Personality
DAILY DOUBLE
The id, according to Freud's personality structure, is referred to as the beast within. True or False?
a. True
b. False
a. True
The tendency to favor your own group over other groups is called prejudice. True or False?
a. True
b. False
b. False
Which of the following is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by constant, excessive, and unjustified anxiety about a wide range of issues and circumstances?
a. panic disorder
b. generalized anxiety disorder
c. agoraphobia
d. posttraumatic stress disorder
b. generalized anxiety disorder
Psychodynamic therapy is nondirective. True or False?
a. True
b. False
a. True
What are projective tests used to assess?
a. Our dreams
b. Our conscious thoughts and motivations
c. Our unconscious thoughts and motivations
d. Our aggressive tendencies
c. Our unconscious thoughts and motivations
Adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard is called:
a. social facilitation
b. mood contagion
c. social loafing
d. conformity
d. conformity
Based on the cognitive approach to depression, thoughts can be overly negative, exaggerated, self-defeating, and too general. True or False?
a. True
b. False
a. True
DAILY DOUBLE
_____ are professionals with a PhD/PsyD who have completed a 1-year internship. They specialize in assessment and treatment of psychological disorders, providing psychotherapy, and in some U.S. states can prescribe psychotropic drugs.
a. Psychiatrists
b. Counseling psychologists
c. Social workers
d. Clinical psychologists
d. Clinical psychologists
Which Big Five factor measures whether a person is disorganized or organized?
a. Conscientiousness
b. Agreeableness
c. Extraversion
d. Neuroticism
a. Conscientiousness
Having a generalized (sometimes
accurate but often overgeneralized) belief
about a group of people is known as:
a. a stereotype
b. discrimination
c. prejudice
d. deindividuation
a. a stereotype
A fear becomes a phobia when:
a. it occurs without warning.
b. a person will go to great lengths to avoid the situation that they fear.
c. a person fears a specific object/situation for more than 12 months.
d. it occurs without any known cause.
b. a person will go to great lengths to avoid the situation that they fear.
Psychoanalytic techniques are designed to help clients become aware of their repressed thoughts and feelings. In other words, the therapist is helping them gain _________ into the origins of their disorders.
a. analysis
b. interpretation
c. free association
d. insight
d. insight
Katara takes a personality test at school in which the counselor asks her to make up stories about ambiguous scenes. Which test did Katara take?
a. Rorschach inkblot test
b. MMPI
c. MBTI
d. Thematic Apperception Test
d. Thematic Apperception Test
You believe your roommate did not clean the dirty dishes last night because they are lazy. You explain your roommate's behavior through:
a. internal attribution
b. external attribution
c. the bystander effect
d. the false consensus effect.
a. internal attribution
Rats that received unpredictable electric shocks in a laboratory experiment became apprehensive when returned to that same setting. This illustrates that anxiety may result from:
a. operant conditioning
b. epigenetic marks
c. reinforcement
d. classical conditioning
d. classical conditioning
To help Andy quit biting her nails, a therapist coats her nails with terrible-tasting nail polish. The therapist is using
a. aversive conditioning
b. systematic desensitization
c. cognitive behavioral therapy
d. transference
a. aversive conditioning
According to Freud's stages of psychosexual development, which best indicates that a young adult is fixed at the phallic stage?
a. They are obsessed with cleanliness
b. They are overtly flirtatious.
c. They love bathroom humor.
d. They drink a lot of alcohol.
b. They are overtly flirtatious.
Sunny knows that she shouldn’t smoke and that it’s unhealthy. She then thinks of an elderly uncle who is in good health despite being a regular smoker. She justifies her smoking by assuming that her good genes will protect her from harm. How do social psychologists explain such behavior?
a. Cognitive dissonance theory
b. Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
c. Role playing
d. Fundamental attribution error
a. Cognitive dissonance theory
Constantly thinking about whether your home is safe from break-ins is to ______, as checking the locks hundreds of times per day is to ________.
a. panic; agoraphobia
b. depression; compulsion
c. panic; phobia
d. obsession; compulsion
d. obsession; compulsion
A therapist uses unconditional positive regard to help their client feel valued and learn self-acceptance. Which type of therapy is being used?
a. free association
b. client-centered
b. classical conditioning
d. behavior therapy
b. client-centered