Question 1

Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in sex indiscriminately?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

There were three friends.Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational,logical,and cunning.Hermione was rule-oriented,moral,and always ethical.Ron was pleasure seeking,found it hard to delay gratification,and usually just did what he wanted.According to Freud,Ron was mostly ___________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

According to Rogers,which of the following people is MOST likely to become a fully functioning person?

Accepted Answer

A) someone with a strongly developed superego 
B) someone with an extraverted personality 
C) someone brought up with conditional positive regard 
D) someone brought up with unconditional positive regard 
A) someone with a strongly developed superego 
B) someone with an extraverted personality 
C) someone brought up with conditional positive regard 
D) someone brought up with unconditional positive regard

Question 4

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 5

Cattell and Allport were both prominent ______ theorists.

Accepted Answer

A) psychodynamic 
B) trait 
C) behavioral 
D) humanistic 
A) psychodynamic 
B) trait 
C) behavioral 
D) humanistic

Question 6

Which neo-Freudian theorist believed social relationships were the key to understanding personality?

Accepted Answer

A) Carl Jung 
B) Alfred Adler 
C) Carl Rogers 
D) Erik Erikson 
A) Carl Jung 
B) Alfred Adler 
C) Carl Rogers 
D) Erik Erikson

Question 7

Jill is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party.According to Freud,since Jill is in the latency period,whom would you expect to be at her party?

Accepted Answer

A) mostly girls 
B) mostly boys 
C) mostly male parents who look like her father 
D) mostly parents 
A) mostly girls 
B) mostly boys 
C) mostly male parents who look like her father 
D) mostly parents

Question 8

When anxiety provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness,such as not remembering lying to parents,it is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) denial 
B) sublimation 
C) repression 
D) regression 
A) denial 
B) sublimation 
C) repression 
D) regression

Question 9

Someone interested in an inventory that might be helpful for making a career choice should try _______.

Accepted Answer

A) the TAT 
B) a Rorschach test 
C) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 
D) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) 
A) the TAT 
B) a Rorschach test 
C) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 
D) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Question 10

Jeff has to get up early to go to school,but he wants to stay up late and watch television.His parents disapprove of him staying up late,but when they go out for the evening,he disregards their wishes and stays up late anyway.The next day he feels extremely guilty.How would Carl Rogers explain Jeff's guilt?

Accepted Answer

A) It results from Jeff's inferiority complex,which has been enlarged by Jeff's adoption of his parents' value judgments. 
B) It results from the conflict between Jeff's need to seek pleasure and his desire to do well in school. 
C) It results from a psychological conflict between Jeff's personal desire to stay up late and the opinion adopted from his parents that it is wrong to stay up late. 
D) It results from an overactive superego,which is punishing Jeff's id for gratifying his desires. 
A) It results from Jeff's inferiority complex,which has been enlarged by Jeff's adoption of his parents' value judgments. 
B) It results from the conflict between Jeff's need to seek pleasure and his desire to do well in school. 
C) It results from a psychological conflict between Jeff's personal desire to stay up late and the opinion adopted from his parents that it is wrong to stay up late. 
D) It results from an overactive superego,which is punishing Jeff's id for gratifying his desires.

Question 11

The Minnesota Twin Studies have determined,as a result of years of research,that personality is entirely genetic and is not influenced by our surroundings or environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Mei is Chinese American.She is very loyal to her family.Her sister lives with her,and she mails money back to China to her father and younger brother.Mei's way of life is typical of someone who comes from a culture that is _________.

Accepted Answer

A) collectivistic 
B) low in power distance 
C) feminine 
D) low in uncertainty avoidance 
A) collectivistic 
B) low in power distance 
C) feminine 
D) low in uncertainty avoidance

Question 13

In which psychosexual stage do sexual interests reawaken and become stronger?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Which of the following is considered to be an individualistic culture?

Accepted Answer

A) Japan 
B) Qatar 
C) Mexico 
D) Great Britain 
A) Japan 
B) Qatar 
C) Mexico 
D) Great Britain

Question 15

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) individualistic 
B) high in power distance 
C) low in individualism 
D) high in uncertainty avoidance 
A) individualistic 
B) high in power distance 
C) low in individualism 
D) high in uncertainty avoidance

Question 16

Shanda is afraid of failing one of her final exams,primarily because she thinks the professor gives hard exams and so,no matter how much studying she does,it won't matter.Cognitive theorists would suggest that Shanda:

Accepted Answer

A) has an external locus of control. 
B) has an internal locus of control. 
C) has an introverted personality. 
D) has an extraverted personality. 
A) has an external locus of control. 
B) has an internal locus of control. 
C) has an introverted personality. 
D) has an extraverted personality.

Question 17

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of a successful resolution of the Oedipus complex?

Accepted Answer

A) attraction to the same-sex parent 
B) attraction to the opposite-sex parent 
C) identification with the same-sex parent 
D) identification with the opposite-sex parent 
A) attraction to the same-sex parent 
B) attraction to the opposite-sex parent 
C) identification with the same-sex parent 
D) identification with the opposite-sex parent

Question 18

Cheri went to see a psychologist,who showed her several detailed black and white pictures and asked her to explain what was going on in them.The psychologist was using the ________.

