Question 1

For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the ______ mind.

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious 
B) preconscious 
C) collective unconscious 
D) conscious 
A) unconscious 
B) preconscious 
C) collective unconscious 
D) conscious A

Question 2

What are the Big Five personality traits?

Accepted Answer

A) conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, extraversion, dominance 
B) openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism 
C) sensation seeking, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, dominance 
D) neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness 
A) conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, extraversion, dominance 
B) openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism 
C) sensation seeking, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, dominance 
D) neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness B

Question 3

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.

Accepted Answer

A) description 
B) research 
C) prediction 
D) explanation 
A) description 
B) research 
C) prediction 
D) explanation C

Question 4

Tony has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see.What type of test would psychologists call this?

Accepted Answer

A) dynamic 
B) projective 
C) objective 
D) predictive 
A) dynamic 
B) projective 
C) objective 
D) predictive

Question 5

Donita is angry with her boss so she leaves work a little early in order to run an extra mile before it gets dark.Which defense mechanism is Donita employing?

Accepted Answer

A) repression 
B) reaction formation 
C) rationalization 
D) sublimation 
A) repression 
B) reaction formation 
C) rationalization 
D) sublimation

Question 6

According to Rogers, which of the following people is most likely to have a healthy personality?

Accepted Answer

A) someone with a strongly developed superego 
B) someone with an extraverted personality 
C) someone brought up with conditional positive regard 
D) someone brought up with unconditional positive regard 
A) someone with a strongly developed superego 
B) someone with an extraverted personality 
C) someone brought up with conditional positive regard 
D) someone brought up with unconditional positive regard

Question 7

According to Freud, when the realities of life are in conflict with someone's conscience or selfish desires, it results in a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A) psychosis 
B) an Electra complex 
C) neurosis 
D) an Oedipal complex 
A) psychosis 
B) an Electra complex 
C) neurosis 
D) an Oedipal complex

Question 8

Which of Freud's personality structures can be thought of as housing the human conscience?

Accepted Answer

A) id 
B) superego 
C) consciousness 
D) subconsciousness 
A) id 
B) superego 
C) consciousness 
D) subconsciousness

Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

A) psychoticism 
B) neuroticism 
C) phobicism 
D) extraversion 
A) psychoticism 
B) neuroticism 
C) phobicism 
D) extraversion

Question 10

Which statement is true regarding male and female personality comparisons?

Accepted Answer

A) There are significant differences between males and females compared to differences among people within each sex. 
B) Men are more likely to have an internal locus of control than women. 
C) Women are more likely to be reflective. 
D) Men score higher on individuality and autonomy. 
A) There are significant differences between males and females compared to differences among people within each sex. 
B) Men are more likely to have an internal locus of control than women. 
C) Women are more likely to be reflective. 
D) Men score higher on individuality and autonomy.

For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the ______ mind.

What are the Big Five personality traits?

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.

Tony has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see.What type of test would psychologists call this?

Donita is angry with her boss so she leaves work a little early in order to run an extra mile before it gets dark.Which defense mechanism is Donita employing?

According to Rogers, which of the following people is most likely to have a healthy personality?

According to Freud, when the realities of life are in conflict with someone's conscience or selfish desires, it results in a(n)________.

Which of Freud's personality structures can be thought of as housing the human conscience?

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.

Which statement is true regarding male and female personality comparisons?

Section 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

Section 2: Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

Section 1: The Biology of Mind and Behavior: the Brain in Action

Section 2: The Biology of Mind and Behavior: the Brain in Action

Section 1: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Section 2: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Section 1: Learning: How Experience Changes Us

Section 2: Learning: How Experience Changes Us

Section 1: Memory: Living With Yesterday

Section 2: Memory: Living With Yesterday

Section 1: Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

Section 2: Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

Section 1: Personality: Vive La Différence

Section 1: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

Section 2: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

Section 1: Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life

Section 2: Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life

Section 1: Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems

Section 2: Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems

Section 1: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

Section 2: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

Section 1: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

Section 2: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

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Exam 8: Section 2: Personality: Vive La Différence

For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the ______ mind.

What are the Big Five personality traits?

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.

Tony has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see.What type of test would psychologists call this?

Donita is angry with her boss so she leaves work a little early in order to run an extra mile before it gets dark.Which defense mechanism is Donita employing?

According to Rogers, which of the following people is most likely to have a healthy personality?

According to Freud, when the realities of life are in conflict with someone's conscience or selfish desires, it results in a(n)________.

Which of Freud's personality structures can be thought of as housing the human conscience?

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.

Which statement is true regarding male and female personality comparisons?

Section 1: Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

Section 2: Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

Section 1: The Biology of Mind and Behavior: the Brain in Action

Section 2: The Biology of Mind and Behavior: the Brain in Action

Section 1: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Section 2: Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

Section 1: Learning: How Experience Changes Us

Section 2: Learning: How Experience Changes Us

Section 1: Memory: Living With Yesterday

Section 2: Memory: Living With Yesterday

Section 1: Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

Section 2: Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

Section 1: Personality: Vive La Différence

Section 1: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

Section 2: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

Section 1: Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life

Section 2: Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life

Section 1: Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems

Section 2: Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems

Section 1: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

Section 2: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

Section 1: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

Section 2: Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

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