Exam 16: Personality Processes: Perception, Thought, Motivation, and Emotion

It is probably easier to tutor someone with a judgment goal than it is to tutor someone with a development goal.

Short-term memory is limited to "seven, plus or minus two" chunks of information.

What dimension is not typically included in the definition of happiness used by contemporary researchers?

In cognitive-experiential self-theory, the ________ system dominates when you are emotional and the ________ system dominates when you are calm.

Extraversion is associated with happiness, but neuroticism is not related to happiness.

Sally is very concerned with abandonment and her partner's lack of commitment to their relationship. She is high on which personality dimension?

Amy is a generally aggressive and hostile child. Imagine that Suzanne accidentally bumped into Amy in a crowded room. Based on theories related to priming and chronic accessibility, Amy would perceive Suzanne's bump as an ________ and likely respond with ________.

Perceptual ________ refers to the process whereby the perceptual system filters out information that might make the individual uncomfortable or distressed.

People seem to be able to physically react to evocative words, even if they cannot consciously read the word.

Freud's secondary process thinking resembles Epstein's rational system.

Concepts that are readily available in the mind on such a frequent basis that they become part of one's personality are said to be ________.

According to research and theory about goals, it is most advantageous to have the ability to ________.

The phrase "seven, plus or minus two" refers to the ________.

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

As a person becomes an expert in an area, he or she will begin to ________ to help organize the information.

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

Explain Dweck's motivational theory. According to this model, how do implicit theories of intelligence and ability shape goals and responses to failure in achievement domains? How might teachers or parents use this model to help children succeed in school?

People with more generally negative views of others are more accurate in their person perceptions.

Emotions can be considered a kind of declarative knowledge using the language of cognitive psychology.

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.