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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 9

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 10

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

Exam 13: A: Theories of Personality

One of the dangers of taking online personality tests is ____________.

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

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

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

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

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

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

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

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

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 _____.

The Science of Psychology

A: The Science of Psychology

B: The Science of Psychology

C: The Science of Psychology

Biological Perspective

A: Biological Perspective

B: Biological Perspective

C: The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

A: Sensation and Perception

B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

A: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

B: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

C: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Learning

A: Learning

B: Learning

C: Learning

Memory

A: Memory

B: Memory

C: Memory

Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

A: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

B: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

C: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Development Across the Life Span

A: Development Across the Life Span

B: Development Across the Life Span

C: Development Across the Life Span

Motivation and Emotion

A: Motivation and Emotion

B: Motivation and Emotion

C: Motivation and Emotion

Sexuality and Gender

A: Sexuality and Gender

B: Sexuality and Gender

C: Sexuality and Gender

Stress and Health

A: Stress and Health

B: Stress and Health

C: Stress and Health

Social Psychology

A: Social Psychology

B: Social Psychology

C: Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

B: Theories of Personality

C: Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

A: Psychological Disorders

B: Psychological Disorders

C: Psychological Disorders

Psychological Therapies

A: Psychological Therapies

B: Psychological Therapies

C: Psychological Therapies

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