Psychology Applied To Modern Life: Adjustment In The 21st Century, 11th Edition Test Bank
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1. Which of the following ideas lies at the core of the concept of personality?
a. Being true to oneself
b. Traits shared with others
c. Consistency across situations
d. Being able to adjust to different situations
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
2. Which of the following ideas is NOT central to the concept of personality?
a. Consistency across situations
b. Traits that are shared with others
c. Distinctiveness of an individual
d. A unique collection of traits possessed by an individual
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
3. _____ refers to an individualโs unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits.
a. Cognition
b. Personality
c. Consistency
d. Distinctiveness
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
4. โShrewd,โ โtimid,โ and โselfยญassuredโ are all adjectives that can be used to represent
a. personality theories.
b. personality traits.
c. personality tests.
d. social situations.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
5. Sueโs friends say that she is sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, and straightforward. Which of the following Big
Five traits would best describe her?
a. Neuroticism
b. Extraversion
c. Agreeableness
d. Conscientiousness
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
6. Eric studies three hours per day, five days a week. He only misses school when he is sick and is almost never late
for class. On which of the following Big Five traits would he likely receive a high score?
a. Neuroticism
b. Extraversion
c. Agreeableness
d. Conscientiousness
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
7. Which of the following are Big Five traits?
a. Neuroticism and intelligence
b. Openness to experience and intelligence
c. Neuroticism and openness to experience
d. Neuroticism, openness to experience, and fortitude
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
8. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Big Five research?
a. Conscientiousness is a positive predictor of longer life.
b. Conscientiousness is a positive predictor of career success.
c. Neuroticism is a positive predictor of career success.
d. Neuroticism is a positive predictor of mental disorders.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
9. All psychodynamic theories stem from the work of
a. Jung.
b. Adler.
c. Freud.
d. Rogers.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
10. Psychodynamic theories of personality tend to focus on
a. a set of basic personality traits.
b. unconscious mental processes.
c. the unique qualities of human beings.
d. laboratory research with children.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
11. In psychoanalytic theory, the personality component that operates according to the pleasure principle is the
a. id.
b. ego.
c. superego.
d. superid.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
12. The moral component of personality, according to Freud, is represented by the
a. id.
b. ego.
c. superego.
d. superid.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
13. Which of the following is NOT one of the three levels of awareness proposed by Freud?
a. Conscious
b. Unconscious
c. Preconscious
d. Collective unconscious
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
14. According to Freud, the ______ contains thoughts and feelings that are just below the surface of awareness.
a. unconscious
b. subconscious
c. preconscious
d. collective unconscious
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
15. Freud attributed anxiety to your
a. ego worrying about the id getting out of control.
b. superego getting out of control.
c. id taking over your mind and will.
d. ego getting out of control and taking over your mind.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
16. According to Freud, conflicts centering on ______ and ______ impulses are especially likely to have far-reaching
consequences.
a. sexual; death
b. power; death
c. sexual; aggressive
d. aggressive; achievement
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
17. Youโre feeling guilty after your third bowl of ice cream. You tell yourself it’s alright because yesterday you skipped
lunch. This is an example of
a. conceptualization.
b. rationalization.
c. displacement.
d. identification.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
18. A witness to a brutal murder has trouble remembering any details of the crime. According to Freud, which defense
mechanism is at work in this example?
a. Projection
b. Reaction formation
c. Regression
d. Repression
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
19. Attributing your own thoughts, feelings, or motives to others to ward off anxiety or guilt is called
a. regression.
b. displacement.
c. projection.
d. reaction formation.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
20. Two months ago, your best friend did not win a major scholarship that she had been counting on to help pay for
graduate school. Now she is always fighting with you, her boyfriend, and her roommates. She is most likely using
the defense mechanism called
a. regression.
b. displacement.
c. projection.
d. identification.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
21. In psychoanalytic theory, failure to move forward from one developmental stage to another is called
a. extinction.
b. regression.
c. inertia.
d. fixation.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
22. Which of the following is the correct order of Freudโs psychosexual stages?
a. Anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency
b. Phallic, anal, oral, latency, genital
c. Oral, genital, phallic, anal, latency
d. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
23. According to Freud, a toddler is in the __________ stage of psychosexual development.
a. anal
b. latency
c. oral
d. phallic
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
24. According to Freud, in order to achieve healthy development, a child in the phallic stage must resolve the Oedipal
complex and learn to _________ the same sex parent.
a. annoy
b. be fearful of
c. deceive
d. identify with
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
25. Jan relies on obsessive eating and smoking to cope with her problems. According to Freud, Jan is suffering from
fixation in the
a. phallic stage.
b. oral stage.
c. anal stage.
d. genital stage.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
26. Carl Jung proposed that the unconscious consists of two layers, the ______ and the ______.
a. preconscious; subconscious
b. personal unconscious; collective unconscious
c. personal unconscious; universal preconscious
d. individual archetype; collective archetype
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
27. According to Jung, the collective unconscious is a storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from peopleโs
ancestral past, which is
a. unique to each individual.
b. shared with the entire human race.
c. shared with oneโs blood relatives.
d. accessible only through free association.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
28. One idea from Jungโs personality theory that has been incorporated into mainstream modern psychology is the
notion of
a. archetypes.
b. mnemonics.
c. collective unconscious.
d. introversion/extraversion.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
29. According to Adler, ______ involves efforts to overcome imagined or real inferiorities by developing oneโs abilities.
a. introversion
b. compensation
c. reaction formation
d. individual psychology
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
30. John is always putting himself down and expressing doubts in his own abilities. According to Adler, John may have
a(n)
a. inferiority complex.
b. Oedipal complex.
c. fixation at the oral stage of development.
d. weak sexuality drive.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
31. Which of the following notions is NOT considered one of the major contributions of psychoanalytic theory?
a. Role of childhood experiences in influencing adult personality
b. Role of internal conflict in generating psychological distress
c. Influence of reinforcement in maintaining specific behaviors
d. Importance of unconscious motivation in influencing behavior
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.06 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the
psychodynamic approach to personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
32. Critics have described the psychodynamic perspective as
a. biased against males and overemphasizing unconscious desires.
b. empirically untestable and biased against males.
c. biased against females and difficult to test.
d. all of the above.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.06 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the
psychodynamic approach to personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
33. Which of the following theoretical orientations asserts that scientific psychology should focus on the study of
observable behavior?
a. Humanism
b. Behaviorism
c. Psychoanalysis
d. Structuralism
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
34. Which of the following individuals is generally recognized for initiating the development of behaviorism?
a. John B. Watson
b. Alfred Adler
c. Albert Bandura
d. Hans Eysenck
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
35. Which of the following is a behaviorist definition of personality?
a. A collection of response tendencies that arise in various stimulus situations
b. An individualโs striving for superiority
c. A personโs durable dispositions that arise in a variety of situations
d. The nature of a personโs mental processes
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
36. Which of the following individuals is credited with discovering classical conditioning?
a. Carl Rogers
b. Ivan Pavlov
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Abraham Maslow
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
37. An originally neutral stimulus that acquires the capacity to elicit a conditioned response is called a(n)
a. unconditioned stimulus.
b. conditioned stimulus.
c. response-bound stimulus.
d. association-positive stimulus.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
38. In classical conditioning, the unconditioned response is a(n) ______ reaction to an unconditioned stimulus.
a. learned
b. unlearned
c. neutral
d. shaped
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
39. Which one of the following types of learned behavior is most likely to be governed by classical conditioning?
a. Anxieties
b. Phobias
c. Maladaptive emotional reactions
d. All of the above
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
40. When your cat hears a can being opened and comes running, it is an example of
a. operant conditioning.
b. social learning.
c. classical conditioning.
d. emotional learning.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
41. _____ refers to a form of learning in which voluntary responses come to be controlled by their own consequences.
a. Operant conditioning
b. Classical conditioning
c. Social learning
d. Extinction
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
42. Working hard to sell the most widgets for your employer in order to earn a bonus and paid vacation is behavior that
is shaped by the prospect of
a. primary reinforcement.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. positive reinforcement.
d. punishment.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
43. If you clean your room to put an end to your fatherโs incessant nagging on the subject, your roomยญcleaning response
has been
a. extinguished.
b. discriminated.
c. positively reinforced.
d. negatively reinforced.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
44. The strengthening of a response leading to the removal of an unpleasant stimulus is
a. positive reinforcement.
