Theories of Personalities Final Review

Expressive behavior is simply one's way of expressing oneself.

Traits that happen as a result of adaptations but are not part of the functional design:

Personal dispositions that initiate actions are called ____________.

According to Buss, breeding would be characterized as artificial selection.

_____ is the structure that gives meaning to experience and allows people to make decisions

Which of the following is NOT one of the three modes of being-in-the-world?

When people have the capacity tor rely on others for goods and services.

Buss's model of personality seems to be the opposite of The Big Five approach of McCrae & Costa

There are still numerous misunderstandings of evolutionary theory.

According to Buss, the two main sources of the origin of personality are:

Allport's 3 levels of personal dispositions include all if the following except:

May believed people are motivated to search for answers to questions about the meaning of life

Maslow believed that motivation affects the whole person.

_____ refers to actions that fail to move a person closer to a desired goal (Rottter&Mischel)

Allport believed that people did not have much conscious control over their lives.

which of the following is NOT one of Maslow's conative needs?

According to Maslow, _____ is motivated and is directed toward the satisfaction of basic needs.

Low scores on McCrae and Costa's neuroticism scale tend to predict:

The degree to which a person prefers one set of reinforcements to another

The Five-Factor Theory has been used to assess personality traits in cultures around the world.

_____is acquired through the reciprocal interaction of environment, personal factors & behavior

Conative needs on the hierarchy cannot be reversed.

This theorist emphasized the importance of unconditional positive regard.

Unhealthy behaviors are not learned through operant conditioning.

Adaptations are evolved strategies that solve survival problems, but not reproductive problems

Skinner believed all control ultimately rests with the environment and not free will.

May explained that people experience anxiety when they are aware __________.

_____ states that all matter tends to evolve from simple to more complex forms.

The four principal intermittent schedules of reinforcement include all the following except:

Allport defined common traits as general characteristics held in common by many people.

_____ learning allows people to learn without performing a behavior.

According to Rogers, each of the following are barriers to psychological healthy except:

The Personal Orientation Inventory is a standardized test designed to measure:

McCrae & Costa placed equal emphasis on biological and environmental influences on personality.

Process of changing behavior in which reinforcement/punishment is reliant on a certain behavior

The Jonah complex is one's fear or failing.

Aversive stimulus that when removed from environment, increases probability of a given behavior

Allport was _____ in his acceptance of ideas from a verity of sources.

According to May, people have an equal degree of both freedom and responsibility.

Skinner's theory of personality is based largely on his behavioral analysis of

Social cognitive therapy emphasizes cognitive meditation, but not perceived self-efficacy

Maslow's conative needs are arranged in an hierarchy.