A+ Answers of the following Questions

Question 1     

In psychology, the study of personality focuses on:

A. change.

B. stability.

C. external factors.

D. learned factors.          

Question 2     

Carl Jung’s idea of the collective unconscious states that we share:

A. inherited universal ideas, wishes, and memories.

B. common learning experiences in childhood or infancy.

C. tendencies to sacrifice ourselves individually for the group.

D. ideas that arise from, and are specific to, one’s own culture.          

Question 3     

Which of the following categories was NOT a component of Gordon Allport’s trait theory?

A. Cardinal traits

B. Secondary traits

C. Central traits

D. Identity traits          

Question 1     

The Big Five in personality theories refers to which of the following?

A. A set of fundamental traits such as neuroticism and openness to experience

B. The group of personality theorists who criticized Freud’s theory as too sexual

C. The effect of positive reinforcement on acquiring new behaviors

D. The number of stages in Freud’s theory of development          

Question 2     

Shelby is a very outgoing person who likes being around other people and socializing with them. According to the Big Five trait theory of personality, Shelby would be considered to be:

A. showing signs of her masculine archetypes in her collective unconscious.

B. high on the stable and enduring personality disposition known as extraversion.

C. conditioned through past reinforcements to be uncomfortable in social settings.

D. using defense mechanisms to protect herself from feelings of inferiority.         

 

Question 3    

Unlike psychodynamic approaches to personality, the learning approach emphasizes:

A. latent personality structures.

B. self-actualization processes.

C. the outer person.

D. biological traits.          

Question 1    

To compare one person’s test scores to the scores of all other people who took the test, psychologists must know something about the test’s:

A. projective nature.

B. subjective nature.

C. length.

D. norms.        

Question 2     

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) is a test used primarily to measure:

A. psychological disorders.

B. spatial relationships.

C. verbal intelligence.

D. unconscious motives.         

 Question 3     

Such tests as the Rorschach Inkblot Test and the Thematic Apperception Test are examples of:

A. projective measures.

B. self-report measures.

C. objective measures.

D. observational measures.          

Question 1     

Observing what a person does under carefully controlled circumstances is a main feature of:

A. the Thematic Apperception Test.

B. behavioral assessment.

C. Rorschach methods.

D. the MMPI-2.          

Question 2     

Evaluations of a particular belief, person, object, or idea describe a person’s:

A. attitudes.

B. motivation.

C. predispositions.

D. biases.          

Question 3     

The salesperson in medication ads dresses to look like a doctor because:

A. she has tested the product directly.

B. the product was developed by physicians.

C. FCC regulations demand this.

D. the salesperson’s credibility is enhanced.          

Question 1     

In social psychology, attributional processes refer to:

A. deciding whether behavior is due to the person or the situation.

B. spreading responsibility among a group of people.

C. following the command of an authority figure.

D. choosing sides during a competition or contest.          

Question 2     

Trish is overweight. When you meet her for the first time, you feel contemptuous. This is an example of:

A. stereotyping.

B. ethnocentrism.

C. discrimination.

D. prejudice.         

 Question 3     

Psychologist Claude Steele is widely noted for his research on stereotype threat, which refers to a:

A. fear of groups for which we hold negative stereotypes.

B. fear that members’ behavior will confirm stereotypes about their group.

C. belief that threatening groups are easier to stereotype than average groups.

D. concern that stereotyping can lead to hostile interactions between groups.