b. negative reinforcement.
c. punishment.
d. extinction.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
45. Attempting to weaken a response by presenting a noxious or aversive stimulus after that response is called
a. punishment.
b. classical conditioning.
c. extinction.
d. negative reinforcement.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
46. Albert Bandura differed from other behaviorists in that he gave an important role to _________ in influencing
human behavior.
a. reflexes
b. cognition
c. consequences
d. punishments
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.09 – Describe Bandura’s social cognitive theory and his concept
of self-efficacy.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
47. The idea that people are active participants in their learning is the core of
a. learning reinforcement.
b. conditioning theory.
c. social cognitive theory.
d. accidental learning.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.09 – Describe Bandura’s social cognitive theory and his concept
of self-efficacy.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
48. Oneโs belief about oneโs ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes is called
a. self-concept.
b. self-actualization.
c. self-confidence.
d. self-efficacy.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.09 – Describe Bandura’s social cognitive theory and his concept
of self-efficacy.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
49. Behaviorists have provided the most thorough account of why people
a. are only moderately consistent in their behavior.
b. become fixated at particular stages of development.
c. are not influenced by the consequences of their behavior.
d. tend to react with aggression when they are frustrated.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.10 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of behavioral
theories of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
50. One criticism of the behavioral approach in the past is that
a. cognition is not directly observable behavior.
b. it focused too much on the unconscious.
c. there was no scientific basis.
d. there was too much research on people instead of other animals.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.10 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of behavioral
theories of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
51. Humanistic theory emerged in the 1950s as a(n) ______ behavioral and psychodynamic theories.
a. complement to
b. elaboration on
c. backlash against
d. supplement to
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
52. Humanism is a theoretical orientation that
a. regards human personality as a collection of response tendencies.
b. views self-efficacy as the ultimate goal of personality development.
c. sees personality as resulting mainly from observation of others.
d. emphasizes unique human qualities such as free will and growth potential.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
53. Humanistic psychologistsโ major charge against the behaviorist and psychodynamic theories was that these models
were
a. based on personal growth.
b. unscientific.
c. dehumanizing.
d. too optimistic.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
54. Which of the following is NOT an assumption underlying the humanistic approach to personality?
a. Human nature includes an innate drive toward personal growth.
b. Humans are largely conscious and rational beings.
c. Individuals have the freedom to chart their courses of action.
d. People tend to engage in behaviors that have been rewarded in the past.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
55. Which of the following individuals based his theory on the importance of the self-concept?
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Carl Rogers
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Hans Eysenck
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
56. Daniel feels that he is not a good student despite having good grades. According to Rogers, Daniel may experience
discomfort due to
a. unconditional love.
b. observational distress.
c. incongruence.
d. self-efficacy.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
57. Rogers emphasized a personโs subjective point of view he called
a. person-centered.
b. incongruence.
c. self-concept.
d. self-actualization.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
58. The humanistic theorist who emphasized the need for self-actualization and the hierarchical organization of needs
was
a. J.B. Watson.
b. B.F. Skinner.
c. Alfred Adler.
d. Abraham Maslow.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
59. Which of the following is least closely associated with Maslowโs theory of personality?
a. Notion of self-actualization
b. Hierarchy of needs
c. Humansโ innate need for personal growth
d. Distinction between introversion and extraversion
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
60. In contrast to the Freudian model, Maslow believed that psychology should take a greater interest in the
_____________ personality.
a. conscious
b. unconscious
c. healthy
d. unhealthy
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
61. Maslowโs hierarchy of needs is based on the idea that
a. many drives are learned through observation.
b. perceived needs are a function of self-concept.
c. some needs are more basic than others.
d. most needs are a reaction to unconscious anxiety.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
62. According to Maslow, which of the following categories of needs must be met first?
a. Esteem
b. Love
c. Physiological
d. Safety
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
63. According to Maslow, our need to fulfill our potential is called
a. aesthetic need.
b. primary need.
c. self-actualization.
