Question 1

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways.He asks his daughter,who is a graduate student in psychology,why that is.What is his daughter likely to say?

Accepted Answer

A)  Truly psychotic individuals expect to find "strange" items on tests.
B)  Those items contain hidden content that is not apparent to normal people.
C)  Some items are used to determine if test takers are trying to "fake" the test by not reading.
D)  The MMPI contains a number of experimental items that are used in developing future versions of the test.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind,the personal and the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  collective
B)  animus
C)  anima
D)  preconsciousE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are both stage theories.
B)  They focus on unconscious motivation.
C)  They both fit in the learning/cognitive perspective.
D)  They believe that each human being is free to choose his or her own destiny.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ego
B)  extraversion
C)  self-efficacy
D)  superegoE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the horn effect
B)  unconscious motives
C)  interviewer bias
D)  the halo effectE) A) and B)
F) None of the above C

Question 6

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  disputed the findings of twin studies
B)  been attacked for ethical reasons
C)  confirmed what twin studies have shown
D)  shown that twin studies have methods that need to be reexaminedE) A) and D)
F) All of the above C

Question 7

What is Freud's term for the primitive,biological side of personality?

Accepted Answer

A)  preconscious
B)  ego
C)  superego
D)  idE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) D

Question 8

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  soul
B)  character
C)  temperament
D)  conscienceE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  observer effect
B)  subject bias
C)  experimenter bias
D)  test biasE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

Accepted Answer

A)  source traits
B)  secondary traits
C)  background traits
D)  subordinate traitsE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 14: A: Psychological Therapies

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways.He asks his daughter,who is a graduate student in psychology,why that is.What is his daughter likely to say?

Correct Answer
verified

Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind,the personal and the ________.

Correct Answer
verified

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

Correct Answer
verified

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _____.

Correct Answer
verified

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of _________.

Correct Answer
verified
C

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

Correct Answer
verified
C

What is Freud's term for the primitive,biological side of personality?

Correct Answer
verified
D

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about ____________.

Correct Answer
verified

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the _____.

Correct Answer
verified

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

Correct Answer
verified

Exam 14: A: Psychological Therapies

While taking the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory,Vince notices that it contains certain questions that are asked several times in different ways.He asks his daughter,who is a graduate student in psychology,why that is.What is his daughter likely to say?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind,the personal and the ________.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _____.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Freud's refusal to believe his patients who said they were sexually molested as children is an example of _________.

Correct AnswerverifiedC

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have _____________.

Correct AnswerverifiedC

What is Freud's term for the primitive,biological side of personality?

Correct AnswerverifiedD

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to personality,one is thinking about ____________.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the _____.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
C

Correct Answer
verified
C

Correct Answer
verified
D

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified