Question 1

According to Hans Eysenck, a person who is high on the ________ dimension of personality would have a greater proclivity toward developing fears than an individual who was low on that same dimension.&#10;A)psychoticism&#10;B)neuroticism&#10;C)phobicism&#10;D)extraversion

Accepted Answer

Eysenck felt that fearfulness was a component of a neurotic personality trait.

Question 2

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.&#10;A)description&#10;B)research&#10;C)prediction&#10;D)explanation

Accepted Answer

The trait perspective does not give much ability to predict individual behaviors because of the influence of situations and external events.

Question 3

What are the Big Five personality traits?&#10;A)conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, extraversion, dominance&#10;B)openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism&#10;C)sensation seeking, conscientiousness, openness, agreeableness, dominance&#10;D)neuroticism, psychoticism, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness

Accepted Answer

These five traits, summarized in the acronym OCEAN, make up the "Big Five."

Question 4

According to Rogers, which of the following people is most likely to have a healthy personality?&#10;A)someone with a strongly developed superego&#10;B)someone with an extraverted personality&#10;C)someone brought up with conditional positive regard&#10;D)someone brought up with unconditional positive regard

Accepted Answer

Rogers believed that someone brought up with unconditional positive regard was most likely to become a fully functioning person.

Question 5

According to Freud, when the realities of life are in conflict with someone's conscience or selfish desires, it results in a(n)________.&#10;A)psychosis&#10;B)an Electra complex&#10;C)neurosis&#10;D)an Oedipal complex

Accepted Answer

When the ego is in conflict with either the id or the superego, Freud felt that the result would be an unhealthy pattern of behaviors called a neurosis.

Question 6

Which statement is true regarding male and female personality comparisons?&#10;A)There are significant differences between males and females compared to differences among people within each sex.&#10;B)Men are more likely to have an internal locus of control than women.&#10;C)Women are more likely to be reflective.&#10;D)Men score higher on individuality and autonomy.

Accepted Answer

These personality tendencies are more highly associated with men than with women.

Question 7

For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the ______ mind.&#10;A)unconscious&#10;B)preconscious&#10;C)collective unconscious&#10;D)conscious

Accepted Answer

For Freud, ideas that were buried deep within us were in the unconscious mind.

Question 8

Tony has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see.What type of test would psychologists call this?&#10;A)dynamic&#10;B)projective&#10;C)objective&#10;D)predictive

Accepted Answer

A projective test is one in which a person is shown a series of ambiguous pictures or inkblots and is asked to describe what he or she perceives; clouds can be perceived as looking like various objects or figures.

Question 9

Donita is angry with her boss so she leaves work a little early in order to run an extra mile before it gets dark.Which defense mechanism is Donita employing?&#10;A)repression&#10;B)reaction formation&#10;C)rationalization&#10;D)sublimation

Accepted Answer

Sublimation occurs when unacceptable thoughts are expressed in a socially appropriate way.

Question 10

Which of Freud's personality structures can be thought of as housing the human conscience?&#10;A)id&#10;B)superego&#10;C)consciousness&#10;D)subconsciousness

Accepted Answer

The superego is thought to operate on morality principle, which is our internalization of societal standards of right and wrong.

Deck 8: Section 2: Personality: Vive La Différence