d. self-esteem.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
64. Which of the following was NOT described by Maslow as one of the characteristics of a self-actualizing person?
a. Independent of culture of environment
b. Problem-centering
c. Self-centered
d. Spontaneous
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.12 – Describe Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and summarize his
findings on self-actualizing persons.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
65. Which of the following is one of the significant contributions of humanistic theory?
a. Importance of oneโs subjective views
b. More attention to psychological health
c. More attention to self-concept
d. All of the above are important contributions.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.13 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of humanistic
theories of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
66. Humanistic theory has been criticized for
a. poor testability of hypotheses.
b. inadequate evidence.
c. an unrealistic view of human nature.
d. all of the above.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.13 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of humanistic
theories of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
67. Which of the following psychologists said โpersonality is determined to a large extent by a personโs genesโ?
a. Hans Eysenck
b. Raymond Cattell
c. Abraham Maslow
d. Albert Bandura
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
68. Which of the following traits has been of particular interest to Eysenck?
a. Intelligence
b. Autonomic reactivity
c. Conscientiousness
d. Extraversion-introversion
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
69. The area of psychological research that attempts to trace the hereditary influences on personality is called
a. social learning.
b. psychoanalysis.
c. behaviorism.
d. behavioral genetics.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
70. Twin studies allow researchers to assess hereditary influences, in part, because
a. genetic overlap for fraternal twins is greater than for non-twin siblings.
b. twins are usually motivated to act similarly.
c. genetic overlap is 100% for identical twins, 50% for fraternal twins.
d. environmental influences are eliminated in twin studies.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
71. _____________ is an estimate of the proportion of trait variability within a population that is determined by
differences in genetic inheritance.
a. The inheritance ratio
b. The heritability ratio
c. The behaviorally genetic percentage
d. The genetic coefficient
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
72. Twin studies discussed in your text suggest that genes account for about ______ of peoplesโ variation in
personality.
a. 15%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 75%
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
73. Evolutionary psychologists like David Buss have argued that the Big Five personality traits exist across a variety of
cultures because these traits
a. tend to be reinforced as societal norms.
b. have had significant adaptive implications.
c. are the ones most likely to be classically conditioned.
d. help each individual evolve to his/her greatest potential.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.15 – Summarize neuroscience and evolutionary research on
personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
74. Which of the following does the textbook cite as a weakness of biological approaches to personality?
a. The complicated interactions of heredity and environment
b. Foresight bias
c. Too much environmental influence
d. Lack of attention to the role of conditioning in personality
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.16 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of biological theories
of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
75. John molds his interpretation of his past dating to fit how the relationship turned out. This is a common tendency
called
a. hindsight bias.
b. hereditary influence.
c. an inadequate theory.
d. wishful thinking.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.16 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of biological theories
of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
76. Brianne likes to explore new experiences and has recently taken up mountain climbing. She is likely to have a high
score on Zuckermanโs scale to measure
a. thrill-seeking.
b. anti-boredom.
c. self-actualization.
d. sensation-seeking.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.17 – Describe the traits of sensation seeking and narcissism.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
77. Spouses tend to be similar in sensation-seeking levels. Zuckermanโs theory posits that spouses where one is very
high and the other very low in sensation-seeking
a. should have children to keep them together.
b. may have difficulty understanding each other.
c. will be able to find mutually enjoyable activities.
d. none of these.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.17 – Describe the traits of sensation seeking and narcissism.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
78. High sensation-seekers are more likely to
a. smoke and drink less than average.
b. drive carefully.
c. take less risks outside of sports.
d. have unprotected sex.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.17 – Describe the traits of sensation seeking and narcissism.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
79. One of the chief goals of terror management theory is to explain why people need
a. death anxiety.
b. self-esteem.
c. contact comfort.
d. defense mechanisms.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.18 – Explain the chief concepts and hypotheses of terror
management theory.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
80. According to terror management theory, cultural worldviews diminish anxiety by
a. providing answers to universal, existential questions.
b. masking the inevitability of death.
c. providing distractions.
d. removing the need for religious faith.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.18 – Explain the chief concepts and hypotheses of terror
management theory.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
81. It has been theorized that increased awareness of death, called mortality salience, leads people to
a. give larger rewards to people who uphold cultural standards.
b. show respect for cultural icons, such as flags.
c. have harsher penalties to those who break moral cultural traditions.
