Assessing Personality — Unit test Answers

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An individual’s actions may be considered either abnormal or understandable within one culture according to the __________ definition.

A
personal distress
B
maladaptive behavior
C
deviant behavior
D
situational context
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The parenting style that can be described as firm and flexible is called __________.

A
permissive
B
authoritative
C
authoritarian
D
brick wall
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The hierarchy of traits is a structured progression of personality that begins with a few higher-order traits that result in several lower-order traits, determining a person’s response in a specific situation.

A
T
B
F
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According to Bandura, if someone is confident in performing a task, they most likely have __________ in regard to that particular task.

A
high self-efficacy
B
low self-efficacy
C
high behaviorism
D
low behaviorism
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Which of the following is critical in order for psychotherapy to be successful?

A
The therapist must provide a safe and comfortable environment.
B
The client adheres to whatever type of therapy the therapist specializes in.
C
The therapist should never allow a client to get too comfortable.
D
It is essential that the therapist remains emotionally distant from the client.
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Which of the following terms is not considered a negative effect of stigmatizing?

A
stereotyping
B
self-fulfilling prophecies
C
increased psychiatric care
D
social isolation
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Trait theorists are generally more interested in __________ rather than __________. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
assessing abnormal behavior. . . explaining why behavior occurs
B
explaining why behavior occurs . . . predicting behavioral patterns
C
assessing abnormal behavior . . . describing patterns of behavior
D
describing patterns of behavior . . . explaining why behavior occurs
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A Freudian slip is a speech or hearing error that Freud claimed revealed someone’s __________.

A
conscious thoughts
B
psychosexual urges
C
unconscious thoughts
D
unconcscious habits
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Which axis of the DSM-IV includes physical conditions?

A
Axis I
B
Axis II
C
Axis III
D
Axis IV
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Psychologist __________ believed that behaviors were learned through positive and negative consequences.

A
Albert Bandura B.
B
F. Skinner
C
Sigmund Freud
D
Carl Rogers
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Situational context is the social and environmental setting in which a particular behavior takes place.

A
T
B
F
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The tendency of antianxiety drugs to be addictive has caused some psychiatrists to begin treating anxiety disorders with __________ drugs.

A
tranquilizer
B
antidepressant
C
antipsychotic
D
antimanic
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is an organized progression from one’s most basic needs to less basic or discrete needs. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
T
B
F
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If one’s perception of self is close to what is personally experienced, it is called __________.

A
incongruence
B
anxiety
C
congruence
D
humanism
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Self-report inventories and projective tests are examples of personality assessments.

A
T
B
F
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Studies on the effectiveness of the Big Five state that there is no correlation between one’s personality traits and other attributes of one’s personality.

A
T
B
F
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__________ is the source error that can be avoided by locating questions sensitive to bias and changing or dropping them.

A
Response set
B
Deliberate bias
C
Social desirability
D
Response bias
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Kevin dislikes his teacher; therefore, Kevin thinks his teacher dislikes him.Which of the following defense mechanisms best represents this scenario?

A
identification
B
repression
C
displacement
D
projection
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Extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism are three higher-order traits that make up Eysenck’s higher-order traits. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
T
B
F
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According to Carl Rogers, anxiety stems from incongruence, where one experiences differences between self-perceptions and reality. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
T
B
F

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