Deck 14: Personality

Question 1

The main conflict of the anal stage comes from

A)the Oedipal complex.
B)toilet training.
C)sexual repression.
D)weaning off the breast or bottle.

Answer 1

toilet training.

Question 2

The practice of physiognomy,as well as that of phrenology,have been summarily discredited by modern scientific research.As it turns out,the bumps on a person's head and one's facial characteristics give virtually no information about their personality characteristics.This is an important reminder of the importance of the critical thinking principle of

A)falsifiability.
B)correlation versus causation.
C)extraordinary claims.
D)ruling out rival hypotheses.

Answer 2

falsifiability.

Question 3

Lena answered true to most of the questions that asked her about her participation in outdoor activities or social gatherings.When she received her results,she was amazed that the test had accurately described her extraverted personality.What may Lena be a victim of?

A)Self-validation
B)Confirmation bias
C)Personal validation
D)Projective accuracy

Answer 3

Personal validation

Question 4

The MMPI and MMPI-2 are personality tests that are designed to

A)detect individual differences in personality patterns.
B)detect symptoms of mental disorders.
C)detect relationships between body types and personality patterns.
D)detect differences in interpretation of ambiguous stimuli.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions of the Big Five?

A)Conscientiousness
B)Extraversion
C)Openness to experience
D)Sociability

Question 6

Many projective assessment tools have disputed levels of

A)standardization.
B)representativeness.
C)subjectivity.
D)validity.

Question 7

Dylan believes that his hard work,rather than luck or chance,resulted in his promotion at work.Dylan probably has

A)an external locus of control.
B)self-delusions.
C)an internal locus of control.
D)an inferiority complex.

Question 8

A major difference between the humanists and both the behaviorists and psychodynamic theorists is that the humanists focus on

A)the destructive side of human nature.
B)free will.
C)the scientific method.
D)unconscious information processing.

Question 9

Cailee and Rick's parents take them to church every week.What type of influence on personality is being exhibited?

A)Genetic
B)Nonshared environmental
C)Shared environmental
D)Sociological

Question 10

The neo-Freudian,Carl Jung,suggested the existence of a collective unconscious that contains images shared by all people,called _____.

A)schemas
B)archetypes
C)prototypes
D)instincts