Question 1

According to Freud, what are the two primary sources of influence on the personality?

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Question 2

According to Freud, the part of the personality that corresponds roughly to the word "reason" is the

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A)  ego 
B)  conscious. 
C)  id. 
D)  superego.

Question 3

What is the Oedipus complex?

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Question 4

According to the textbook the most important environmental influences involve the ________ among children in the same family

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A)  shared 
B)  divergent 
C)  none-shared environment 
D)  common

Question 5

Which of the following is not a projective test?

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A)  The Minnesota Multiphasic Personalityventory-2 (MMPI-2) 
B)  the Thematic Apperception Test 
C)  the Rorschachkblot Test 
D)  a sentence-completion test

Question 6

An inventory is a paper-and-pencil test with questions about an individual's thoughts, feelings and behaviours that can be scored using a standardized scoring system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Why is Horney considered a pioneer in psychology?

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Question 8

Describe how your id, ego and superego interact in getting you to study for your psychology exams.

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Question 9

The concept of the superego is similar to the concept of

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A)  conscience 
B)  socialization. 
C)  justice. 
D)  self-actualization.

Question 10

With displacement, we substitute a less threatening object for the original object of an impulse.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Ewan owns his own insurance sales company, and prides himself in his concern for his customers. People in community organizations count on him for civic projects because he is reliable and thorough. Based on this information, Ewan would be best described in terms of the five-factor theory as

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A)  high on the neuroticism dimension. 
B)  high on the conscientiousness dimension 
C)  low on the extroversion dimension. 
D)  low on the agreeableness dimension.

Question 12

Id is to ________ as superego is to ________.

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A)  pleasure-seeking; rational 
B)  rational; moral 
C)  pleasure-seeking; moral 
D)  moral; rational

Question 13

Because it can provide a sense of deep meaning and great insight, a father's participation in the birth of his child might be considered by Maslow to be

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A)  a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
B)  an example of unconditional positive regard. 
C)  a peak experience 
D)  a condition of worth.

Question 14

In relation to the relative strengths of the id, ego, and superego, Freud believed that in psychologically healthy individuals

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A)  there is a balance among them 
B)  the superego should be the strongest. 
C)  the ego should be the strongest. 
D)  the id should be least weak.

Question 15

Who were the two pioneers in humanistic psychology, and how did they view human nature?

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Question 16

When Hua momentarily recalls an incident from childhood, that memory moved from the

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A)  conscious to the preconscious. 
B)  preconscious to the unconscious. 
C)  unconscious to the conscious. 
D)  preconscious to the conscious

Question 17

What is the aim of projective tests, and what are several examples of projective tests?

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Question 18

Albert Bandura stresses the importance of which of the following on our behaviour?

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A)  Cognitive mapping 
B)  Operant conditioning 
C)  Observational learning 
D)  Classical conditioning

Question 19

Ramona often has emotional outbursts that appear almost irrational. Then, quite quickly, she can become friendly and talkative. Based on this information, Ramona would be best described in terms of the five-factor theory as

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A)  low on the openness to experience dimension. 
B)  low on the extroversion dimension. 
C)  high on the agreeableness dimension. 
D)  high on the neuroticism dimension

Question 20

Pat is very short. He is also extremely aggressive and tries to take charge or control of virtually everything in which he is involved. Adler would suggest that Pat is striving to overcome ________ arising from his shortness.

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A)  basic anxiety 
B)  anferiority complex 
C)  a defence mechanism 
D)  ambivalence

Exam 11: Personality Theory and Assessment