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1
Making unacceptable impulses look like their opposite is called___
denial.
reaction formation.
projection.
rationalization.
2
The "id" operates according to the ___ principle.
morality
ethical
pleasure
reality
3
Trait & social-cognitive psychologist's debate how we ___ people's behavior.
mimic
attribute
laugh at
employ
4
Freud believed that a person could be ___, overly neat & fussy, if potty trained too early.
displaced
anal retentive
anal expulsive
Electra complex
5
A test that fails to predict what it is designed to predict lacks...
fairness
reliability
standardization
validity
6
___ is our beliefs about how capable we feel we are.
Self-indulgence
Self-efficacy
Selfishness
Self-esteem
7
Freud's ___ is an internalized set of ideals.
superego
id
ego
personality
8
Ironically, people often are most ___ when incompetent.
optimistic
helpless
overconfident
potty trained
9
According to Freud, which stage does a person suppress their interest in sex?
Phallic
Latency
Genital
Oral
10
Which test uses true/false questions to measure personality?
the SAT
the TAT
the Rorschach test
the MMPI-2-RC
11
Another Humanistic psychologist was ___.
Karen Horney
Eric Erickson
Alfred Adler
Carl Rogers.
12
Maslow created a Hierarchy of Needs with ___ at the top.
experience seeking
disinhibition
safety needs
self-transcendence
13
Kagan has attributed personality to biology through a person's ___, how they respond to stress.
central nervous system
autonomic nervous system reactivity
reaction formation
brain
14
Cattell developed a ___ Personality Factor test to help determine personality traits.
16
10
35
5
15
Gordon Allport is to ___ as Sigmund Freud is to ___.
Trait Personality; Psychoanalysis
Social-Cognitive; Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism; Psychoanalysis
Trait Personality; Behavrioism
16
A relatively permanent characteristic of personality that can be used to predict behavior is...
a trait
the id
a state
the ego
17
___ inkblot test is when people describe what they see in a series of inkblots.
Rogers
Erickson
Rorschach
Freudian
18
Which one is not a defense mechanism?
optimism
repression
regression
displacement
19
Psychologists define ___ as a pattern of thinking, feeling, & acting.
superego
personality
unconscious
behavior
20
Which of the following did Adler suggest is the driving force behind personality development?
Resolving the Odeipus or Electra complexs
Analyzing the collective unconscious
Repressing the libido
Overcoming the inferiority complex
21
The ___ overestimates others' noticing our appearance, performance, & blunders.
spotlight effect
heirarchy of needs
tip of the tongue effect
Trait Perspective
22
Rogers felt ___ were important for people to grow & develop.
volunteering, sports, & reading
food, esteem, self-actualization
water, sun & nutrients
genuineness, acceptance, & empathy
23
___ is the belief that life events are due to some personality trait that is unchangeable.
Permanence
Personal
Pervasiveness
Operant Conditioning
24
Which of the following is NOT one of the functions that the hypothalamus is involved in?
regulation of body temperature
sexual behavior
coordinating muscle movements
emotional responses
25
The __ approach assumes that the unconscious plays a major role in personality development.
Trait
Social-Cognitive
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Behavioral
26
Individualism is to collectivism as ___ is to ___.
Bandura; Freud
denial; displacement
independent self; interdependent self
interdependent self; independent self
27
Tom is a caring person no matter what. Caring would be which according to Allport?
Secondary trait
Reliable trait
Central trait
Stable trait
28
The Big 5 personality factors that Myers suggest can be remembered with the mnemonic ___.
NPCEN
OPTIC
OCEAN.
MMPIS
29
___ tests are describing ambiguous stimulus or telling a story about it.
Projective
ACT
SAT
Art institutional
30
According to Rotter, someone with an external locus of control is likely to...
not believe in luck
have a positive self concept
have a high IQ
believe in luck
31
Dot shouts cuss words at people. Soon, Dot becomes a writer of novels where cussing is okay...
