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Adler argued that an intense feeling of personal incompetence and weakness was the result of: |
poor parenting |
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Raymond Cattell's trait theory of personality can be classified as a/an ________ theory. |
nomothetic |
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Criticisms of psychoanalytic theory include concern about its: |
inability to operationally define and test its basic tenets. lack of precise predictions about how experiences affect behavior. failure to appreciate the strengths of healthy personalities |
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According to Allport traits produce consistencies in behavior because: |
they are enduring. they are broad in scope. they act to unify a person's responses to situations.
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The collective unconscious is associated with: |
Jung |
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Cattell's source traits are measured by his: |
Sixteen Personality Factors Scale. |
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basic premise of humanistic personality theories? |
An emphasis on man's subjective view of reality. Man's primary motivation is to develop, change, and grow. |
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Freud believed that children entered the phallic stage during the ________ year(s) of life. |
third |
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Hippocrates attributed personality differences to levels of: |
four essential humors within the body. levels of blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. |
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Your friend Sue had a difficult childhood; her parents continually criticized her, and nothing she did was considered enough. She is consistently at the top of your class and is an excellent athlete. According to Adler she is engaging in ________ due to h: |
overcompensation; inferiority |
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A limitation of the behavioral observation technique is: |
the observer may be biased in the reporting of the behavioral observation. |
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According to psychoanalytic theory, a person who is conservative, strict, and moralistic is being influenced more by the demands of the |
superego. |
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Self-efficacy influences: |
what activities we choose to become involved in. the amount of effort we put into a particular activity |
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The humanistic approach to the study of personality has been criticized because: |
its terms are subjective, vague, and not immediately testable. |
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Steve has always viewed himself as an attractive, likeable person. He has just broken up with his girlfriend of two years, and most of his friend have sided with her. His roommate moved out saying that her could no longer live with his moodiness, and his: |
incongruence between his self concept and his experiences. |
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the humanistic approach to the study of personality has been criticized because: |
its terms are subjective, vague, and not immediately testable. |
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The MMPI uses a ________ to group together items into measures of ________clinical scales |
statistical analysis; ten |
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A sexually frustrated person who believes that sex is evil and who interprets gestures of others as sexual advances is using: |
projection. |
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The building of cities, the creation of works of art, and the writing of poems are all part of the defense mechanism of ________, according to Freud |
sublimation |
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During the phallic stage, Freud believed that children developed strong sexual attachments to |
the parent of the opposite sex |