Question 1

______ is a form of learning by association.

Accepted Answer

A)  Catharsis 
B)  Insight learning 
C)  Operant conditioning 
D)  Classical conditioning

Question 2

Although born Jewish, Freud proclaimed himself to be ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  a Christian 
B)  Buddhist 
C)  Muslim 
D)  an atheist

Question 3

According to Freud, our conscience lies in the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ego 
B)  libido 
C)  superego 
D)  id

Question 4

During his first television appearance, when B. F. Skinner was asked whether he would burn his children or his books, if forced to choose, he responded _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  neither 
B)  his books 
C)  his children 
D)  both

Question 5

Freud theorized that children enter the ______ stage at puberty.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Reasonably stable elements of personality that are inferred from behavior are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  traits 
B)  psychic structures 
C)  archetypes 
D)  emotions

Question 7

In social-cognitive theory, internal determinants of behavior such as behavioral competencies, expectancies, self-efficacy, or subjective values are called ______ variables.

Accepted Answer

A)  primary 
B)  secondary 
C)  person 
D)  situational

Question 8

According to Freud, Oedipal feelings and conflicts are usually resolved by about the age of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 or 4 
B)  5 or 6 
C)  8 or 9 
D)  11 or 12

Question 9

Freud's psychic structures of personality can ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  not be seen nor measured directly 
B)  be seen, but not measured directly 
C)  be measured, but not seen directly 
D)  both be seen and measured directly

Question 10

Jung and Adler both believed that Freud placed too much emphasis on ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  free will 
B)  sexual impulses 
C)  lifelong development 
D)  psychodynamic principles

Question 11

A person from ______ is MOST likely to be an individualist.

Accepted Answer

A)  Central America 
B)  South America 
C)  northern Europe 
D)  Africa

Question 12

Carl Jung believed in a unifying force of personality that gives direction and purpose to human behavior called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the self 
B)  self-actualization 
C)  the creative self 
D)  the persona

Question 13

In social-cognitive theory, personal predictions about the outcomes of events, or the likely results of engaging in a response, such as "if-then" statements, are called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  behavioral competencies 
B)  subjective values 
C)  expectancies 
D)  encoding strategies

Question 14

Explain the major ideas of Abraham Maslow's theory of personality.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Freud argued that during adolescence, a child's unconscious desires for the parent of the opposite sex are transferred to socially appropriate members of the opposite sex through the defense mechanism of ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  reaction formation 
B)  regression 
C)  projection 
D)  displacement

Question 16

If self-efficacy is too high, it can lead to overconfidence, which can handicap performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The conflict that Erikson felt characterized infancy (birth to 1 year) was ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  initiative versus guilt 
B)  autonomy versus shame and doubt 
C)  industry versus inferiority 
D)  trust versus mistrust

Question 18

The MMPI is an example of a(n) ______ test.

Accepted Answer

A)  Projective 
B)  Introspective 
C)  Subjective 
D)  Objective

Question 19

Classical conditioning was discovered by ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  accident 
B)  exploring questions remaining from earlier research on operant conditioning 
C)  extensive research with infants 
D)  exploring various types of self-talk among adolescents

Question 20

A little boy feels guilty after stealing a toy from his next-door neighbor. The psychic structure responsible for his feelings, according to Freud, is the ______.

Accepted Answer