Personality matching quiz

Question 1

psychoanalysis

Answer 1

theory attributing thoughts and actions to the unconscious

Question 2

identification

Answer 2

when parents’ values becomes one’s own

Question 3

false consensus effect

Answer 3

overestimating how many people share our beliefs and behaviors

Question 4

terror-management

Answer 4

explores people’s responses to reminders of their impending death

Question 5

trait

Answer 5

reported pattern of behavior or tendency to feel/act a certain way

Question 6

personality inventory

Answer 6

questionnaires used to assess selected personality traits

Question 7

empirically derived test

Answer 7

test made up of a pool of items that discriminates between groups

Question 8

behavioral approach

Answer 8

theory emphasizing the effects of learning on personality

Question 9

reciprocal determinism

Answer 9

behavior, cognition, & environment interact

Question 10

positive psychology

Answer 10

Seligman’s emphasis on strengths and virtues that enable people to thrive

Question 11

self

Answer 11

center of personality in contemporary psychology

Question 12

self-serving bias

Answer 12

perceiving oneself favorably