Exam 12: D: Personality

The "cognitive behaviorism" of social learning theory can be illustrated by three concepts proposed by Julian Rotter,which are the psychological situation,expectancy,and __________.

According to Dollard and Miller,drive,cue,response,and reward are the four elements of learning that govern our learned behavior patterns known as __________.

Markus and Nurius believe that each of us harbors images of people we would most like to become and images of people we do not want to become,which they called possible selves.

The dimensions of personality stressed by Eysenck include whether one is mainly introverted or extroverted and whether one tends to be emotionally stable or unstable.

Shy persons often lack social skills,that is,they have never learned how to meet people or how to start a conversation and keep it going.

Although Joan would be described as very extroverted,she will be more extroverted at a party than when she is attending church.This observation supports the concept of __________ interaction.

Jeffery has a "mental picture" of his own personality,which he creatively builds out of his daily experiences.This "mental picture" is Jeffery's __________

Modern scientists have found that the area of the brain that does seem to trigger unconscious emotions and memories,as theorized by Freud,is the __________ system.

Describe a friend using Allport's trait theory,including common traits and the three types of individual traits; then describe this friend's personality using the five dimensions of the Big Five Personality Model.

In the Minnesota study on reunited twins,many of the twins had similarities in political beliefs,job histories,hobbies,and favorite foods.Explain whether heredity or environment account for these similarities.

If a psychologist is recording the frequency of a child's inattention and out-of-seat behavior,he or she is using a technique known as situational testing.

Besides the basic ten clinical subscales,the MMPI-2 also has additional scales to identify substance abuse,eating disorders,Type A behavior,and the inability to function in a job.

A recent study found that the traits of hope,vitality,gratitude,love,and curiosity are strongly associated with life satisfaction.

Andrea likes punk rock,has dyed her blonde hair black,and wears a lot of dark eyeliner and white lipstick; thus,according to Allport,these traits would be considered central traits for Andrea.

Regarding his college work,Toby tends to be disorganized,is frequently late to class,and often fails to turn in his assignments; and,thus,would most likely score low on the Big Five trait of conscientiousness.

According to Dollard and Miller,a passive or active orientation toward the world may develop as a result of a child's toilet training experiences.

According to social learning theory,a child's feeling of being emotionally connected to another person is referred to as __________.

Use the complete list of characteristics of self-actualizers to evaluate yourself and explain what may be helping or hindering your self-actualization and what you can do to promote your journey in self-actualization.

To group a person's numerous surface traits into 16 source traits,Raymond Cattell used a statistical procedure called __________.

When desirable or undesirable characteristics of personality are evaluated,we refer to this as assessing a person's temperament.