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A. Phallic
B. Freud
C. Self- efficacy
D. Congruence
A. 34
B. 21
C. 28
D. 22
A. Identification with the same-sex parent
B. Toilet training
C. A resurfacing of sexual impulses
D. A period of sexual calm
A. Oral stage
B. Ego
C. Primary appraisal
D. Personality
A. Inventories are standardized
B. Feel valued regardless of their attitudes and behaviors
C. They believe that each human being is free to choose his or her own destiny.
D. There is a mismatch between the real self and ideal self
A. How people act in their daily social environments
B. Naturalistic
C. Different friendships for siblings
D. Extraversion
A. Unconscious; conscious
B. Biology; morality
C. Reality principle; pleasure principle
D. Regression; repression
A. Psychoanalysis; counterconditioning
B. Free association; active listening
C. Dream analysis; systematic desensitization
D. Active listening; empathy
A. A defense mechanism
B. Freudian theory
C. Social-cognitive learning theory
D. Reciprocal determinism
E. Defense mechanism
A. Gland; neuron
B. Endocrine system; nervous system
C. Body; brain
D. Fast; slow
A. Traits
B. Photic zone
C. Tundra
D. Population
A. Learned helplessness; Personality
B. Objective scoring; subjective scoring
C. React violently; The self-serving bias
D. Subjective scoring; Objective scoring
A. Moving against others; moving away from others
B. Can be healthy when not used excessively
C. Provide specific information about a limited number of personality traits.
D. Aspects of the environment that differ between individuals
A. Will power
B. Collective unconscious
C. Personality
D. Self-efficacy
A. Inborn
B. Genetically based
C. Personality differences
D. All of these
A. Unification
B. Biopsychosocial
C. Association
D. Phenomenological
A. Karen Horney
B. Alfred Adler
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Carl Jung
A. Hostility
B. Depression
C. Lymphocytes
D. Hostility
A. Ego
B. Superego
C. Id
D. Unconscious
A. Tend to display their true dispositions and attitudes in every situation
B. Are pragmatic, maintain emotional distance, and believe ends can justify means
C. Ave a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and are arrogant
D. Are easily distracted, disorganized, and unreliable
E. Tend to dislike themselves and view themselves as powerless over their environment
A. Procedural; episodic
B. Declarative; explicit
C. Procedural; declarative
D. Procedural; semantic
A. Correlational studies
B. Individual differences
C. Conscientiousness
D. Aggregation
A. Nurture; continuous
B. Context; nature
C. Change; heredity
D. Stages; discontinuous
A. Finding a method that demonstrates the size of the correlation in a concrete manner
B. The correlation coefficient
C. Identify groups of test items that seem to be alike
D. Projective tests are relatively inefficient and expensive to administer
A. Correlational studies
B. Case studies
C. Experimental studies
D. Archival studies
A. Locus of control
B. Incongruence between self-concept and life experiences
C. Cognitive expectancies
D. Unconscious forces have an enormous impact on our behavior, such as feelings, thoughts & actions
E. Positive behavior toward a person without attaching any contingencies
A. Concurrence and prediction
B. Reliability and validity
C. Consistency and
D. Diagnosis and prognosis correlation
A. Conscious
B. Conscientiousness
C. Congruence
D. None of these
A. Superego; conscious
B. Ego ideal; conscience
C. Id; ego
D. Superego; ego
A. Low,low
B. High,low
C. Low,high
D. High,high
A. Unconscious forces have an enormous impact on our behavior, such as feelings, thoughts & actions
B. Superego
C. Factor analysis
D. External
A. Eality principle; pleasure principle
B. Pleasure principle; reality principle
C. Conscious forces; unconscious forces
D. Conscience;
A. The self
B. The id
C. Consciousness
D. The persona
A. Distracted, disorganized, and unreliable
B. Calm, self-confident, and secure
C. Cold, disagreeable, and antagonistic
D. Responsible, organized, and dependable
E. Reserved, timid, and quiet
A. Lexical
B. An observational
C. A projective
D. An empirically keyed
A. Archetypes
B. Emotionally charged images
C. Thought forms that have universal meaning
D. All of the above
A. Predicting; assessing
B. Describing; explaining
C. Changing; analyzing
D. Interpreting; observing
A. Superego.
B. Id.
C. Ego.
D. Libido
A. Id
B. Unconditional positive regard
C. Carl Rogers; a fully functioning person.
D. Raymond Cattell
A. Rank-order consistency
B. Trait structure
C. Temperament
D. Social clock
A. Observer effect.
B. Subject bias.
C. Experimenter bias
D. Test bias
A. Multiple personalities
B. A range of personality traits
C. Personalities that emerge during different developmental phases
D. Personalities that emerge during different phases of the moon
A. Id.
B. Ego.
C. Superego.
D. Collective unconscious.
E. Must balance the needs of the id, superego, and reality
A. Behavioral.
B. Humanistic.
C. Trait.
D. Social-cognitive
A. Tend to be low in reliability and validity
B. The part of the mind containing moral standards
C. No. Although genetics are important in behavior and personality, non-shared environmental factors are more influential.
D. A combination of long-lasting and distinctive behaviors, thoughts, motives, and emotions that typify how we react to other people and situations
A. Superego; conscious
B. Ego ideal; conscience
C. Id; ego
D. Superego; ego
E. Id; superego
A. Superego
B. Id
C. Ego
D. Libido
A. Innate; learned
B. Sexual; aggressive
C. Rational; irrational
D. Based on the pleasure principle; based on the reality principle
A. Serotonin
B. Adrenaline
C. Dopamine
D. Norepinephrine
A. Giving
B. Managing
C. Feeling
D. Receiving feedback