Question 1

Why did Allport create a theory of personality development?

Accepted Answer

A)  to correct all the problems of other such theories 
B)  to show how the self evolves during development 
C)  to show how the unconscious evolves during development 
D)  to address the "critical periods" during which traits must develop or they will not appear 
A)  to correct all the problems of other such theories 
B)  to show how the self evolves during development 
C)  to show how the unconscious evolves during development 
D)  to address the "critical periods" during which traits must develop or they will not appear

Question 2

Allport was most critical of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  social psychology 
B)  self-actualization 
C)  personality traits 
D)  psychoanalysis 
A)  social psychology 
B)  self-actualization 
C)  personality traits 
D)  psychoanalysis

Question 3

All of the following are true of the research on intrinsic-extrinsic religiosity, except one. Which is NOT true of that research?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Intrinsic" and "extrinsic" (E/I) are opposite ends of the same continuum. 
B)  Hypercompetitive people tended to be high on the E scale and prejudiced. 
C)  For the entire range of E/I scores, the relationships of E to I is at best slightly negative: r = - .20. 
D)  Some research has uncovered two kinds of Es. 
A)  "Intrinsic" and "extrinsic" (E/I) are opposite ends of the same continuum. 
B)  Hypercompetitive people tended to be high on the E scale and prejudiced. 
C)  For the entire range of E/I scores, the relationships of E to I is at best slightly negative: r = - .20. 
D)  Some research has uncovered two kinds of Es.

Question 4

What did Greenwald et al (2003) find when they had white subjects play a video game in which a Black or White police officer or a Black or White citizen jumped out from behind a dumpster holding either a gun or a harmless object?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants were less likely to confuse guns and harmless objects if held by Black men. 
B)  Black citizens were less likely to be "shot" than White citizens. 
C)  Black police officers were less likely to be "shot" than Black citizens. 
D)  Participants were more likely to confuse guns and harmless objects if held by Black m. 
A)  Participants were less likely to confuse guns and harmless objects if held by Black men. 
B)  Black citizens were less likely to be "shot" than White citizens. 
C)  Black police officers were less likely to be "shot" than Black citizens. 
D)  Participants were more likely to confuse guns and harmless objects if held by Black m.

Question 5

Low tolerance for ambiguity is related to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  intrinsic religiosity 
B)  a tendency to see others as falling into many categories 
C)  seeing illusory movement to be highly variable trial to trial both in terms of direction and in terms of extent 
D)  seeing illusory movement to be constant in extent trial to trial, and constant in direction trial to trial 
A)  intrinsic religiosity 
B)  a tendency to see others as falling into many categories 
C)  seeing illusory movement to be highly variable trial to trial both in terms of direction and in terms of extent 
D)  seeing illusory movement to be constant in extent trial to trial, and constant in direction trial to trial

Question 6

In Payne et al. (2002) as time available to respond became shorter and shorter, what kind of mistake became more likely?

Accepted Answer

A)  A black man holding a tool was mistakenly seen holding a gun. 
B)  A white man holding a tool was mistakenly seen holding a gun. 
C)  Tools and guns were confused regardless of race of holder. 
D)  What men held in their hands-silver can, black cell phone, or black wallet-determined whether they were shot. 
A)  A black man holding a tool was mistakenly seen holding a gun. 
B)  A white man holding a tool was mistakenly seen holding a gun. 
C)  Tools and guns were confused regardless of race of holder. 
D)  What men held in their hands-silver can, black cell phone, or black wallet-determined whether they were shot.

