Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

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Which of the following perspectives on personality was generated using the statistical tool called factor analysis?

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Kathy's father was an abusive alcoholic and as a result of her early experience,Kathy has a distorted mental image of all fathers as being abusive people.According to a certain theory,there will be an unconscious influence on Kathy's future relationships with men.This view is represented by the:

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Studies have found that individuals often seek relationships with others who confirm their positive or negative views of themselves,so much so that when someone with a negative self-view marries a person who views them favourably,the person with the negative self-view will often withdraw from the marriage.This phenomenon is most consistent with the concept of:

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Compare the similarities of and differences between Carl Rogers's and Sigmund Freud's approaches in each of the following areas: 1) the structure of personality, 2) major personality processes, and 3) the causes of maladjustment.

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This approach to personality has advanced our understanding of how person and situation variables interact to produce behaviour,with a strong scientific base.This is the ______________ approach to personality.

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According to Eysenck's theory of personality,a normal personality can be explained with a combination of which of the following traits?

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Psychoanalysts generally agree that the primary defence mechanism utilized by the ego to control the anxiety-generating urges created by the id is the:

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Of the alternatives below,the one that Albert Bandura did NOT claim affects self-efficacy beliefs is:

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In measuring individual differences in personality traits and describing classes of behaviour,trait theorists attempt to _________________________.

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Researchers and clinicians can collect samples of behaviours,thoughts,and feelings from respondents as they live their daily lives through:

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According to Freud's theory of personality,part of the personality present at birth contains inborn biological drives and operates under the pleasure principle.This is the ________.

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The neoanalytic approach known as ______________ focuses on the mental representations that people create of themselves and significant others as a result of early childhood experiences with caregivers.

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All other things being equal,it is usually best to set outcome goals rather than performance goals.

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What does research show about the stability of personality,and what key factors make it difficult to predict behaviours based on traits?

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The concept of reciprocal determinism argues that the person,the person's behaviour,and the environment can each influence one another.

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The distinctive and relatively consistent ways of thinking,feeling,and behaving that characterize a person's responses to various life situations is defined as:

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According to Carl Rogers,self-consistency refers to the human need:

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The humanistic notion that people are motivated to preserve their self-concept by maintaining consistency and congruence is known as self-enhancement.

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One of the criticisms of psychoanalytic theory is that it is so broad and comprehensive that it can explain almost any behavioural outcome and is therefore difficult to falsify.

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Which of the following statements regarding Freud's psychoanalytic theory is true?

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