Unit 10 multiple choice questions

A question on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) such as "I get angry sometimes" is included to determine what about the test-taker?

if the person is answering the questions truthfully

Elaine's friends know that she should never be trusted with a secret, as she will tell everyone almost immediately. Elaine, however complains that her friends can't be trusted. Elaine is making use of the defense mechanism of

Displacement

Thom is 6. How would Sigmund Freud explain his resolving of his Oedipus complex?

He will develop a strong superego

Factor analysis is the test-development strategy that

Looks to find items on a test that differentiate between groups and chooses those items for the test

The most widely used scientifically validated personality test is the

MMPI-2

Which psychologist is incorrectly matched with the theory?

Maslow-Trait

Albert Bandura proposed the social-cognitive perspective, which

emphasizes the interaction of our traits with our situations

Critics of humanistic psychology have suggested that this theory fails to appreciate the reality of our human capacity for which of the following?

evil

A psychoanalytic psychologist might use the TAT and the Rorschach test in order to

gain insight about a person's unconscious mind

Someone from a collectivist culture is more likely to do what?

give priority to group goals

Which term describes questionnaires that cover a wide range of feelings and behaviors and are designed to assess Several traits?

personality inventories

According to Sigmund Freud, which of the following defense mechanisms buries threatening or upsetting events in the unconscious?

repression

Which term is defined as all the thoughts and feelings we have in response to the question, "Who am I?"

self-concept

Athletes who often privately credit their victories to their own abilities, and their losses to bad breaks, lousy officiating, or the other team's exceptional performance, are exhibiting which psychological concept?

self-serving bias

Paola and Juliana went to a baseball game and were shown on the centerfield screen. Juliana was embarrassed, because she had mustard on her face from her hot dog. In reality, no one in the crowd noticed the mustard. Juliana was overestimating how much attention people were paying to her due to the

spotlight effect

In Brad Bushman and Roy Baumeister's research, how did people with unrealistically high self-esteem react when they were criticized?

they became exceptionally aggressive

Carl Rogers felt that we are our best selves when we feel accepted for who we are. What did he call this accepting attitude?

unconditional positive regard