Question 7

All but one of the following was found by Plant and Devine (2003) who studied Whites' interactions with Blacks. Which was NOT a finding? The more positive the previous contact with Blacks,

Accepted Answer

A)  the less the anxiety about interactions with Blacks 
B)  the less the hostility regarding interactions with Blacks 
C)  the less the confidence that they could avoid prejudiced displays during interactions with Blacks 
D)  the less the need to avoid interactions with Blacks 
A)  the less the anxiety about interactions with Blacks 
B)  the less the hostility regarding interactions with Blacks 
C)  the less the confidence that they could avoid prejudiced displays during interactions with Blacks 
D)  the less the need to avoid interactions with Blacks

Question 8

All except one of the following was true of Allport's view of humanism and existentialism. Which was NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  He took a dim view of dark and dismal outlook of Europe's existentialists. 
B)  He was more concerned about the self than about self-actualism. 
C)  He accepted some aspects of both points of view. 
D)  He found nothing worthy about existentialists' concerns about death. 
A)  He took a dim view of dark and dismal outlook of Europe's existentialists. 
B)  He was more concerned about the self than about self-actualism. 
C)  He accepted some aspects of both points of view. 
D)  He found nothing worthy about existentialists' concerns about death.

Question 9

Which begins during adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)  rational coping 
B)  self-identity 
C)  propriate striving 
D)  self-image 
A)  rational coping 
B)  self-identity 
C)  propriate striving 
D)  self-image

Question 10

"A genuine sense of humor" is

Accepted Answer

A)  being able to laugh at other people's jokes, even when we think they are not funny 
B)  being open enough to laugh at jokes about sexual and aggressive matter 
C)  being able to laugh along with others, even if we do not feel like it 
D)  being able to laugh at the things we love, including ourselves and all that pertains to us, and still to love them 
A)  being able to laugh at other people's jokes, even when we think they are not funny 
B)  being open enough to laugh at jokes about sexual and aggressive matter 
C)  being able to laugh along with others, even if we do not feel like it 
D)  being able to laugh at the things we love, including ourselves and all that pertains to us, and still to love them

Question 11

To Allport, personality is

Accepted Answer

A)  a pattern of traits that interact to produce behavior 
B)  that which predicts what a person will do in a situation 
C)  the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought 
D)  the relatively enduring pattern of recurrent interpersonal situations which characterize a human life 
A)  a pattern of traits that interact to produce behavior 
B)  that which predicts what a person will do in a situation 
C)  the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behavior and thought 
D)  the relatively enduring pattern of recurrent interpersonal situations which characterize a human life

Question 12

Towbs-Schwen and Fazio (2001) found which of the following to be the type of motivation for controlling prejudice that was related to parents being prejudice and lack of contact with blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  to look like a "good person" 
B)  to be concerned about acting prejudice 
C)  to fool black people with a liberal facade 
D)  to avoid disputes 
A)  to look like a "good person" 
B)  to be concerned about acting prejudice 
C)  to fool black people with a liberal facade 
D)  to avoid disputes

Question 13

All except one of the following are stereotypes of African-Americans held by European Americans as revealed in the study by Allen (1996)? Which is NOT one of those stereotypes?

Accepted Answer

A)  arrogant 
B)  friendly 
C)  loud 
D)  lazy 
A)  arrogant 
B)  friendly 
C)  loud 
D)  lazy

Question 14

All except one of the following are ways of extending oneself in the process of maturing. Which is NOT one of those ways of extending oneself?

Accepted Answer

A)  plan a spiritual excursion (it does not have to be to Mecca, but it could be to the top of a moderate mountain) 
B)  cultivate warm relating of self to others 
C)  develop emotional security or self-acceptance 
D)  develop realistic perceptions of self and skills (intelligence helps to achieve maturity, but it does not guarantee it) 
A)  plan a spiritual excursion (it does not have to be to Mecca, but it could be to the top of a moderate mountain) 
B)  cultivate warm relating of self to others 
C)  develop emotional security or self-acceptance 
D)  develop realistic perceptions of self and skills (intelligence helps to achieve maturity, but it does not guarantee it)

Question 15

Which of the following best serves to provide the child with continuity of identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  parental attention 
B)  sibling rivalry 
C)  his/her name 
D)  expectation of him/her on the part of others 
A)  parental attention 
B)  sibling rivalry 
C)  his/her name 
D)  expectation of him/her on the part of others

Question 16

How did Allport feel about the importance of cross-situational consistency in relation to traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  He felt it to be very important, just as do other trait theorists. 
B)  Unlike other trait theorists, he felt it to be very important. 
C)  Like Mischel, he saw the evidence as not supporting cross-situational consistency. 
D)  He found it to be of less concern than other trait theorists. 
A)  He felt it to be very important, just as do other trait theorists. 
B)  Unlike other trait theorists, he felt it to be very important. 
C)  Like Mischel, he saw the evidence as not supporting cross-situational consistency. 
D)  He found it to be of less concern than other trait theorists.

