Chapter 15 Personality
Exam ReviewPsychologyFall/Winter
The text defines personality as:
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a) The set of personal attitudes that characterizes a person
b) An individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
c) A predictable set of responses to environmental stimuli
d) An unpredictable set of responses to environmental stimuli
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This is a projective test where people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they
make up about ambiguous scenes
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Which of the following places the greatest emphasis on the unconscious
mind?
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a) The humanistic perspective
b) The social-cognitive perspective
c) The trait perspective
d) The psychoanalytic perspective
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Which of the following is the correct order of psychosexual stages proposed
by Freud?
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b) Anal; oral; phallic; latency; genital
c) Oral; anal; genital; latency; phallic
d) Anal; oral; genital; latency; phallic
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Humanistic psychologists would most likely be criticized for underestimating
the value of:
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a) An internal locus of control
b) Self-serving bias
c) Social influence
d) The spotlight effect
e) individualism
According to Freud, defence mechanisms are methods of
reducing:
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a) Angerb) Fearc) Anxietyd) lust
Research on locus of control indicates that internal are ________ than
externals.
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b) More intelligent
c) Better able to cope with stress
d) More sociable
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Randy’s substandard academic performance is both a result and cause of his feelings of
academic inferiority. This best illustrates the importance of:
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b) The Barnum effect
c) Reciprocal determinism
d) The self-reference phenomenon
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The humanistic perspective on personality:
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a) Emphasizes the driving force of unconscious motivations in personality
b) Emphasizes the growth potential of “healthy” individuals
c) Emphasizes the importance of interaction with the environment in shaping personality
d) Describes personality in terms of scores on various personality scales
Which of Freud’s ideas would not be accepted by most contemporary
psychologists?
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a) Development is essentially fixed in childhood
b) Sexuality is a potent drive in humans
c) The mind is an iceberg with consciousness being only the tip
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In studying personality, a trait theorist would most likely:
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situationsc) Use a personality inventoryd) Use the method of free
association
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Id is to ego as ____ is to ____.
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a) Reality principle; pleasure principle
b) Pleasure principle; reality principle
c) Conscious forces; unconscious forces
d) Conscience; “personality executive”
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Which perspective on personality emphasizes the interaction between the
individual and the environment in shaping personality?
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a) Psychoanalyticb) Traitc) Humanisticd) Social-cognitive
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According to Freud’s theory, personality arises in response to
conflicts between:
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a) Our unacceptable urges and our tendency to become self actualized.
b) The process of identification and the ego’s defence mechanisms.
c) The collective unconscious and our individual desires.
d) Our biological impulses and the social restraints against them.
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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is
a(n):
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a) Projective personality test
b) Empirically derived and objective personality test
c) Personality test developed mainly to assess job applicants
d) Personality test used primarily to assess locus of control
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The Oedipus and Electra complexes have their roots in the:
Anal
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a) Anal stage
b) Oral stage
c) Latency stage
d) Phallic stage
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Which of the following statements about self-esteem is not correct?
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a) People with low self-esteem tend to be negative about others
b) People with high self-esteem are less prone to drug addiction
c) People with low self-esteem tend to be non-conformists
d) People with high self-esteem suffer less from insomnia
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Professor Minton believes that people strive to find meaning in life because they are terrified of their
own mortality. Evidently, Professor Minton is a proponent of:
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a) Terror-management theory
b) Psychodynamic theory
c) The humanistic perspective
d) The social-cognitive perspective
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Because Ramona identifies with her politically conservative parents, she chose to enroll in a conservative college. After four years in this
environment Ramona’s politics have become even more conservative. Which perspective best
accounts for the mutual influences of Ramona’s upbringing, choice of school, and political
viewpoint?
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Jill has a biting, sarcastic manner. According to Freud, she is:
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a) Projecting her anxiety onto others
b) Fixated in the oral stage of development
c) Fixated in the anal stage of development
d) Displacing her anxiety onto others
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James attributes his failing grade in chemistry to an unfair final exam. His
attitude exemplifies:
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rnal
locu
s of
contro
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The
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a) Internal locus of control
b) Unconditional positive regard
c) The self-serving bias
d) Reciprocal determinism
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The behaviour of many people has been described in terms of a spotlight
effect. This means that they:
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a) Tend to see themselves as being above average in ability
b) Perceive that their fate is determined by forces not under their personal control
c) Overestimate the extent to which other people are noticing them
d) Do all of the above
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A psychologist at the campus mental health centre administered an
empirically derived personality test to diagnose an emotionally troubled
student. Which test did the psychologist most likely administer?
The
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TAT
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a) The MMPI
b) The TAT
c) The Rorschach
d) The Locus of Control Scale
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The personality test Teresa is taking involves her describing random patterns of dots. What type of test is she taking?
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1. An empirically derived test
2. The MMPI
3. A personality inventory
4. A projective test
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The personality test Teresa is taking involves her describing random
patterns of dots. What type of test is she taking?
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cally
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a) An empirically derived test
b) The MMPI
c) A personality inventory
d) A projective test
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The concept of personality most clearly embodies the notion of:
Mora
l inte
grity
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dentit
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b) Self-consciousness
c) Behavioural consistency
d) Self-actualization
e) Gender identity
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Freud believed that certain troubling symptoms could be traced to painful unconscious memories. This led him to suspect that these symptoms resulted from:
Gen
etic
def
ects
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ferio
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com
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a) Genetic defects
b) An inferiority complex
c) Psychological processes
d) An internal locus of control
e) Reciprocal determinism
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Free association is central to the process of:
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b) Self-serving bias
c) Psychoanalysis
d) Reciprocal determinism
e) Unconditional positive regard
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Freud suggested that slips of the tongue illustrate an incomplete:
Fix
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place
men
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izat
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a) Fixation
b) Displacement
c) Rationalization
d) Projection
e) Repression
Carl Rogers emphasized that a positive self-concept is promoted by:
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b) Unconditional positive regard
c) Collective unconscious
d) Reciprocal determinism
e) Free association
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