Question 1

When researchers say "preferences need no inferences" with respect to emotion, what are they really arguing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Appraisal does not need to come first in the emotion process. 
B)  Appraisal must come first in the emotion process. 
C)  Personality traits are more important than situations for determining emotions. 
D)  Attitudes are more important than personality traits for determining emotions. 
A)  Appraisal does not need to come first in the emotion process. 
B)  Appraisal must come first in the emotion process. 
C)  Personality traits are more important than situations for determining emotions. 
D)  Attitudes are more important than personality traits for determining emotions.

Question 2

According to the theory surrounding the Big Five, what term describes the generalized scripts that are produced by the Big Five traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  if . . . then patterns 
B)  personal projects 
C)  performance goals 
D)  characteristic adaptations 
A)  if . . . then patterns 
B)  personal projects 
C)  performance goals 
D)  characteristic adaptations

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)  It operates through logic. 
B)  It operates through emotion, insight, and wisdom. 
C)  It operates through unconscious processes. 
D)  It resembles Freud's primary processes thinking. 
A)  It operates through logic. 
B)  It operates through emotion, insight, and wisdom. 
C)  It operates through unconscious processes. 
D)  It resembles Freud's primary processes thinking.

Question 4

Non-psychoanalytic researchers sometimes use the term ________ to refer to the unconscious.

Accepted Answer

A)  short-term memory 
B)  consciously inaccessible memory 
C)  cognitive unconscious 
D)  unconscious memory 
A)  short-term memory 
B)  consciously inaccessible memory 
C)  cognitive unconscious 
D)  unconscious memory

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  schemas 
B)  expectancies 
C)  scripts 
D)  projects 
A)  schemas 
B)  expectancies 
C)  scripts 
D)  projects

Question 6

Research by Julie Norem indicates that defensive pessimists and eternal optimists likely ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  use different strategies but obtain similar ends 
B)  have similar specific goals but different general goals 
C)  use the same strategies but obtain different ends 
D)  have different learning goals but similar performance goals 
A)  use different strategies but obtain similar ends 
B)  have similar specific goals but different general goals 
C)  use the same strategies but obtain different ends 
D)  have different learning goals but similar performance goals

Question 7

What two types of processes are included in most dual-process models?

Accepted Answer

A)  conscious and rational 
B)  conscious and unconscious 
C)  short-term and long-term memories 
D)  impulsive and reactive 
A)  conscious and rational 
B)  conscious and unconscious 
C)  short-term and long-term memories 
D)  impulsive and reactive

Question 8

According to the textbook, shy people might have defense mechanisms that work too well.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

When researchers say "preferences need no inferences" with respect to emotion, what are they really arguing?

According to the theory surrounding the Big Five, what term describes the generalized scripts that are produced by the Big Five traits?

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

Non-psychoanalytic researchers sometimes use the term ________ to refer to the unconscious.

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

Research by Julie Norem indicates that defensive pessimists and eternal optimists likely ________.

What two types of processes are included in most dual-process models?

According to the textbook, shy people might have defense mechanisms that work too well.

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research

Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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

When researchers say "preferences need no inferences" with respect to emotion, what are they really arguing?

According to the theory surrounding the Big Five, what term describes the generalized scripts that are produced by the Big Five traits?

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

Non-psychoanalytic researchers sometimes use the term ________ to refer to the unconscious.

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

Research by Julie Norem indicates that defensive pessimists and eternal optimists likely ________.

What two types of processes are included in most dual-process models?

According to the textbook, shy people might have defense mechanisms that work too well.

The Study of the Person

Clues to Personality: the Basic Sources of Data

Personality Psychology As Science: Research Methods

Personality Traits, Situations, and Behavior

Personality Assessment I: Personality Testing and Its Consequences

Personality Assessment Ii: Personality Judgment in Daily Life

Using Personality Traits to Understand Behavior

The Anatomy and Physiology of Personality

The Inheritance of Personality: Behavioral Genetics and Evolutionary Theory

Basics of Psychoanalysis

The Workings of the Unconscious Mind: Defenses and Slips

Psychoanalysis After Freud: Neo-Freudians, Object Relations, and Current Research

Experience, Existence, and the Meaning of Life: Humanistic and Positive Psychology

Cultural Variation in Experience, Behavior, and Personality

Learning to Be a Person: Behaviorism and Social Learning Theories

What You Know About You: the Self

Disorders of Personality

Conclusion: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

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