Overlap and Integration among Perspectives Flashcards
The _________ perspective is regarded by many as the only comprehensive
theory of personality.
a. learning
b. psychoanalytic
c. cognitive self-regulation
d. none of the above
b. psychoanalytic
Parallels have been suggested between psychoanalysis and the:
a. evolutionary perspective.
b. cognitive perspective.
c. self-regulation perspective.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Leak and Christopher interpreted Freud’s ideas through the framework of:
a. humanistic psychology.
b. the neoanalytic perspective.
c. evolutionary psychology.
d. the conditioning approach.
According to Leak and Christopher, what idea was required to understand the
superego through an evolutionary perspective?
a. that the superego leads to better health practices
b. that survival is not only an individual matter
c. that the superego is a behavioral management system
d. none of the above
b. that survival is not only an individual matter
The _________ is primitive and single-minded about its desires.
a. id
b. ego
c. superego
d. hydraulic drive
a. id
Ego is to Freud as _________ is (are) to sociobiology.
a. genes
b. survival of the fittest
c. the cortex of the brain
d. reciprocal altruism
c. the cortex of the brain
Leak and Christopher have suggested that having a superego may:
a. confer an evolutionary advantage.
b. influence whether others feel compelled to take care of someone.
c. increase the likelihood that someone is accepted as a group member.
d. all of the above
Leak and Christopher argue that reciprocal altruism is the reason for the:
a. existence of anticathexis.
b. idea of preparedness.
c. importance of self-relevant motivation.
d. development of the superego.
d. development of the superego.
Freud’s description of the fixations that arise as a result of the Oedipal conflict bears a resemblance to:
a. the gender differences in the mating strategies that are described
by evolutionary psychologists.
b. the constraints imposed by the development of the cortex.
c. Dollard and Miller’s description of approach-avoidance conflicts.
d. none of the above
a. the gender differences in the mating strategies that are described
When attention is diverted from higher levels, behavior is more:
a. in tune with the ideal self.
b. responsive to situational cues.
c. carefully managed.
d. easily reinforced.
b. responsive to situational cues.
Structural links exist between psychoanalysis and self-regulation with respect
to similarities between:
a. principle control and id functioning.
b. principle control and ego functioning.
c. program control and ego functioning.
d. all of the above
c. program control and ego functioning.
Erdelyi suggests that Freud’s theory was a theory of:
a. social learning.
b. behavior management.
c. cognition.
d. hydraulic energy.
c. cognition.
_________ is the process whereby an idea, thought, or perception is prevented from gaining access to conscious awareness before the threatening
stimulus is experienced.
a. Suppression
b. Perceptual defense
c. Denial
d. Bias in processing
b. Perceptual defense
An event may receive little attention in consciousness because:
a. it may be tagged as having too much potential for anxiety.
b. the information is available but not retrievable.
c. behaviors are highly automatic.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The concept of transference can be explained in terms of:
a. preattentive processing.
b. schema activation.
c. feedback loops.
d. all of the above
b. schema activation.