Psych Exam

Personality is defined as:
An ever changing behavior pattern
A relatively stable pattern of behavior, thinking and feeling
An unmeasurable trait
All of the above
The id is guided by the _____, and the ego is guided by the _______.
Manifest content; latent content
Reality principle; pleasurable principle
Latent content; manifest content
Pleasure principle; reality principle
Freud developed the method of ____ to help his patients uncover forgotten memories.
Hypnosis
Catharsis
Free association
Thanatos
The structure of personality that evaluates the morality of behavior is called the _____.
Ego
Superego
Id
Repression
Johnny is 2 years old and is potty training. According to Freud he is in the ____ stage of psychosexual development
Oral
Phallic
Anal
Genital
The Neo-Frediands disagreed with Freud on all of the following EXCEPT:
Behavior is motivated primarily by sexual urges
Early childhood is important
Personality is fundamentally determined by early childhood experiences
Humans are fundamentally aggressive
Alfred Adler believed the most fundamental human motive is:
Sex
Agression
Striving for superiority
Moving towards others
Carl Rodgers believed that all humans were motivated to:
Self actualize
Strive for superiority
Have sex
Learn from others
Social Cognitive theory emphasizes all of the following except:
Observational learning
Reciprocal determinism
Unconditional positive regard
Social experiences
A trait is defined as:
A relatively stable, enduring predisposition to behave in a certain way
A relatively unstable manner of behaving
A behavior we learn from others
none of the above
A rorschach Inkblot Test is a type of:
Intelligence test
Projective personality measure
Self report personality measure
Objective achievement test
A weakness of projective personality measures is that:
They only providing limited information about intelligence
The scoring is simple and easily reproduced
They are poor at predicting future behavior
They allow individuals to fake good or bad
Self report inventories are frequently used because they tend to be:
Reliable and valid
Harder to interpret than projective measures
Highly subjective
Very cheap to buy
 
The MMPI is a type of:
Projective measure
Self report inventory
Intelligence test
Achievement test
The MBTI has been found to be:
Highly reliable
Highly valid
Both reliable and valid
Neither reliable or valid
Person perception refers to:
The visual process we use to gain perception of other individuals
The mental process we use to gain an understanding of our own inner thoughts
The visual process we use to see outside objects
The mental process we use to form judgements about other people
The mental process of classifying people into groups on the basis of common characteristics is known as:
Ignorance
Social categorization
Person perception
Characteristic
The myth that attractive people are happier and more intelligent than unattractive people is known as the:
"unfair advantage" myth
"false" myth
"what is beautiful is good" myth
"attractiveness" myth
A fundamental attribution error is the:
Error of attractiveness assumption
Tendency to attribute other's behaviors to internal, personal characteristics
Tendency to attribute other's behaviors to external, situational characteristics
None of the above
Mary got robbed while walking home after seeing a movie last night. When hearing about the incident her friend said, "She should have known better to have walked alone at night." Her friends statement is an example of:
Attribution error
Blaming the victim
A negative attitude
Prejudice
When you change your opinions, judgements or behaviors so that it matches other people, you are practicing:
Obedience
Confirmative
Good manners
Altruism
Stanley Milgram is known for his studies about:
Obedience
Normative social influence
Altruism
Apathy
According to social psychology theorists, your desire to be liked and accepted by others is called:
Obedience
Normative social influence
Altruism
Apathy
When you help another person with no expectation of personal benefit, you are displaying
Apathy
Obedience
Conformity
Altruism
All of the following factors increase the likelihood of helping EXCEPT:
Feeling guilty
Feeling good
Knowing how to help
Being in a very small town
Social loathing is defined as:
The tendency to expend less energy on a task when it is an individual project
The tendency to expend less energy on a task when it is a group effort
The tendency to perform better when others are present
Sharing a loaf of bread with others
In collectivistic cultures, people tend to work harder in groups. This is called:
Social loafing
Employment
Social striving
Social conscious
A well-trained athlete tends to perform better when there is an audience. This is known as:
Social loafing
Social striving
Social facilitation
Deindividuation
You have been learning how to swing dance. You're not very good at it yet. You would most likely dance better if:
There is a small audience
No one else was in the room
Your mom was there to cheer you on
You were in a room full of people you don't know
You go to the Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans and behave in ways which you never would at home. This phenomenon is known as:
Deindividuation
The bystander effect
Social striving
Social loafing
The belief that physical health and illness are determined by the complex interactions of biological, psychological and social factors is known as the:
Holistic model
Biopsychosocial model
Eastern model
Social element model
Research shows that the healthiest, most resilient individuals are those who have experienced:
No adversity
High levels of adversity
Moderate levels of adversity
None of the above
Two common workplace conditions that contribute to burnout are:
Stress and exhaustion
Cynicism and lack of control
Overload and exhaustion
Overload and lack of control
The three stages of prolonged stress are:
Alarm, resistance, exhuastion
Alarm, rest, energize
Resistance, alarm, rejuvenate
Shock, alarm, control
 
Which of the following is identified as a life stressor:
Divorce
Marriage
Christmas
All of the above
Having a sense of control over a situation ______ the impact of stressors.
Increases
Decreases
Does not change
All of the above
People who have an ________ explanatory style use external, unstable and specific explanations for negative events.
Pessimistic
Lengthy
Optimistic
Brief
The Type A personality characteristic of _______ is the strongest predictor
Time urgency
Competitiveness
Ambition
Hostility
The more _____ your social network, the healthier you tend to be.
Limited
Diverse
Hostile
Comedic
Emotion-focused coping is most often employed when people feel that they:
Have no control over the situation
Have some control over the situation
Have a limited support group
None of the above
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