Exam 8: Personality: Vive La Différence

As part of an application for a job, Dan is asked to complete some psychological tests including one in which he responds true or false to items such as "I feel sad most of the time," or "I had a good childhood." What type of psychological test is Dan taking?

Write a brief, substantive explanation of situationism.

Which psychological test asks the subject to tell a story based on a picture of one or more people in which it is unclear what is going on?

Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding the difficulties in studying the effects of single genes on personality?

Researchers have explored both genetic similarity and shared family environments to attempt to determine which, if either, has the greater effect on personality. What has this research found?

Your text offers an acronym to assist in remembering the "Big Five." What is it?

According to Freud, the reality principle is ______.

Jeromy has been having an affair with another woman. One afternoon his wife came home later than usual and Jeromy became angry-accusing his wife of infidelity. Which defense mechanism is behind Jeromy's accusation?

For Freud, ideas, thoughts, and feelings of which we are currently aware are in the ______ mind.

Which statement about attachment is true?

Which of Freud's followers believed that feelings of inferiority are central to personality development?

According to Jung, the memories and ideas common to all of humankind represent that __________.

In the discussion of Gordon Allport's central traits, your text points out that whether or not traits are viewed as causing behavior, they aren't always accurate in predicting behavior because ________.

The instincts with which you are born are part of the ego.

You are quite hungry but don't have a dime to your name. If you were described as "all id and only id," what would you do?

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of successful resolution of the Oedipus complex?

According to Hans Eysenck, a person who is high on the ________ dimension of personality would have a greater proclivity toward developing fears than an individual who was low on that same dimension.

Gray, Eysenck, Cloninger, and Zuckerman all offer theories of personality based on ________.

Shanda is afraid of failing one of her final exams, primarily because she thinks the professor gives hard exams and so, no matter how much studying she does, it won't matter. Cognitive theorists would suggest that Shanda ____________.

Which if the following is not one of the superfactors identified as the "Big Five"?