She is using displacement as a defense mechanism
She is using repression as a defense mechanism
She is using sublimation as a defense mechanism
She is using denial as a defense mechanism
32
A person who has ___ believes that they control their own destiny.
Odipus complex
safety needs met
Internal Locus of Control
External Locus of Control
33
Maslow created a Hierarchy of Needs with ___ at the base.
thrill and adventure seeking
esteem needs
boredom susceptibility
physiological needs
34
The Bobo Doll experiment looks at aggression & violence; it was done by ___
Albert Bandura
Eric Erickson
Sigmund Freud
William Wundt
35
Faced with a mild stressor, children will ___, retreating to the comfort of earlier behaviors.
regress
deny
rationalize
displace
36
Maslow's & Rogers ideas have influenced ___.
all of the above.
parenting.
counselors.
teachers.
37
In western culture, we tend to believe the ___ is the center of personality.
id
self
ego
superego
38
The MMPI-2-RC is classified as a(an)...
self-report inventory
descriptive study
objective test
projective test
39
Which psychologist was NOT a neo-Freudian?
Alfred Adler
Karen Horney
Carl Jung
Albert Bandura
40
Clyde loved his ex girlfriend, but he acts as if he is glad to be rid of her.
This is reaction-formation defense mechanism
This is projection defense mechanism
This is displacement defense mechanism
This is rationalization defense mechanism
41
___ is the belief that life events will have a permanent effect on us.
Optimism
Pervasiveness
Self-esteem
Permanence
42
Freud and his students based most of their theories on ___.
trial and error.
experimentation.
questionaires.
case studies.
43
According to Freud, which part of the mind acts as a person's conscience?
the id
the superego
the ego
the libido
44
Freud's personality study is called ___.
Behaviorism.
Humanistic.
Social-Cognitive.
Psychoanalytical.
45
A Freudian slip is .....
when his daughter fell and died.
his fall from the psychology community.
falling off the sofa during free association.
unintentionally revealing subconscious feelings.
46
Allport counted all words in an unabridged dictionary describing people, How many were there?
18,000
36,000
2,500
500
47
Health can benefit from ___.
optimism.
learned helplessness.
Freudian slips.
pessimism.
48
Bandura was also known for his study of ___.
pigeons relating to the Bandura box.
TV violence relating to aggression.
dogs salivating hearing a bell.
cones & rods related to vision.
49
Freud believes that during the phallic stage, boys could go through the ___ complex.
projection
denial
Electra
Oedipus
50
The ___ was proposed by Albert Bandura.
Humanistic
Social-Cognitive perspective
Behavioral perspective
Psychoanalytic
51
A psychologist interested in evaluating your unconscious motives would most likely use...
the TAT
the SAT
the MMPI-2-RC
the WAIS
52
Freud's psychosexual stages focus on distinct pleasure sensitive areas called the___
erogenous zones.
central nervous system.
autonomic nervous system.
terror management theory.
53
Adler coined the term ___ which occurs when we underestimate our own capabilities.
apartment complex
superiority complex
Electra complex
inferiority complex
54
Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Warmth
Openness
55
___ is the belief that life events have ripple-effect impacts on other areas of life.
Repressing
Denial
Permanence
Pervasiveness
56
The two components of Schachter and Singer's theory of emotion are...
physiological arousal and behavior
instinct and motivation
love and anger
physiological arousal and cognitive assessment
57
The classic personality inventory is the ___.
TAT.
Rorschach Inkblot.
MMPI.
Free Association.
58
Freud's ___ functions on the reality principle.
lego
superego
ego
id
59
Carl Jung is most known for which of the following?
general awareness
heritable coefficients
cultural subconscious
collective unconsciousness
60
Sigmund Freud was the founder of which of the following perspectives in psychology?
Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Behaviorism
61
Freud thought ___ might unlock to the door to unconscious.
free association
edo
personality
hypnosis
