Lesson 11: Personality
If a self assessment uses a likert scale, that means there are always just two responses to choose: "that's me" or "that's not me". True False
False
The traits openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are key components of the ________. Five Factor Model Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Five Factor Model
Which statement summarizes the main idea of reciprocal determinism? Our behavior, cognitive processes, and situational context all influence each other. Emotions are cognitive processes with behavioral antecedents. Our defense mechanisms are formed in childhood. How we cope with anxiety reflects our personality.
Our behavior, cognitive processes, and situational context all influence each other.
This pseudoscience involved feeling the bumps on one's skull to determine prominent characteristics. Skullology Phrenology Palmology Trephination
Phrenology
Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality? Hippocrates Immanuel Kant Wilhelm Wundt Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
The ________ uses images and storytelling that relate to Hispanic culture. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) TEMAS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test Five Factor Model Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
TEMAS Multicultural Thematic
For two points extra credit, answer the following: What distinct regional personality cluster does the state of Texas fall into?
Texas is part of the upper midwest and deep south region. They are characterized as having a friendly and conventional personality.
________ describes a proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics. personality trait heritability temperament
heritability
As the "third force" in psychology, ________ is touted as a reaction both to the pessimistic determinism of psychoanalysis and to the behaviorists' view of humans passively reacting to the environment. humanism feminism biological determinism social cognition theory
humanism
According to Abraham Maslow, the highest need is ________. self-efficacy love self-actualization good parenting
self-actualization
________ theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving. Rorschach Jungian trait character
trait