Practice AP Psychology Questions - Unit 2

Jordan feels ashamed that he hurt his younger brother. Freud would have attributed these feelings to Jordan's

superego

What did Freud call a boy's sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father?

the Oedipus complex

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

Evil

Questionnaires covering a wide range of feelings and behaviors designed to assess several traits at once are called

Factor analysis studies

What did Abraham Maslow call the process of fulfilling the full potential?

Self-actualization

Our ___________________ consists of all the thoughts and feelings we have in response to the question, "Who am I?"

Self-concept

Which of the following would a trait theorist focus on?

The Big Five

According to Carl Rogers, when we are in a good marriage, a close family, or an intimate friendship, we are free to be spontaneous without fearing the loss of others' esteem. He called the accepting attitude that enables this freedom

Unconditional positive regard

Which technique was Freud most likely to use in an attempt to discover the hidden conflicts underlying his patients' symptoms?

free association

The pleasure principle is to the ________________ as the reality principle is to the ___________.

id; ego

In suggesting that the mind is like an iceberg, Freud was most clearly emphasizing the importance of the

unconscious

Which of the following approaches states that everything is learned and thus we should only focus on observable behavior?

Behaviorism

Albert Bandura proposed the Social Learning perspective, which

Emphasizes learning by watching others' behavior

Collectivist cultures are characterized by members

Giving priority to group goals

What do we call the belief that we have the ability to affect our environment?

Internal locus of control

People given little control over their world in prisons, factories, schools and nursing homes experience

Learned helplessness

Sigmund Freud called his theory of personality and the associated treatment techniques

Psychoanalysis

Children's TV-viewing habits (past behavior) influence their viewing preferences (internal personal factor), which influence how television (environmental factor) affects their current behavior. This is an example of

Reciprocal determinism

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

Repression