Personality chp 11 quiz

"The traits openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are key components of the __________."

Five Factor Model

What is the main idea of the behavioral perspective on personality?

Personality is significantly shaped by the reinforcements and consequences outside of the organism

"What should be changed to make the following sentence true? According to Sigmund Freud, unconscious drives influenced by sex and aggression and childhood socialization are the forces that influence our personality."

The word socialization should be changed to the word sexuality.

Who designed the first comprehensive system of constitutional psychology?

William H. Sheldon

"Jessica believes that she succeeds in high school because she works hard, earned a place on the basketball team because she practices constantly, and cooks well because she takes cooking classes. Julian Rotter would say that Jessica has __________."

an internal locus of control

Which of the following is not a way we tend to think of personality? Our personalities ________.

are mutable

"Karen Horney suggested ways in which people typically cope with day-to-day problems. According to Horney, these strategies could _________ if used rigidly and compulsively."

become neurotic strategies

Cognitive processes refer to all characteristics previously learned: ___________.

beliefs and expectations

"Dan avoids applying to college because he doubts he can succeed. He is working a retail job, but he tends to focus on the things he does wrong. In fact, he has almost no confidence in his abilities, and when he experiences a setback at work he is ready to quit. Albert Bandura would say Dan has _________."

low self-efficacy

The concept of _________ suggests that people choose to move to places that are compatible with their personalities and needs.

selective migration

"As the third force in psychology, __________ is touted as a reaction both to the pessimistic determinism of psychoanalysis and to the behaviorist view of humans passively reacting to the environment."

humanism

A(n) _________ complex refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of society.

inferiority

"The _________ personality is anxious, self-conscious, artistic, thoughtful, quiet, and private."

ectomorph

A(n) ________ locus of control is the belief that our outcomes are outside of our control; an ________ locus of control is the belief that we control our own outcomes.

external; internal

Hans and Sybil Eysenck viewed people as having two specific personality dimensions: ________.

extroversion/introversion; neuroticism/stability