Exam 18: Epilogue: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

If a psychologist is interested in understanding how cultural construals of reality shape an individual's behavior,she should take the ________ approach to studying personality.

Match the scientific goal with the associated approach to studying personality. -Biological

According to the text,your ________ affect(s)how you feel and what you do,as well as your external world.

If a psychologist is interested in understanding the thinking and feeling that underlie behavior,she should take the ________ approach to studying personality.

Why is the relationship between biological structures and personality especially difficult to study?

The following are examples of the significance of the unconscious mind EXCEPT ________.

Draw on what you have learned about personality psychology to support the argument that the most important choices you make in life are the environments that you select.

Imagine you are asked to give the lecture in Psychology 101 (Introduction to Psychology)that covers personality psychology.You have a very limited amount of time to expose students to this subdiscipline.What are you going to cover? What findings are you going to emphasize and why? You should strive to present cross-cutting themes that cover multiple approaches to personality.

If a psychologist is interested in knowing more about the relationship between conscientiousness and health,she should take the ________ approach to studying personality.

What are the three most important core themes you learned from the textbook and your personality class? You must clearly justify why these themes are important and why they offer critical insights into human nature.How can these themes be applied to everyday life in terms of understanding your own behavior or the behavior of those around you?

What term is defined as an individual's unique view of the world?

According to the text,you should judge an approach to studying personality by its ________.

The ________ approach emphasizes perception,motivations,and the self.

The ________ approach includes a focus on the heritability of some aspects of personality.

According to what we know about cross-situational consistency of behavior,if Ted is the most extraverted person in a wedding,he will most likely ________ at a funeral.

Match the scientific goal with the associated approach to studying personality. -Cognitive

The ________ approach focuses on moment-to-moment conscious experience,free will,and the ability to choose important aspects of one's reality.

Lizzie has just graduated from college and is in the job market.According to the text,after taking this personality course and reading The Personality Puzzle,what skills does she have that will aid her in her job search?

Each personality paradigm effectively addresses its own key concerns ________.

According to the text,psychology tends to ________ free will throughout the scientific process.