Psychology Practice Quiz For Final Exam

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Psychology Practice Quiz For Final Exam

All of the following are influential perspectives in personality theory EXCEPT the

Personality may be defined as the sum total of who you are and the unique ways that you think, feel and

Temperament refers to

Freud believed that there was a portion of the brain that remained hidden from the individual except in symbolic form in dreams and other behaviors. This portion of the brain is called the

John's boss yells at him. As John walks meekly out of the boss's office, Dana walks past him and says, "hello!" John yells at Dana and proceeds to berate her for the job she did on the last contract. Freud would say John is using ________ as a way of dealing with his stress.

According to Freud, the desired outcome of the phallic stage of psychosexual development is

According to Freud, the ________ stage occurs from age 6 to the onset of puberty.

Alfred Adler believed that the defense mechanism of compensation is used by individuals who ____________________.

One criticism of Freud's psychoanalytic theory is that it ____________________.

Bandura defined ________ as a person's expectancy of how effective his or her efforts to accomplish a goal will be in any particular circumstance.

Self-actualizing tendency refers to ____________________.

Micah's husband tells her how much happier he would be if she stayed home to raise their children. She believes he would stop loving her if she decided to take a job. Micah's husband is offering ____________________

According to Cattell's 16PF self-report inventory, airline pilots, when compared to writers, tend to be more ____________________.

To be described as unreliable, lazy, careless, and negligent, one would receive a low score on the trait known as ____________________

The psychological defense mechanism of projection is when someone ____________________.

The Rorschach inkblot test ____________________.

If a test measures what it is supposed to measure, that test has ____________________.

Marjorie took a personality test in April. She took the same test in June and got a very similar score. This personality test is ____________________.

The diagnosis of mental retardation depends on all of the following criteria EXCEPT ____________________.

Someone with an IQ score of 60 has ________ developmental delay.

________ is a developmental delay related to living in poverty conditions and one that usually produces relatively mild retardation.

Terman determined that gifted people ____________________.

According to Goleman, ________ is a more powerful influence on success in life than more traditional views of intelligence.

Which type of research provides evidence that genetics influences a great deal of personality development?

Putting the care of the family ahead of your own care is called ____________________.

________ are personal judgments based on beliefs rather than facts.

Talking, facial expressions, and movements are elements of ____________________.

Within the field of psychology, mental processes refer to ____________________.

Description involves ________ a person's behavior

The process of objectively examining and measuring one's own thoughts and mental activities is known as ____________________.

________ is known as the "father of psychology."

Some psychologists believe that every experience can be broken down into its individual emotion and sensation. This is known as ____________________.

William James was responsible for developing the theory of ____________________.

Gestalt psychology ____________________.

Freud proposed that there is a(n) ________ mind into which we repress threatening urges and desires.

Pavlov's work with dogs focused on the concept of ____________________.

________ was denied a Ph.D degree because she was a woman.

When Rashid graduated from college, he believed he had finally achieved his full potential. Maslow called this ____________________.

________ suggests that behavioral responses are reinforced when rewarded with pleasurable consequences.

Which perspective focuses on the biological bases for universal mental characteristics?

Which professional has a doctorate degree and works with humans or animals in a variety of settings?

The first step in the scientific method is ____________________.

A ________ is a tentative explanation of a phenomenon based on observation.

In psychology, researchers try to find the answers to ________ questions.

________ refers to the tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.

Which of the following is the strongest correlation?

A(n) ________ specifically names the steps that the experimenter must use to control or measure the variables in the experiment.

Animals are used in about ________ of all psychological studies.

________ analyzes personality through handwriting.

The cell that sends and receives messages in the nervous system is called the ____________________.