Accepted Answer

A) TAT 
B) MMPI-2 
C) Cattell 16PF 
D) Blankenship 
A) TAT 
B) MMPI-2 
C) Cattell 16PF 
D) Blankenship

Question 19

When Freud referred to the sexual drive of babies and young children,to what was he really referring?

Accepted Answer

A) the fact that sexual orientation is established from birth 
B) the fact that children focus on their bodies to give them physical pleasure 
C) the fact that children need to be taught about sexual morality from a very early age 
D) the fact that children have genitals that distinguish them as male or female from birth 
A) the fact that sexual orientation is established from birth 
B) the fact that children focus on their bodies to give them physical pleasure 
C) the fact that children need to be taught about sexual morality from a very early age 
D) the fact that children have genitals that distinguish them as male or female from birth

Question 20

Ted is friendly,loves to tells jokes at parties,and is perceived by others as warm and considerate.On which two of the Big Five traits would you expect Ted to obtain high scores?

Accepted Answer

A) agreeableness and extraversion 
B) extraversion and conscientiousness 
C) neuroticism and openness to experience 
D) openness to experience and conscientiousness 
A) agreeableness and extraversion 
B) extraversion and conscientiousness 
C) neuroticism and openness to experience 
D) openness to experience and conscientiousness

Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in sex indiscriminately?

There were three friends.Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational,logical,and cunning.Hermione was rule-oriented,moral,and always ethical.Ron was pleasure seeking,found it hard to delay gratification,and usually just did what he wanted.According to Freud,Ron was mostly ___________.

According to Rogers,which of the following people is MOST likely to become a fully functioning person?

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

Cattell and Allport were both prominent ______ theorists.

Which neo-Freudian theorist believed social relationships were the key to understanding personality?

Jill is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party.According to Freud,since Jill is in the latency period,whom would you expect to be at her party?

When anxiety provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness,such as not remembering lying to parents,it is called ________.

Someone interested in an inventory that might be helpful for making a career choice should try _______.

The Minnesota Twin Studies have determined,as a result of years of research,that personality is entirely genetic and is not influenced by our surroundings or environment.

Mei is Chinese American.She is very loyal to her family.Her sister lives with her,and she mails money back to China to her father and younger brother.Mei's way of life is typical of someone who comes from a culture that is _________.

In which psychosexual stage do sexual interests reawaken and become stronger?

Which of the following is considered to be an individualistic culture?

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States?

Shanda is afraid of failing one of her final exams,primarily because she thinks the professor gives hard exams and so,no matter how much studying she does,it won't matter.Cognitive theorists would suggest that Shanda:

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of a successful resolution of the Oedipus complex?

Cheri went to see a psychologist,who showed her several detailed black and white pictures and asked her to explain what was going on in them.The psychologist was using the ________.

When Freud referred to the sexual drive of babies and young children,to what was he really referring?

Ted is friendly,loves to tells jokes at parties,and is perceived by others as warm and considerate.On which two of the Big Five traits would you expect Ted to obtain high scores?

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Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in sex indiscriminately?

There were three friends.Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational,logical,and cunning.Hermione was rule-oriented,moral,and always ethical.Ron was pleasure seeking,found it hard to delay gratification,and usually just did what he wanted.According to Freud,Ron was mostly ___________.

According to Rogers,which of the following people is MOST likely to become a fully functioning person?

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

Cattell and Allport were both prominent ______ theorists.

Which neo-Freudian theorist believed social relationships were the key to understanding personality?

Jill is an 8-year-old girl who is having a birthday party.According to Freud,since Jill is in the latency period,whom would you expect to be at her party?

When anxiety provoking memories are prevented from reaching conscious awareness,such as not remembering lying to parents,it is called ________.

Someone interested in an inventory that might be helpful for making a career choice should try _______.

The Minnesota Twin Studies have determined,as a result of years of research,that personality is entirely genetic and is not influenced by our surroundings or environment.

Mei is Chinese American.She is very loyal to her family.Her sister lives with her,and she mails money back to China to her father and younger brother.Mei's way of life is typical of someone who comes from a culture that is _________.

In which psychosexual stage do sexual interests reawaken and become stronger?

Which of the following is considered to be an individualistic culture?

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States?

Shanda is afraid of failing one of her final exams,primarily because she thinks the professor gives hard exams and so,no matter how much studying she does,it won't matter.Cognitive theorists would suggest that Shanda:

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of a successful resolution of the Oedipus complex?

Cheri went to see a psychologist,who showed her several detailed black and white pictures and asked her to explain what was going on in them.The psychologist was using the ________.

When Freud referred to the sexual drive of babies and young children,to what was he really referring?

Ted is friendly,loves to tells jokes at parties,and is perceived by others as warm and considerate.On which two of the Big Five traits would you expect Ted to obtain high scores?

The Science of Psychology

The Biological Perspective

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory

Cognition

Development Across the Life Span

Motivation, Stress, and Emotion

Social Psychology

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Statistics in Psychology

Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers

Psychology in Action

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