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6 October 2023
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Carl Rogers would have suggested that many of the defense mechanisms described by Freud are used to minimize the perceived discrepancy between
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The actual self and the ideal self
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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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A frontal lobe area involved in _____ is _______ active in extraverts than in intraverts
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restraining behavior; less
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Social cognitive theories are least likely to be criticized for neglecting the importance of
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environmental influences
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by professional training, freud was a
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physician
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People who score high on the big five trait dimension known as _____ are also likely to earn better high school and university grades
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conscientiousness
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the big five trait dimensions were identified by means of
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factor analysis
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contemporary psychodynamic theorists assume that childhood experiences have long term consequences for our
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social attachment styles
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the myers-briggs type indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by
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carl jung
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the humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of
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self-determination
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learned helplessness is MOST likely to be associated with
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an external locus of control
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Trait theorists are more concerned with _____ personality than with _______ it
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describing; explaining
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compared with Freud, contemporary research psychologists are less likely to think of unconscious mental dynamics as involving
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repressive censoring
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the eysencks believed that extraversion and emotionality are
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genetically influenced
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self actualized people, as described by maslow, are least likely to be highly
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conforming
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ego is to id as ____ is to ______
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reality principle; pleasure principle
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people who take personality inventories can lie in order to create a good impression. this best illustrates that the objectivity in scoring personality inventories does not guarantee that they
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have validity
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Mary enjoys socializing with friends and talking with them on her cell phone. Eileen prefers quiet times by herself where she can reflect on her own thoughts. the characteristics of mary and eileen indicate that each has a distinctive
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personality
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the major reason for criticism of the rorsschach test is that
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only a few of the many rorschach-derived scores have demonstrated validity
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social cues are especially likely to influence our behavior in ____ settings, and personality traits are especially likely to influence our behavior in _____ situations.
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unfamiliar; informal
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the myers-briggs type indicator labels a person who is sympathetic, appreciative, and tactful as a _____ type
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feeling
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unrealistic optimism could best be described as a
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self-serving bias
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which of the following techniques did Freud use to discover the latent content of his patients' dreams?
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Free association
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Freud believed that _____ are the "royal road to the unconscious"
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dreams
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Carl Jung referred to a shared reservoir of memory traces from our species history as the
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collective unconscious
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researchers have identified brain areas associated with various big five traits. a frontal lobe area that is sensitive to reward has been found to be larger among those who are high in
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extraversion
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Humanistic psychologists would most likely be criticized for underestimating the value of
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social obligations
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emotional instability is most closely related to the big five trait dimension of
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neuroticism
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assessing an individual's standing on the big five today has the advantage of providing a ______ personality description
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comprehensive
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According to Carl Rogers, people who are self-disclosing and open with their own feelings are demonstrating
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genuiness
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alfred adler was a neofreudian who proposed the concept
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inferiority complex
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according to freud, an adult who exhibits biting sarcasm and an exaggerated denial of his or her dependence on others shows signs of a
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fixation
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studies of college students' conscientiousness revealed only a modest relationship between a student being conscientious on one occasion and being similarly conscientious on another occasion. This should make psychologists more cautious about overestimating the impact of _____ on behavior
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personality traits