Exam 15: Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

A person with a developmental goal will most likely respond to failure with a(n)________ pattern of behavior.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the rational system?

Goals that are unique to the individuals pursuing them are called ________ goals.

Jeff has decided to go on a diet,but unfortunately Jeff's mother has made his favorite dessert,apple pie.After a big dinner,his mother brings out the pie and Jeff cannot resist having two pieces.In Epstein's terminology,Jeff's ________ won out over his ________.

Someone who frequently attributes hostility to other people might be able to change this aspect of his or her personality.According to the material on priming,what should such a person try to do?

Some research suggests that pessimism might prove more adaptive than optimism in ________.

According to a recent study of blogs,the expression of happiness seems to peak in the life span between the ages of ________.

Match the adaptive function with its associated emotion.. -Guilt

What idiographic goal term refers to long-term goals that organize broad areas of a person's life?

Grant is up against a deadline and fears he will not have enough time to do all he needs to do for it.In response,he makes a list of everything he needs to do in order of priority and gradually completes each task.Grant is practicing high ________.

An Asian American who has just been primed with the image of a dragon is more likely to interpret ambiguous symbols according to ________.

Laura attends church regularly because she finds personal meaning and spiritual fulfillment in the rituals and discussions.Jeanne attends church regularly because she knows that many influential business leaders from the community also attend that church.Laura and Jeanne have ________.

A ________ is a desired end state,and ________ are the means that the individual uses to achieve this end state.

What measurement instrument assesses the extent to which people are relatively defensive in their perception of potentially threatening information?

Research has examined the degree to which individuals' optimistic and pessimistic strategies persist across various contexts.The results of this research suggest that ________.

Which theorist developed the concept of personal constructs?

When an individual who has a good relationship with his or her mother is exposed to the subliminal message "Mommy and I are one," he or she will likely feel ________ without knowing why.

Mrs.Khoury enjoys running the office.She likes telling other employees what to do and strives to be promoted to vice president of her company.According to McClelland's view of motivations,Mrs.Khoury is high in ________ motivation.

Your expectations about sequences of events that should occur in certain situations are called cognitive ________.

According to the text,inherent in the limited capacity of consciousness is the danger of ________.