Question 17

Trait (Allport)

Accepted Answer

A)  is a permanent entity that does not fade in and out like state; it is inborn or develops during the life course and regularly directs behavior 
B)  is represented as a statistical factor and defined as a theoretical construct based on observed intercorrelations between a number of different habitual responses 
C)  is a construct referring to processes that convert an unsatisfying situation into a satisfying one though activations of appropriate actones 
D)  is a neuropsychic structure having the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide equivalent (meaningfully consistent) forms of adaptive and expressive behavior 
A)  is a permanent entity that does not fade in and out like state; it is inborn or develops during the life course and regularly directs behavior 
B)  is represented as a statistical factor and defined as a theoretical construct based on observed intercorrelations between a number of different habitual responses 
C)  is a construct referring to processes that convert an unsatisfying situation into a satisfying one though activations of appropriate actones 
D)  is a neuropsychic structure having the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide equivalent (meaningfully consistent) forms of adaptive and expressive behavior

Question 18

Allport did all except one of the following during his undergraduate days. Which did he NOT do?

Accepted Answer

A)  became interested in social ethics courses 
B)  spent a brief period in a seminary 
C)  He drank hootch and made fun of stodgy people like Titchener. 
D)  He worked for the Humane Society. 
A)  became interested in social ethics courses 
B)  spent a brief period in a seminary 
C)  He drank hootch and made fun of stodgy people like Titchener. 
D)  He worked for the Humane Society.

Question 19

All but one of the following were findings of studies comparing Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)with authoritarianism (AU). Which was NOT one of those findings?

Accepted Answer

A)  SDO was unrelated to most forms of prejudice toward Blacks and homosexuals. 
B)  AU among Romanians was related to support for Soviet-style communist principles. 
C)  Among White American and South Afrikaners college students SDO was associated with "toughmindedness" and belief in a "competitive jungle world." 
D)  Occupying a position of high status and power was positively related to SDO which was positively related to prejudice. 
A)  SDO was unrelated to most forms of prejudice toward Blacks and homosexuals. 
B)  AU among Romanians was related to support for Soviet-style communist principles. 
C)  Among White American and South Afrikaners college students SDO was associated with "toughmindedness" and belief in a "competitive jungle world." 
D)  Occupying a position of high status and power was positively related to SDO which was positively related to prejudice.

Question 20

In the Park et al. (2002) study, who was more quickly "shot"?

Accepted Answer

A)  an armed Black man, but only by White participants 
B)  an unarmed White man 
C)  an armed Black man 
D)  a Black man by White participants and a White man by Black participants 
A)  an armed Black man, but only by White participants 
B)  an unarmed White man 
C)  an armed Black man 
D)  a Black man by White participants and a White man by Black participants

Why did Allport create a theory of personality development?

Allport was most critical of which of the following?

All of the following are true of the research on intrinsic-extrinsic religiosity, except one. Which is NOT true of that research?

What did Greenwald et al (2003) find when they had white subjects play a video game in which a Black or White police officer or a Black or White citizen jumped out from behind a dumpster holding either a gun or a harmless object?

Low tolerance for ambiguity is related to which of the following?

In Payne et al. (2002) as time available to respond became shorter and shorter, what kind of mistake became more likely?

All but one of the following was found by Plant and Devine (2003) who studied Whites' interactions with Blacks. Which was NOT a finding? The more positive the previous contact with Blacks,

All except one of the following was true of Allport's view of humanism and existentialism. Which was NOT true?

Which begins during adolescence?

"A genuine sense of humor" is

To Allport, personality is

Towbs-Schwen and Fazio (2001) found which of the following to be the type of motivation for controlling prejudice that was related to parents being prejudice and lack of contact with blacks?

