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. Three broad sets of factors have been identified that contribute to personalitydifferences and similarities between people. These are genetics, ___________environmental factors and ___________ environmental factors. |
shared; non-shared |
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Raymond Cattell used factor analysis to reduce Gordon Allport’s list of 18,000words. Cattell argued that there are ______ basic personality traits. |
sixteen |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the “big five” factors in the Five Factor Model ofpersonality? |
Self actualisation |
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Evolutionary psychology to human behaviour assumes |
that many of our behaviours are present because in our evolutionary history,these behaviours were helpful or necessary for our species’ survival. |
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Women tend to report that they would be less ___________ if their male partner_________________ than if he ___________________. |
jealous; had a sexual relationship with another woman; fell in love withanother woman. |
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Imagine that Francis feels anxious and guilty because she recently stole moneyfrom her parents. Then imagine that the next day she criticises her friend for beingdishonest when her friend downloads a movie off the internet and doesn’t pay for it.Francis is likely using which defense mechanism? |
projection |
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According to Rogers, believing that others value you based only on intelligence,success, or attractiveness can lead to |
conditions of worth |
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A fundamental problem for the trait approach is that |
people are inconsistent |
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On Friday, Terence completes the Self- Monitoring Scale and receives a score of 49.On the following Tuesday, he fills out the scale again and receives a score of 28.Terence’s scores on the Self- Monitoring Scale do not appear to be |
reliable |
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Reliability is ________ for validity. |
a necessary but not sufficient condition |
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Creative scientists with many major breakthroughs appear to have |
lots of questionable ideas |
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The Remote Association Test measures ________ thinking and creativity. |
convergent |
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Artists that employ the experimental method tend to produce their best workthrough |
trial and error |
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Which of the following was NOT one of bodily humors? |
marrow |
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The neurotransmitter dopamine is associated with systems that |
respond to reward |
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The Big 5 personality traits can be remembered using the acronym _________. |
OCEAN |
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self esteem is defined as |
an emotional evaluation of personal worth |
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narcissism is defined as |
exaggerated self-esteem compensating for insecurity |
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The approach to personality test construction that examines a set of correlationsamong many items in order to identify which items are highly correlated is calledthe ________ approach. |
factor analytic |
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Personality assessment refers to |
the measurement of any characteristic pattern of behavior, thought, oremotion. |
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Cultural psychology is included within the ________ paradigm |
phenomenological |
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The DSM IV is divided into ________ axes |
5 |
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People who have ego- syntonic personality disorders |
do not think anything is wrong |
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Psychologists following the phenomenological approach |
are concerned with our conscious experience of the world and theconsequences of having free will. |
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Dollard and Miller’s key idea concerns |
the habit heirarchy |
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According to Dollard and Miller, a state of psychological tension that feels goodwhen it is reduced is called |
drive |
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According to the DSM- IV classification scheme, what are the Cluster B disorders? |
histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial, and borderline |