Exam 2: Personality: What It Is, How Its Measured

Social-cognitive theory focuses on the importance of learning by observation.

Reinforcers that increase the frequency of a behavior when they are REMOVED are called ______ reinforcers.

Social-cognitive theory is a contemporary view of learning developed by each of the following EXCEPT ______.

The psychologist who developed client-centered therapy is ______.

For Freud, the psychic structure that might best represent the "emotional little child" inside you would be the ______.

In the "Little Albert" study, fear of the noise was ______.

Researchers have found that the trait of novelty-seeking is linked to the neurotransmitter ______.

In social-cognitive theory, environmental factors such as rewards and punishments that influence behavior are called ______ variables.

Freud believed that the vast majority of the human mind is in the ______.

The theorist who first argued that it was not penis envy that made young women feel inferior to men, but rather the envy of social power and authority that men held in society, was ______.

According to Freud, the psychic structure that might best represent the rational, planning, thinking "adult" in you would be the ______.

Ivan Pavlov's original research was on ______.

The single most widely used self-report personality inventory in the world is the ______.

The psychological perspective that holds that the personal, or subjective, experiencing of events is the most important aspect of human nature and that the meaning of our lives is the meaning we imbue in it, is the ______ perspective.

According to Sigmund Freud, fingernail biting and smoking are leftover signs of conflicts experienced during early childhood.

Explain how classical conditioning works. In your explanation, be sure to briefly discuss what extinction and spontaneous recovery are.

In Pavlov's research with dogs, salivation to the meat was ______.

To Rogers, the sense of self is learned through early experiences.

Bill is the CEO of a huge computer software firm. He has always been a natural leader and a high achiever. According to Adler, he is most likely ______.

In classical conditioning, extinction is ______; spontaneous recovery is ______.