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