Question 1

If a "path analysis" specifies a particular theoretically relevant "path," what else should it do?

Accepted Answer

A)  graph the path 
B)  examine the reverse of the path 
C)  use the latest statistics 
D)  specify brain areas related to the path 
A)  graph the path 
B)  examine the reverse of the path 
C)  use the latest statistics 
D)  specify brain areas related to the path B

Question 2

What is ordinarily required to establish causation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the prior variation of one variable followed by the subsequent variation in another variable 
B)  that an experimental manipulation be carried out 
C)  statistically relating two or more variables 
D)  implicating genetics in the relationship between two variables 
A)  the prior variation of one variable followed by the subsequent variation in another variable 
B)  that an experimental manipulation be carried out 
C)  statistically relating two or more variables 
D)  implicating genetics in the relationship between two variables A

Question 3

Apparently, who are the sitiuationalists?

Accepted Answer

A)  radical personologists 
B)  social psychologists 
C)  behaviorists 
D)  humanists 
A)  radical personologists 
B)  social psychologists 
C)  behaviorists 
D)  humanists B

Question 4

Who gave only lip service to the Freudian unconscious?

Accepted Answer

A)  Erikson 
B)  Sulivan 
C)  Murray 
D)  Horney 
A)  Erikson 
B)  Sulivan 
C)  Murray 
D)  Horney

Question 5

What is a problem with "traits"?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are currently very few advocates of traits. 
B)  Traits have not been around long enough to properly evaluate them. 
C)  New traits continue to be invented and then declared to be "genetically determined." 
D)  There are none; traits will continue to dominate the study of personality. 
A)  There are currently very few advocates of traits. 
B)  Traits have not been around long enough to properly evaluate them. 
C)  New traits continue to be invented and then declared to be "genetically determined." 
D)  There are none; traits will continue to dominate the study of personality.

Question 6

Which kind of psychologist is most likely to promote "free will"?

Accepted Answer

A)  behaviorist 
B)  cognitive social 
C)  psychodynamic 
D)  neo-Freudian 
A)  behaviorist 
B)  cognitive social 
C)  psychodynamic 
D)  neo-Freudian

Question 7

Who MOST clearly supported "external causation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rotter 
B)  Eysenck 
C)  Skinner 
D)  Cattell 
A)  Rotter 
B)  Eysenck 
C)  Skinner 
D)  Cattell

Question 8

What should psychologists do in the future regarding genetics?

Accepted Answer

A)  avoid attempting to deal with genetics 
B)  receive training in biological genetics 
C)  finally decide between nature and nurture 
D)  agree to suspend judgments about genes and environment 
A)  avoid attempting to deal with genetics 
B)  receive training in biological genetics 
C)  finally decide between nature and nurture 
D)  agree to suspend judgments about genes and environment

Question 9

Who was the MOST optimistic about the "goodness" of humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fromm 
B)  Horney 
C)  Bandura 
D)  Jung 
A)  Fromm 
B)  Horney 
C)  Bandura 
D)  Jung

Question 10

Which is a problem with "behavioral dispositions" (BDs)

Accepted Answer

A)  There are no serious problems with BDs. 
B)  They are new and basically unknown. 
C)  BDs are limited to operant conditions aspects of personality. 
D)  Emotions are slighted by the BD approach. 
A)  There are no serious problems with BDs. 
B)  They are new and basically unknown. 
C)  BDs are limited to operant conditions aspects of personality. 
D)  Emotions are slighted by the BD approach.

Question 11

Holism means

Accepted Answer

A)  looking at the whole picture 
B)  being wholly responsible for oneself 
C)  considering the person as a whole 
D)  dividing personality into several wholes 
A)  looking at the whole picture 
B)  being wholly responsible for oneself 
C)  considering the person as a whole 
D)  dividing personality into several wholes

Question 12

We know all of the following about personality. Which do we NOT know?

Accepted Answer

A)  Personality is complex. 
B)  Personality is rather completely understood at the present time. 
C)  Personality is uniqueness. 
D)  Personality must cast in such a way that it can be related to biological and neurological processes. 
A)  Personality is complex. 
B)  Personality is rather completely understood at the present time. 
C)  Personality is uniqueness. 
D)  Personality must cast in such a way that it can be related to biological and neurological processes.

Question 13

Which is the dilemma of the notion "construct"?

Accepted Answer

A)  If each person has a different construct system, how can general principles emerge? 
B)  How can constructs be distinguished from traits? 
C)  Are constructs merely constellations of traits? 
D)  Can constructs ever be related to the brain? 
A)  If each person has a different construct system, how can general principles emerge? 
B)  How can constructs be distinguished from traits? 
C)  Are constructs merely constellations of traits? 
D)  Can constructs ever be related to the brain?

