Question 1

"Becoming what one ought to be" is one way to define _______.

Accepted Answer

A) peak experience 
B) self-actualization 
C) achievement potential 
D) self concept 
A) peak experience 
B) self-actualization 
C) achievement potential 
D) self concept

Question 2

Six-year-old Suzie sees her younger brother approaching with the new toy he received for his birthday.Suzie suddenly decides she wants the toy,so she pushes her brother to the ground,grabs his toy,and rushes into the next room to play with it.During this situation,the part of Suzie's personality which is most likely in control is her _______.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Individual memory is to preconscious as ancestral memory is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious 
B) personal unconscious 
C) ego 
D) collective unconscious 
A) unconscious 
B) personal unconscious 
C) ego 
D) collective unconscious

Question 4

Which of the following tests has a respondent construct a story about a picture?

Accepted Answer

A) MMPI-2 
B) CPI 
C) Rorschach 
D) TAT 
A) MMPI-2 
B) CPI 
C) Rorschach 
D) TAT

Question 5

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.

Accepted Answer

A) oral 
B) anal 
C) phallic 
D) genital 
A) oral 
B) anal 
C) phallic 
D) genital

Question 6

Identifying with one's opposite-sex parent occurs in which psychosexual stage?

Accepted Answer

A) oral 
B) anal 
C) phallic 
D) genital 
A) oral 
B) anal 
C) phallic 
D) genital

Question 7

John dreamed that he was in a train that entered a tunnel.If a psychologist believed that the dream expressed John's unconscious sexual desires,the psychologist would likely be a _________.

Accepted Answer

A) humanist 
B) learning theorist 
C) personologist 
D) psychoanalyst 
A) humanist 
B) learning theorist 
C) personologist 
D) psychoanalyst

Question 8

The old adage,"Everyone is queer but me and thee," illustrates the defense mechanism of _______.

Accepted Answer

A) displacement 
B) undoing 
C) projection 
D) reaction formation 
A) displacement 
B) undoing 
C) projection 
D) reaction formation

Question 9

Adler believed that people often are motivated by __________.

Accepted Answer

A) feelings of inferiority 
B) sexual instincts 
C) their locus of control 
D) traumatic events during childhood 
A) feelings of inferiority 
B) sexual instincts 
C) their locus of control 
D) traumatic events during childhood

Question 10

The success of an interview depends largely on _______.

Accepted Answer

A) the care with which the questions are prepared 
B) luck 
C) the skill of the interviewer 
D) whether the subject likes being interviewed 
A) the care with which the questions are prepared 
B) luck 
C) the skill of the interviewer 
D) whether the subject likes being interviewed

Question 11

Freud developed his theory of personality on the basis of:

Accepted Answer

A) carefully controlled experiments. 
B) systematic observations of children. 
C) cross-cultural investigations. 
D) case studies of patients. 
A) carefully controlled experiments. 
B) systematic observations of children. 
C) cross-cultural investigations. 
D) case studies of patients.

Question 12

There is a relationship between reliability and validity.Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A) A test cannot be valid unless it is reliable. 
B) A test cannot be reliable unless it is valid. 
C) A test can be valid but not reliable. 
D) Reliability and validity are not related. 
A) A test cannot be valid unless it is reliable. 
B) A test cannot be reliable unless it is valid. 
C) A test can be valid but not reliable. 
D) Reliability and validity are not related.

Question 13

The correct order of Freud's stages of development is:

Accepted Answer

A) anal,oral,phallic,genital,latency. 
B) oral,anal,genital,phallic,latency. 
C) latency,oral,anal,phallic,genital. 
D) oral,anal,phallic,latency,genital. 
A) anal,oral,phallic,genital,latency. 
B) oral,anal,genital,phallic,latency. 
C) latency,oral,anal,phallic,genital. 
D) oral,anal,phallic,latency,genital.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

A) MMPI-2 
B) TAT 
C) 16PF 
D) Rorschach 
A) MMPI-2 
B) TAT 
C) 16PF 
D) Rorschach

Question 15

Anna is a morally rigorous person who demands that her daughter remain a virgin until she is married.Anna cannot remember her own premarital sexual encounters.Which defense mechanism would likely account for this memory lapse?

Accepted Answer

A) rationalization 
B) denial 
C) repression 
D) projection 
A) rationalization 
B) denial 
C) repression 
D) projection

Exam 13: C: Theories of Personality

"Becoming what one ought to be" is one way to define _______.

Individual memory is to preconscious as ancestral memory is to ________.

Which of the following tests has a respondent construct a story about a picture?

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.

Identifying with one's opposite-sex parent occurs in which psychosexual stage?

John dreamed that he was in a train that entered a tunnel.If a psychologist believed that the dream expressed John's unconscious sexual desires,the psychologist would likely be a _________.

The old adage,"Everyone is queer but me and thee," illustrates the defense mechanism of _______.

Adler believed that people often are motivated by __________.

The success of an interview depends largely on _______.

Freud developed his theory of personality on the basis of:

There is a relationship between reliability and validity.Which of the following is true?

The correct order of Freud's stages of development is:

Anna is a morally rigorous person who demands that her daughter remain a virgin until she is married.Anna cannot remember her own premarital sexual encounters.Which defense mechanism would likely account for this memory lapse?

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

A: Theories of Personality

B: 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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