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Which of the following analyses follows the behaviorist perspective? |
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Every time a young boy Is presented with a white teddy bear, he is frightened by a confederate. Now, he cringes when seeing white furry objects.
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A man is presented with several doors. Most door handles shock him, but one door contains a prize. After a few trials, he recognizes which door handles are bad and finds the prize. |
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Jack learns that every time John comes home, that he makes a lot of noise. So, Jack puts on head phones every day at the time John is coming home. |
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A boy is presented with candy every time he cleans the dishes. So, he takes out the trash and asks for candy. |
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A popular professor is known for his theatrical, involving presentations. In class, the professor is outgoing and animated, but in other social situations he is often introverted and passive. Which of the following personality theories explicitly accounts for his actions? |
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trait |
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psychoanalytic |
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social cognitive |
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humanistic |
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James sees a movie one night and enjoys it. After watching it, he immediately thinks that out of his friend group, his close friend Alan would feel the same way. Without knowing if Alan has even seen the movie, which of the following best describes this scenario? |
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Stereotyping |
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Observer bias |
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Group polarization |
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Perceived similarity |
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding self-actualization as argued by a humanistic psychologist? |
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Self-actualization is associated with peak experiences
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Self-actualization is associated with extroversion
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Self-actualization is innate
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Self-actualization is a task confined to adolescence
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Freud's theory described personality from a psychoanalytic perspective. All of the following are valid limitations to Freud's theory except: |
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His theory does not consider culture and how that relates to human behavior and personality.
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His theory lacked empirical data.
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His theory did not include environmental factors and how they impacted the individual.
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His theory only explained the consequences of fixation up until puberty.
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Which of the following is an example of external locus of control? |
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George was late to pick up his friend Sarah, and upon arriving to her place, he was apologetic and blamed himself for losing track of time.
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Alex does poorly on this history exam and blames the clock on the wall for being too loud and not allowing him to concentrate.
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Gretchen is no longer kept awake by her roommate's late night keyboard typing.
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Lauren is talking on the phone and parks her car in her driveway, accidentally leaving the headlights on. In the morning, she blames herself for not paying attention.
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The Trait Theory of Personality would argue that: |
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honesty is an example of a cardinal trait.
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secondary traits are found in some degree in each person.
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cardinal traits shape a person's behavior.
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traits are unstable over time.
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A 6-year old child becomes more disruptive in class over time, displaying greater frustrations with himself and others. Which analysis of the child is closes to Freud's theory of personality development? |
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The child is discovering his sense of self and and his desire for self-actualization is impeded by the authority figures in his life. |
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The child is becoming fixated in a stage of development and his emotional outbursts are a result of uncontrollable biological drivers. |
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The child's cardinal traits are beginning to express themselves as he develops. |
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The child is mimicking behaviors he is learning at home. |
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A teenager becomes moody while entering puberty and over a few-month period begins to change their dress and attitude toward peers. This change accelerates until the teenager has shifted social circles entirely and associates with drug users. How would symbolic interactionism describe the reasons for the changes the teenager is experiencing? |
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The teenager has fixated on the latency stage of development. |
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The teenager always had those central traits and they are becoming more expressed over time. |
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The teenager begins to perceive they are seen differently by their peers and authority figures. The teenager changes behavior accordingly, which begins a self-reinforcing cycle of adjusting behavior and self-perception accordingly. |
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The teenager's incentives to rebel against authority and peers and associate with drug users are driven by increased drug use and the reduced drive to associate with individuals who lack access to drugs. |
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Which of the following is NOT an indictment of the validity of Freud's theory of personality? |
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His theories lack empirical data. |
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The theories are not consistent with other cultures. |
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The theories do not account for the effects of an individual's environment. |
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The theories are biased against children. |
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Which of the following personality theories relies most heavily on conscious decisions rather than on subconscious traits? |
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biological theory |
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humanistic theory |
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behaviorist theory |
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trait theory |
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Observational learning is most closely tied to which theory of personality? |
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trait theory |
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biological theory |
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social cognitive |
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humanist |
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Which of the following statements would be supported by proponents of psychoanalytic theory? |
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The id, ego, and superego likely do not contribute to motivation. |
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The id is considered the most primitive motivating force, dependent on quick gratification. |
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Personality is composed of a set of traits which are generally stable over one's life. |
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Biological and genetic elements are of prime importance for personality development. |
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A particular psychologist operates a clinic that attempts to bring patient's repressed thoughts to the forefront and uses techniques such as free association. This psychologist may be assumed to be a follower of which psychologic theory? |
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social cognitive |
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trait |
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humanistic |
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psychoanalytic |
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Which of the following personality theories describes personality as an amalgamation of various habitual patterns of behavior and thought? |
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Psychoanalytic theory |
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Trait theory |
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Behaviorist theory |
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Humanist theory |
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