Question 14

All of the following were oriented to the past, except one. Who was NOT past-oriented?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud 
B)  Skinner 
C)  Kelly 
D)  Murray 
A)  Freud 
B)  Skinner 
C)  Kelly 
D)  Murray

Question 15

The survival of the idiographic approach may depend on

Accepted Answer

A)  the future prosperity of Mischel's view 
B)  chance 
C)  complete change in the orientation of personality theories 
D)  nothing specifiable: this minority position has no real chance of survival 
A)  the future prosperity of Mischel's view 
B)  chance 
C)  complete change in the orientation of personality theories 
D)  nothing specifiable: this minority position has no real chance of survival

Question 16

What is the status of Freud's assumption that one must dredge up traumas of the past in order to master one's psychological problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is well accepted today. 
B)  Actually, Freud never made the assumption. 
C)  There has never been any hard evidence to support it. 
A)  It is well accepted today. 
B)  Actually, Freud never made the assumption. 
C)  There has never been any hard evidence to support it.

Question 17

Which is an advantage of "behavioral dispositions" (BD) over traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are not so simplex as are traits. 
B)  They are not burdened with numerous questionable assumptions. 
C)  BDs have no shortcomings. 
D)  BDs currently have more advocates than traits. 
A)  They are not so simplex as are traits. 
B)  They are not burdened with numerous questionable assumptions. 
C)  BDs have no shortcomings. 
D)  BDs currently have more advocates than traits.

Question 18

Which is more important, the genes or the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  the genes 
B)  the environment 
C)  It depends on one's perspective. 
D)  Separating genetic influences from environmental influences may become passe´. 
A)  the genes 
B)  the environment 
C)  It depends on one's perspective. 
D)  Separating genetic influences from environmental influences may become passe´.

Question 19

What temporal orientation is likely to be favored by theorists of personality in the 21st century?

Accepted Answer

A)  past 
B)  present 
C)  future 
D)  It is impossible to say. 
A)  past 
B)  present 
C)  future 
D)  It is impossible to say.

Question 20

All the following posed developmental states. Who did NOT pose stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud 
B)  Erikson 
C)  Allport 
D)  Rotter 
A)  Freud 
B)  Erikson 
C)  Allport 
D)  Rotter

If a "path analysis" specifies a particular theoretically relevant "path," what else should it do?

What is ordinarily required to establish causation?

Apparently, who are the sitiuationalists?

Who gave only lip service to the Freudian unconscious?

What is a problem with "traits"?

Which kind of psychologist is most likely to promote "free will"?

Who MOST clearly supported "external causation?

What should psychologists do in the future regarding genetics?

Who was the MOST optimistic about the "goodness" of humans?

Which is a problem with "behavioral dispositions" (BDs)

Holism means

We know all of the following about personality. Which do we NOT know?

Which is the dilemma of the notion "construct"?

All of the following were oriented to the past, except one. Who was NOT past-oriented?

The survival of the idiographic approach may depend on

What is the status of Freud's assumption that one must dredge up traumas of the past in order to master one's psychological problems?

Which is an advantage of "behavioral dispositions" (BD) over traits?

Which is more important, the genes or the environment?

What temporal orientation is likely to be favored by theorists of personality in the 21st century?

All the following posed developmental states. Who did NOT pose stages?

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

Personality Development and Prejudice: Gordon Allport

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Exam 18: Where Is Personality Theory Going

If a "path analysis" specifies a particular theoretically relevant "path," what else should it do?

What is ordinarily required to establish causation?

Apparently, who are the sitiuationalists?

Who gave only lip service to the Freudian unconscious?

What is a problem with "traits"?

Which kind of psychologist is most likely to promote "free will"?

Who MOST clearly supported "external causation?

What should psychologists do in the future regarding genetics?

Who was the MOST optimistic about the "goodness" of humans?

Which is a problem with "behavioral dispositions" (BDs)

Holism means

We know all of the following about personality. Which do we NOT know?

Which is the dilemma of the notion "construct"?

All of the following were oriented to the past, except one. Who was NOT past-oriented?

The survival of the idiographic approach may depend on

What is the status of Freud's assumption that one must dredge up traumas of the past in order to master one's psychological problems?

Which is an advantage of "behavioral dispositions" (BD) over traits?

Which is more important, the genes or the environment?

What temporal orientation is likely to be favored by theorists of personality in the 21st century?

All the following posed developmental states. Who did NOT pose stages?

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

Personality Development and Prejudice: Gordon Allport

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