Humanistic/Trait Personality

10 January 2024
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Which of the following would be detrimental to an individual's maintenance of high self-esteem?
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Setting unrealistic personal goals
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Which theorist emphasized that an individual's personal growth is promoted by interactions with others who are genuine, accepting, and empathic?
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Carl Rogers
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A person who is careless and disorganized most clearly ranks low on the Big Five trait dimension of
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conscientiousness.
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Sandy's father's behavior gives her the impression that he will love her only if she gets very good grades. Carl Rogers would probably say that Sandy
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is getting conditional positive regard
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Which of the following is a statistical procedure that allows researchers to identify clusters of correlated test items that tap basic components of personality, such as outgoingness, talkativeness, and sociability that reflect extraversion?
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factor analysis
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Most tests of personality are in the form of
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self-report inventories
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The MMPI is an example of a(n)
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personality inventory.
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Which of the following is not a criticism of the humanistic approach to psychology
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it promotes self-awareness and self-acceptance
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Carl Rogers believed that in order to be a fully-functioning individual, you must
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receive unconditional positive regard.
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Being highly imaginative is most closely related to the Big Five trait dimension of
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openness
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Humanistic theorists have been criticized for
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underestimating the inherent human capacity for destructive and evil behaviors.
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The Eysencks' model for personality includes ranges in all of the following traits except:
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conscientiousness
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Jin is searching for a sense of purpose in life that goes beyond fulfilling her own potential for growth and self-actualization. According to Maslow, Jin is striving for
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self-transcendence.
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John is generally pleasant, but during final exams he experiences more intense stress than other students experience. He is irritable and easily frustrated. According to the Big Five model of personality, John would be
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high in neuroticism