d. all of the above.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.18 – Explain the chief concepts and hypotheses of terror
management theory.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
82. The five-factor model _______________ in non-Western cultures.
a. has been studied exhaustively
b. has no meaning
c. applies with some differences
d. should never be used
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Culture and Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.19 – Discuss whether the five-factor model has any relevance in
non-Western cultures.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
83. Cross-cultural research into national character using the five-factor model indicates that
a. people accurately judge others based on national character.
b. peopleโs beliefs about national character are usually inaccurate stereotypes.
c. Canadians are more agreeable than people think.
d. there is a high correlation between stereotypes and data from real individuals.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Culture and Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.20 – Explain how researchers have found both cross-cultural
similarities and disparities in personality.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
84. Most psychological tests can be placed in one of two broad categories:
a. IQ tests and attitude tests.
b. aptitude tests and achievement tests.
c. mental ability tests and personality tests.
d. projective tests and standardized tests.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.21 – Explain the concepts of standardization, test norms, reliability,
and validity.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
85. In psychological testing, โstandardizationโ means that
a. a test can be administered in many different ways.
b. the test has a normative base.
c. subjects are expected to reach a certain standard of achievement on a test.
d. uniform procedures are used in administration and scoring of tests.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.21 – Explain the concepts of standardization, test norms, reliability,
and validity.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
86. If the results of a psychological test are consistent across repeated measurements, then the test is said to be
a. valid.
b. reliable.
c. standardized.
d. statistically significant.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.21 – Explain the concepts of standardization, test norms, reliability,
and validity.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
87. Susie scored a 105 on an online test claiming to measure intelligence. One week later, she took the same online test
and earned a score of 107. Three weeks later she took it again and earned 103. These scores indicate that the
online test is
a. valid.
b. standardized.
c. reliable.
d. projective.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.21 – Explain the concepts of standardization, test norms, reliability,
and validity.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
88. If a psychological test is found to measure the quality or construct that it was designed to measure, then it is a
__________ assessment tool.
a. valid
b. reliable
c. standardized
d. statistically significant
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.21 – Explain the concepts of standardization, test norms, reliability,
and validity.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
89. The vast majority of personality tests take the form of
a. self-report inventories.
b. projective techniques.
c. attitude inventories.
d. achievement tests.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.22 – Discuss the value and the limitations of self-report
inventories and projective tests.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
90. ______________ test requires people to respond to ambiguous stimuli. Inferences about needs, emotions, and
personality traits are drawn from the responses.
a. An achievement
b. A projective
c. A self-report inventory
d. A psychological aptitude
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.22 – Discuss the value and the limitations of self-report
inventories and projective tests.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
91. Defense mechanisms are largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from painful emotions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.04 – Identify key defense mechanisms, and outline Freud’s view
of development.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
92. Dominant themes in cultural art represented by images of nurturing mothers and protective fathers are examples of
Jungโs conceptualization of archetypes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
93. Many critics have argued that humanistic theories of personality harbor a bias against women.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.06 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the
psychodynamic approach to personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
94. Bandura theorized that we can learn by watching others who model behavior for us.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.09 – Describe Bandura’s social cognitive theory and his concept
of self-efficacy.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
95. Identify and briefly describe the Big Five personality traits.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
96. Identify and briefly describe three different defense mechanisms, and give an example of each.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
97. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the psychodynamic approach to personality.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.06 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the
psychodynamic approach to personality.
NOTES:
New
98. Describe how a phobia may develop using terminology from classical conditioning.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.07 – Describe Pavlov’s classical conditioning and its contribution
to understanding personality.
NOTES:
New
99. Distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement, and give an example of each.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
100. Explain how social cognitive theory incorporates cognitive concepts.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.09 – Describe Bandura’s social cognitive theory and his concept
of self-efficacy.
101. Explain how the notion of self-concept figures in the development of personality according to Carl Rogers.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
102. What are the main contributions and criticisms of humanistic theories of personality?
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.13 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of humanistic
theories of personality.
103. Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of self-report inventories and projective techniques for assessing
personality.
ANSWER:
Answer not provided
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.22 – Discuss the value and the limitations of self-report
inventories and projective tests.
104. A ____ is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations.
a. personality theory
b. personality trait
c. personality test
d. social situation
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
105. Which of the following statements is true according to Big Five research?
a. Conscientiousness and neuroticism are positive predictors of longer life.
b. Extraversion and conscientiousness are positive predictors of career success.
c. Neuroticism and extraversion are positive predictors of career success.
d. Extraversion is a positive predictor of mental disorders.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
106. Which of the following is NOT a criticism of behavioral perspectives?
a. Social cognitive theory undermines the foundation of behaviorism.
b. Behavioral perspectives are overdependent on animal research.
c. Behavioral perspectives neglect to explain why people are only moderately consistent in their behavior.
d. All of the above are criticisms.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.10 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of behavioral
theories of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
107. According to Rogers, oneโs self-concept
a. is unchangeable.
b. may be inaccurate.
c. tends to be congruent with reality.
d. is a product of classical conditioning.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
108. Carl Rogers was concerned with how childhood experiences promote congruence or incongruence based on
a. fixation at early stages of development.
b. parental unconditional or conditional love.
c. parental self-concept.
d. the development of free will and self-actualization.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Humanistic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.11 – Describe the forces that gave rise to humanism, and
articulate Rogers’s views on the self-concept.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
109. The idea that personality traits have reproductive payoffs, such as extraversion being higher in those with greater
physical attractiveness, complies with the _____ view.
a. behavioral
b. humanistic
c. neurological
d. evolutionary
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.15 – Summarize neuroscience and evolutionary research on
personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
110. When MRI technology was used to look for associations between the Big Five traits and variations in the relative
size of specific areas of the brain,
a. extraversion correlated with the volume of brain regions that process reward.
b. there were no valid correlations.
c. results supported the claims of phrenologists.
d. extraversion correlated with areas of the brain that process punishment.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.15 – Summarize neuroscience and evolutionary research on
personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
111. Behavioral genetics has provided evidence that
a. childrenโs genes alter as they grow.
b. the basic architecture of personality is entirely environmental.
c. biological factors help shape personality.
d. natural selection is a myth.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.16 – Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of biological theories
of personality.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
112. Betty likes to post flattering photos of her body on her Facebook page. She believes that cheating on a test is okay
because she is smarter than other students. When her friends comment on her behavior, she gets very angry.
Bettyโs behavior is most likely that of
a. a narcissist.
b. someone with low self-esteem.
c. someone who will be unlikely to use cosmetic surgery.
d. a sensation seeker.
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
Contemporary Empirical Approaches to Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.17 – Describe the traits of sensation seeking and narcissism.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
113. Cross-cultural research comparing 51 cultures found
a. Brazilians low in neuroticism.
b. Germans high in openness to experience.
c. Malaysians low in conscientiousness.
d. no differences in personality traits between cultures.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Culture and Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.19 – Discuss whether the five-factor model has any relevance in
non-Western cultures.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
114. Projective tests tend to have
a. inconsistent scoring.
b. susceptibility to intentional deception.
c. inadequate test norms.
d. all of these.
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Application: Assessing Your Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.22 – Discuss the value and the limitations of self-report
inventories and projective tests.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
115. Factor analysis allowed Cattell to reduce 171 personality traits to 16 basic dimensions of personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.01 – Clarify the meaning of personality and personality traits.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
116. Big Five traits have little correlation with important life outcomes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
REFERENCES:
The Nature of Personality
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.02 – Describe the five-factor model of personality and relations
between the Big Five traits and life outcomes.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
117. The id engages in primary process thinking, while the ego engages in secondary process thinking.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Difficult
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.03 – Explain Freud’s view of personality structure and the role of
conflict and anxiety.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
118. Jung proposed the collective unconscious, which is essentially the same as Freudโs version of the unconscious.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Psychodynamic Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.05 – Summarize the psychodynamic theories proposed by Jung
and Adler.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
119. The difference between negative reinforcement and punishment is that they have opposite outcomes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
KEYWORDS:
Conceptual
NOTES:
New
120. Behavioral genetics have proven that the heritability of intelligence is around 80%.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Moderate
REFERENCES:
Biological Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.14 – Outline Eysenck’s view of personality, and summarize
behavioral genetics research on personality.
KEYWORDS:
Factual
NOTES:
New
121. Describe the process of extinction using an example.
ANSWER:
REFERENCES:
Behavioral Perspectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: PSYC.WEIT.11.02.08 – Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can
be applied to personality development.
NOTES:
New
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