FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT PSYCH

CH 7 EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -163 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Specifically, self-regulation theory posits that all human behavior is ...which are..

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organized around goals...desired states abstractly represented in the mind of a person

Question 2: Psychic conflict occurs when

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two or more parts of the mind have incompatible urges Question 3: the social cognitive perspective assumes an...specifically it assumes that people are bornw ith...

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interaction between nature and nurture...certain predispositions that help to shape personality

Question 4: The behavioral factors consist of your

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learning history (likes/dislikes are learned through classical conditioning)

Question 5: Bandura's model of reciprocal determinism (1978) posits that personality is caused by...which are..

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• interacting factors..1) internal personal factors;

2) behavioral (learning) factors; and 3) environmental factors

Question 6: self-report questionnaires are sometimes called

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objective tests even tho they're subjective Question 7: The third component of Bandura's model consists of environmental factors. These are the

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external determinants of your personality and behaviors(being more outgoing during a party)

Question 8: superego is the last structure of the mind to...

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develop and consists of our internalized ideals

Question 9: the static-dynamic dialectic pair corresponds with the question

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Do people change over time

Question 10: Why would personality have evolved along these five dimensions?

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One possible answer is that the traits correspond to essential information that one would want to know about another person.

Question 11: scientific models are...meaning that they are...

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in simulacra...simplified versions of reality

Question 12: Openness is the willingness to

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experience new and different things. People who are high in openness tend to be curious, adventurous, and prone to fantasy.Question 13: This argument about whether or not personality is useful as a construct is known as the

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Person-Situation Debate, and it was started by Walter Mischel Question 14: One of the most recent developments in the social-cognitive perspective has been research on ...which emphasizes an...

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self-regulation theory...internal personal factor in determining behaviors people choose to engage in

Question 15: personality traits are measured using a combination of

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behavioral observation and self-report questionnaires.Question 16: The universality-uniqueness dialectic corresponds with the question:

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Is everyone basically the same

Question 17: clinging more tightly to ones belief system is

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worldview defense Question 18: Reaction formation is one of the most interesting and convoluted defense mechanisms. Reaction formation consists

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of the ego instigating behaviors that are the exact opposite of the anxiety-inducing impulse

Question 19: The phenomenal field is the place where all

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forces come together, including innate biological drives, environmental demands, learned behaviors, and personal values.

Question 20: humanists believed in

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self-awareness and free will. In other words, they explicitly stated that people understand their own motivations and have the ability to freely choose what their behaviors will be Question 21: In factor analytic terminology, we would describe these traits as being

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orthogonal

Question 22: phlegm =

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phlematic (slow/stolid temperment)

Question 23: Parapraxis is the accidental

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leakage of the unconscious mind into observable behaviors. For example, if you were to accidentally break a vase that your mother-in-law gave you as a gift, you would be latently angry at her Question 24: There are several characteristics of the trait perspective worth noting. First, it is

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deterministic in that it assumes people do not freely choose each behavior, but instead have characteristic patterns into which they fall.

Question 25: freud also used dream analysis to

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discover the nature of the patient's personality Question 26: One internal personal factor that Bandura focused on was self-efficacy.Self-efficacy is a person's

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belief that he or she can perform a behavior that will produce wanted outcomes

Question 27: Conscientiousness is the tendency to be

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responsible and disciplined. People high in conscientiousness tend to work hard, strive for goals, and persevere in the face of difficulty