chapter 11 quiz review

The ________ Concerning Blacks Test is a projective test designed to be culturally relevant to African-Americans, using images that relate to African-American lifestyles.

Contemporized-Themes

Asa is buying a gift for his mother, an overbearing woman who is difficult to please. When a clerk asks him who he is shopping for he replies, "my smother" instead of "my mother." What does this exemplify?

Freudian slip

Who suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth?

Karen Horney

Max's behavior and self-presentation is relaxed and informal with his friends. When he goes on a job interview he projects professionalism and formality with his attire and language. What would Carl Jung suggest about Max?

Max adopted a professional persona for his job interview.

Which statement summarizes the main idea of reciprocal determinism?

Our behavior, cognitive processes, and situational context all influence each other.

The ________ uses images and storytelling that relate to minority cultures

TEAMS Multicultural Thematic Apperception Test

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

How many different scales are used to compile a profile from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?

10

principate

An individuals personality develops throughout their lifespan

In Albert Bandura's social-cognitive theory, behavior refers to ________.

anything an individual does that can be punished or rewarded

Johanna is almost always nasty to people. She talks about others behind their backs, looks for ways to undercut classmates, and intentionally does things to impede other's success. Virtually everyone she knows eventually grows to dislike her, often citing her nastiness as the reason why they don't want to be around her. According to Allport, this negativity seems to be a(n) ________ trait for Johanna.

cardinal

________ is a state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar.

congruence

Ina can no longer read the street signs, but she refuses to admit she needs glasses to drive. Which defense mechanism does this exemplify?

denial

Sigmund Freud suggested that people who are dominated by their ________ might be narcissistic and impulsive.

id

What was the third personality dimension eventually proposed by Hans and Sybil Eysenck?

psychoticism versus superego control

According to Carl Rogers, a healthy personality would result from congruence between one's ______ self and their ________ self.

real; ideal (or something like that)

After Mike does not get the job he interviewed for, he moves back in with his parents and spends his days playing video games. Which defense mechanism does this exemplify?

regression

According to Abraham Maslow, the highest need is ________.

self actualization

Which of the following was one of Alfred Adler's main contributions to personality theory?

suggesting that our birth order shapes our personality

________ theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving.

trait