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• PSY101_MH_V4
• Topic 12: Personality
Started on Monday, March 7, 2022, 5:50 PM
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Chloe is a baby who cries a lot. She does not eat or sleep on a regular schedule, and she often has difficulty adapting to new experiences. According to psychiatrists Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, Chloe's temperament can be described as
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a. difficult.
b. easy.
c. slow-to-warm-up.
d. defiant.
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What did Harry Harlow demonstrate in his classic study of attachment amongst baby monkeys?
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a. The monkeys were more attached to the physically cold wire mother that gave milk.
b. The monkeys were more attached to the cloth mother that was warm and fuzzy.
c. The monkeys displayed no preference for either cloth or wire artificial mothers.
d. The monkeys unexpectedly preferred the wire mother over the cloth mother.
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Which of the following is the final stage of Erikson's psychosocial development?
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a. intimacy vs. isolation
b. integrity vs. despair
c. industry vs. inferiority
d. generativity vs. stagnation
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A 13-year-old breaks up with his first girlfriend, and he is very upset. No one can console him, because he believes that no one else has ever been hurt as badly as he has. The boy's beliefs are consistent with
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a. prepubertal romance.
b. adolescent egocentrism.
c. transductive reasoning.
d. separation anxiety.
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Twelve-year-old Jennifer believes that she is unique and cannot be harmed. She thinks others are preoccupied with her and that they are watching her always. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of
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a. accommodation.
b. object permanence.
c. conservation.
d. egocentrism.
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"Out of sight, out of mind" can describe the behavior of a child who lacks the concept of
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a. conservation.
b. separation anxiety.
c. attachment.
d. object permanence.
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According to Gisela Labouvie-Vief, which of the following is a key aspect of the cognitive development of young adults?
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a. deciding on a particular worldview or philosophy of life
b. realizing that people's worldviews are similar rather than diverse
c. recognizing that an individual's worldview is objective
d. identifying and eliminating the factors that make life stressful
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According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, an individual who recognizes alternative moral courses, explores the options, and then develops an increasingly personal moral code is operating at the ________ level of moral development.
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a. conventional
b. preconventional
c. postconventional
d. concrete
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Which of the following statements is true of Carol Gilligan's care perspective?
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a. It focuses on the rights of the individual as the key to sound moral reasoning.
b. It generally leads women to score lower than men on moral development.
c. It overestimates the role of logical reasoning in moral judgments.
d. It views people in terms of their connectedness with others.
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Which of the following is true of gender identity?
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a. It always remains the same as the one assigned at birth.
b. It refers to the ways people present themselves through their appearance, including clothing choices and behavior.
c. It is inseparable from gender expression.
d. It is a person's inner concept of themselves in relation to the ideas of being male, female, both, or neither.
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According to Hyde, the gender similarities hypothesis
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a. is the understanding of a gender schema without the cultural factors.
b. can be confirmed by the John/Joan case.
c. is the idea that men and women (and boys and girls) are much more similar than they are different.
d. explains the contradiction between environmental factors and gender similarities.
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________ is the identity status of an adolescent who has neither explored nor committed to an identity.
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a. Identity moratorium
b. Identity diffusion
c. Identity foreclosure
d. Identity confusion
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According to Arnett, all of the following EXCEPT ________ are features of emerging adulthood.
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a. feeling "in between"
b. self-focus
c. wisdom
d. identity exploration in love and work
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Which of the following was proposed by Kübler-Ross?
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a. She proposed four statuses of identity based on crisis and commitment.
b. She has shown that grief unfolds in four patterns: resilience, recovery, chronic dysfunction, and delayed grief.
c. She proposed five progressive stages of coping with death, in which the dying individual progresses from denial to acceptance.
d. She outlined the three stages of socioemotional development in adulthood.
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In adult development, when experience conflicts with existing schemas
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a. one should forget the experience and move on.
b. it is recommended to alter current ways of thinking.
c. one should never change one's current ways of thinking.
d. it is necessary to fit the experiences in the existing schemas.
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Jenna is a talented singer. Her singing is commendable when she is well rehearsed and is performing with her school choir group. In such situations, she is moderately aroused and fairly relaxed. However, when Jenna's friends are around, she gets overly aroused and anxious. In such situations, she finds it hard to focus and often makes mistakes. Which of the following psychological principles can be used to explain the rationale behind Jenna's performance?
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a. the Cannon-Bard theory
b. the Yerkes-Dodson law
c. the James-Lange theory
d. self-regulation
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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, we seek to fulfill our need for love and belongingness
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a. after our basic physiological and safety needs are met.
b. before our basic biological and safety needs are met.
c. after we have found self-actualization.
d. after self-esteem needs have been met.
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________ pertains to a psychological state, whereas ________ involves a physiological state.
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a. Reflex; need
b. Need; drive
c. Drive; need
d. Need; reflex
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According to self-determination theory, competence motivation involves
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a. drive-reduction.
b. self-efficacy and mastery.
c. environmental stimuli.
d. maintaining optimal arousal.
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Brittney is a counselor who believes that her clients have the innate ability to make good choices. She accepts each individual as they are and as a person in the process of change. She holds that individuals are capable of controlling their lives and achieving their goals. Brittney is most likely to agree with the ________ of personality.
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a. trait theory
b. psychoanalytic perspective
c. social cognitive theory
d. humanistic perspective
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Meyer plans to obtain quick money through gambling, but he realizes that he might get arrested by the police. This prevents him from going ahead with the plan. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which of the following structures of personality most likely stopped Meyer from going ahead with his plan?
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a. superego
b. ego
c. id
d. animus
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According to Freud, the ego
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a. is an individual's reservoir of sexual energy.
b. operates on the "pleasure principle."
c. deals with the demands of reality.
d. is the harsh internal judge of one's behavior.
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Patrick has been confused about his sexual orientation for a few years. Even though he has had many girlfriends, he often feels attracted to men. However, in college, he strongly opposes the idea of same-sex relationships among his friends. According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, Patrick's supposed homophobia best illustrates the defense mechanism called
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a. reaction formation.
b. denial.
c. sublimation.
d. regression.
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Which of the following individuals illustrates the trait of conscientiousness?
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a. Edmund, who suffers in silence
b. Anne, who forgives her son for his poor academic performance
c. Peter, who experiences more negative than positive emotions
d. Alvin, who loves talking to people
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Self-report personality tests
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a. rely on a professional's diagnosis or opinion.
b. ask the test taker to interpret ambiguous stimuli.
c. determine people's personality based on behavioral observation.
d. directly ask people whether specific items describe their personality traits. [Show Less]