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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a personality assessment widely used in business,industry,and education.Ultimately,it stems from _____ theory.


A) Sigmund Freud's
B) Carl Jung's
C) Alfred Adler's
D) Erik Erikson's

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which approach to personality emphasizes the role played by self-efficacy?


A) Bandura's social cognitive approach
B) Skinner's behaviorist approach
C) Gordon Allport's trait theory
D) Rogers's humanistic theory

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Annie is an extremely active baby; her activity level is a component of her_____ .

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Which term indicates the ability of a test to measure what it is actually designed to measure?


A) Reliability
B) Consistency
C) Precision quotient
D) Validity

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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The _____ is the final personality structure to develop in childhood that represents the rights and wrongs of society as taught and modeled by a person's parents,teachers,and other significant individuals.


A) ego
B) alter ego
C) superego
D) id

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following specific traits is correctly paired with a description in terms of the Big Five dimensions?


A) Kind-high extraversion
B) Impulsive-low conscientiousness
C) Calm-high agreeableness
D) Imaginative-high openness

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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The inborn behavioral style and characteristic way of responding that emerges early in life is known as:


A) outlook.
B) attachment style.
C) trait.
D) temperament.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of Freud's personality structures is correctly matched with a descriptive term?


A) Id-pleasure principle
B) Ego-conscience
C) Superego-reality principle
D) Ego-psychic energy

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following sequences best reflects the order in which Freud's personality structures develop during infancy and childhood,from first to last?


A) Superego \rarr ego \rarr id
B) Id \rarr superego \rarr ego
C) Id \rarr ego \rarr superego
D) Superego \rarr id \rarr ego

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Direct measures of an individual's behavior used to describe personality characteristics are known as_____ .

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Proponents of which of the following approaches to personality are most likely to take an interactionist stand on the nature vs.nurture issue,rather than a strict "nature" or a strict "nurture" position?


A) Psychodynamic
B) Biological/evolutionary
C) Humanistic
D) Learning

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Mrs.Linley is a middle school math teacher.She provides constant,consistent feedback on her students' math assignments.She wants her students to have faith in their abilities to produce positive outcomes.Mrs.Linley is trying to develop her students':


A) self-awareness.
B) self-regulation.
C) self-efficacy.
D) self-actualization.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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In Freud's theory,concerns that persist beyond the developmental period in which they first occur are termed:


A) fixations.
B) defense mechanisms.
C) complexes.
D) conflicts.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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According to Freud,a period beginning around age 3 during which a child's pleasure focuses on the genitals is known as the _____ stage.


A) oral
B) phallic
C) anal
D) genital

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The _____ includes the conscience,which prevents us from behaving in a morally improper way by making us feel guilty if we do wrong.


A) ego
B) alter ego
C) superego
D) id

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following is NOT one of Hans Eysenck's major personality dimensions?


A) Extraversion
B) Agreeableness
C) Neuroticism
D) Psychoticism

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Distinguish between self-report,projective,and behavioral assessment measures of personality.Provide an example of each measure.What are some criticisms of "projective" tests such as the Rorschach?

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Pearl is kind,cooperative,appreciative,and sympathetic.Ruby is outgoing,talkative,fun-loving,and sociable.Pearl probably scores high on the Big Five dimension of _____,whereas Ruby likely scores high on _____.


A) openness; agreeableness
B) eagerness; cheerfulness
C) agreeableness; extraversion
D) extraversion; openness

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following sequences correctly arranges Gordon Allport's trait categories from the most specific to the broadest?


A) Secondary \rarr central \rarr cardinal
B) Secondary \rarr cardinal \rarr central
C) Cardinal \rarr secondary \rarr central
D) Cardinal \rarr central \rarr secondary

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Distinguish between self-efficacy and self-esteem.How do these concepts reflect their origins in social learning theory? Suggest how self-esteem may vary across cultures.

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