Exam 9: Personality Development: Alternative Views

Until recently, Oliver's peer interactions were almost exclusively with other boys. Now he is more interested in girls. Oliver is in which stage of psychosexual development?

Kagan believes that shy children have behavioral inhibitions because

All of the following are propositions of the psychoanalytic approach EXCEPT

Murray is enthusiastic about whatever he does and talks to anyone he meets. He would score high on which dimension of personality?

Research by Oliver John has shown that delinquent boys were markedly lower than nondelinquent boys in which personality traits?

In comparing Erikson and Freud, it would be most accurate to say that

The depth, complexity, and quality of a person's mental and experiential life is the Big Five trait of

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the learning models?

Which of the following is considered a weakness of psychoanalytic theories?

Which of the following is an instinctual drive in Freud's theory?

Fred is developing the abilities demanded by the society of which he will be a member. He is in Erikson's stage of

According to psychoanalytic theory, the child requires a __________ environment in order to traverse the stages of development.

Ms. Cowan has a day care center, and this year she has one little girl who is very aggressive. No matter how much Ms. Cowan punishes her, the child continues to misbehave and seems to be increasing her aggressive actions. A behaviorist would say that

Biological temperament theorists argue that ________ serves as a central mediating process; whereas social learning theorists argue that ________ acts as a central mediator.

Nine-year-old Max has peer interactions almost exclusively with other boys. Max is in which psychoanalytic stage?

Research by Jerome Kagan has focused primarily on which dimension of temperament?

Who is the most influential theorist in the learning theory tradition?

Crockenberg found that insecure attachment between a mother and infant is most likely to occur under which of the following conditions?

Observational learning or modeling involves

If Piaget's language is applied to Bandura's cognitive-developmental theory, the concept of one's own capacities, qualities, standards, and experiences would be called a(n)