Deck 14: Exsetntion: Personality

Question 1

What theorist strongly disagreed with Freud's ideas about women and their feelings of inferiority and the Oedipus complex?

A)Adler
B)Horney
C)Jung
D)Klein

Answer 1

Horney

Question 2

Research suggests that the Big Five personality traits are

A)unique to each culture.
B)identical in every culture.
C)fairly consistent across many cultures.
D)useless for cultural evaluation.

Answer 2

fairly consistent across many cultures.

Question 3

According to Freud,habits such as smoking or overeating could result from a fixation in the _____ stage.

A)oral
B)anal
C)genital
D)phallic

Answer 3

oral

Question 4

Which of the following represents a shared environmental influence?

A)Todd and Vie both receive 5 dollars for each "A" they earn on their report cards.
B)Taryn has chores to do around the house.
C)June goes to ballet,while Mitch is at football.
D)Eli gets to go to sleepaway camp while Jonah gets to stay home for camp.

Question 5

The book suggests that criminal profiling can fall victim to

A)social durability bias.
B)the P.T.Barnum effect.
C)confirmation bias.
D)projective hypotheses.

Question 6

Which of the following statements might lead to feelings of incongruence?

A)"If you want to go out for the cheerleading squad,I think that is wonderful."
B)"I would rather you join the band than go out for the basketball team."
C)"I think it is wonderful when you draw pictures,but why don't you try using markers next time?"
D)"I know that you are shy,so why don't you sit in the back of the class?"

Question 7

Achak is upset.He tells his roommate that if his psychology teacher knew how to teach,Achak would not have flunked his midterm.What locus of control is Achak demonstrating?

A)Latent
B)Reciprocal
C)Internal
D)External

Question 8

A key criticism of the trait perspective on personality development is that it

A)fails to explain the cause of the differences in the various trait dimensions.
B)focuses too much on the role of unconscious forces in personality development.
C)ignores the evil and selfishness that humans are capable of.
D)lacks supportive evidence for the existence of multiple trait dimensions.

Question 9

The _____ is the most extensively researched of all structured personality tests.

A)TAT
B)MMPI
C)Rorschach
D)NEO

Question 10

William's father wants him to join the army.William has no desire to join.What personality test could William fool the easiest into believing he had a psychological disorder that might keep him out of the army?

A)MMPI-2
B)Rorschach
C)CPI
D)MBQ