AP Psychology - Unit 7 LaunchPad Test

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

Factor analysis studies **Personality inventories Achievement tests Peer reports Cognition tests

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

Focus on how they are different from the group Achieve personal goals **Give priority to group goals Form casual, often temporary relationships Develop a strong sense of self

Which psychologist is incorrectly matched with the theory?

Freud—Psychoanalytic Cattell—Trait Bandura—Social-cognitive **Maslow—Trait Rogers—Humanistic

Which of the following theories offers a special focus on the potential for healthy personal growth?

Functionalist **Humanistic Psychodynamic Behavioral Neo-Freudian

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

Reaction formation **Repression Regression Projection Displacement

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

**Evil Empathy Self-acceptance Empathy Love

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

**He will develop a strong interest in what his father is interested in. He will develop a weak id. He will continue to resent his father, but also come to resent his mother. He will displace his anger onto his older sister. He will develop a strong superego.

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

Humanistic psychology A peak experience Self-transcendence Our self-concept **Unconditional positive regard

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

Learned helplessness Spotlight effect The Big Five traits **Reciprocal determinism Implicit learning

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

Most worked harder to do better the next time. **They became exceptionally aggressive. Many were more receptive to the criticism. They quit the task without completing it. Some became easily depressed.

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

Self-esteem Self-efficacy Real self **Self-concept Ideal self

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

Whether the person has a stronger id or superego Whether the person has a personality disorder **If the person is answering the questions truthfully If the person needs immediate help for anger management If the person is more extraverted than introverted

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?

The spotlight effect Pessimism A low self-esteem **The self-serving bias Incompetence

The most widely used scientifically validated personality test is the

UPR self-inventory. Rorschach. Myers-Briggs. **MMPI-2. TAT.

Factor analysis is the test-development strategy that

determines how people feel about themselves in the present moment. **looks to find items on a test that differentiate between groups and chooses those items for the test. develops ambiguous pictures. analyzes the most common defense mechanisms. analyzes a person's reciprocal determinism in a given situation.

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. regression. sublimation. rationalization. **projection.

Albert Bandura proposed the social-cognitive perspective, which

explains the role of the inferiority complex in our behaviors. focuses on how our environment controls us. **emphasizes the interaction of our traits with our situations. predicts human behavior. describes our personality using five main traits.

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

get a glimpse of a person's ideal self. determine if a person is an introvert. **gain insight about a person's unconscious mind. determine if a person is conscientious. gain insight about where a person falls in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

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

self-transcendent effect. **spotlight effect. terror-management theory. self-serving bias. self-efficacy effect.