All except one of the following are stereotypes of African-Americans held by European Americans as revealed in the study by Allen (1996)? Which is NOT one of those stereotypes?

All except one of the following are ways of extending oneself in the process of maturing. Which is NOT one of those ways of extending oneself?

Which of the following best serves to provide the child with continuity of identity?

How did Allport feel about the importance of cross-situational consistency in relation to traits?

Trait (Allport)

Allport did all except one of the following during his undergraduate days. Which did he NOT do?

All but one of the following were findings of studies comparing Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)with authoritarianism (AU). Which was NOT one of those findings?

In the Park et al. (2002) study, who was more quickly "shot"?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

Moving Toward, Away From, and Against Others: Karen Horney

Personality From the Interpersonal Perspective: Harry Stack Sullivan

The Seasons of Our Lives: Erik Erikson

The Sociopsychological Approach to Personality: Erich Fromm

Every Person Is to Be Prized: Carl Rogers

Becoming All That One Can Be: Abraham Maslow

Marching to a Different Drummer: George Kelly

The Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality: Walter Mischel and Julian Rotter

Thinking Ahead and Learning Mastery of Ones Circumstances: Albert Bandura

Its All a Matter of Consequences: B.F Skinner

Human Needs and Environmental Press: Henry a Murray

The Trait Approach to Personality: Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck

Where Is Personality Theory Going

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Exam 17: Personality Development and Prejudice: Gordon Allport

Why did Allport create a theory of personality development?

Allport was most critical of which of the following?

All of the following are true of the research on intrinsic-extrinsic religiosity, except one. Which is NOT true of that research?

What did Greenwald et al (2003) find when they had white subjects play a video game in which a Black or White police officer or a Black or White citizen jumped out from behind a dumpster holding either a gun or a harmless object?

Low tolerance for ambiguity is related to which of the following?

In Payne et al. (2002) as time available to respond became shorter and shorter, what kind of mistake became more likely?

All but one of the following was found by Plant and Devine (2003) who studied Whites' interactions with Blacks. Which was NOT a finding? The more positive the previous contact with Blacks,

All except one of the following was true of Allport's view of humanism and existentialism. Which was NOT true?

Which begins during adolescence?

"A genuine sense of humor" is

To Allport, personality is

Towbs-Schwen and Fazio (2001) found which of the following to be the type of motivation for controlling prejudice that was related to parents being prejudice and lack of contact with blacks?

All except one of the following are stereotypes of African-Americans held by European Americans as revealed in the study by Allen (1996)? Which is NOT one of those stereotypes?

All except one of the following are ways of extending oneself in the process of maturing. Which is NOT one of those ways of extending oneself?

Which of the following best serves to provide the child with continuity of identity?

How did Allport feel about the importance of cross-situational consistency in relation to traits?

Trait (Allport)

Allport did all except one of the following during his undergraduate days. Which did he NOT do?

All but one of the following were findings of studies comparing Social Dominance Orientation (SDO)with authoritarianism (AU). Which was NOT one of those findings?

In the Park et al. (2002) study, who was more quickly "shot"?

Introduction

The Psychoanalytic Legacy: Sigmund Freud

Personalitys Ancestral Foundation: Carl Jung

Overcoming Inferiority and Striving for Superiority: Alfred Adler

Moving Toward, Away From, and Against Others: Karen Horney

Personality From the Interpersonal Perspective: Harry Stack Sullivan

The Seasons of Our Lives: Erik Erikson

The Sociopsychological Approach to Personality: Erich Fromm

Every Person Is to Be Prized: Carl Rogers

Becoming All That One Can Be: Abraham Maslow

Marching to a Different Drummer: George Kelly

The Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality: Walter Mischel and Julian Rotter

Thinking Ahead and Learning Mastery of Ones Circumstances: Albert Bandura

Its All a Matter of Consequences: B.F Skinner

Human Needs and Environmental Press: Henry a Murray

The Trait Approach to Personality: Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck

Where Is Personality Theory Going

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