Chap 11&12 MC Flashcards
(52 cards)
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- Personality is thought to be
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Answer: Long term, stable, and not easily changed
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- The long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in specific ways are known as
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Personality
3
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- Who is credited with the first comprehensive theory of personality
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Freud
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- An early science that tried to correlate personality with measurements of parts of a person’s skull is known as
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Phrenology
5
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- The id operates on the
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Pleasure principle
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- The ego defense mechanism in which a person who is confronted with anxiety returns to a more immature behavioral stage is called
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. Regression
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- The Oedipus complex occurs in the psychosexual development stage of
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Phallic
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- The universal bank of ideas, images, and concepts that have been passed down through generations from our ancestors refers to
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Collective unconscious
9
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- Self-regulation is also known as
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Will power
10
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- Your level of confidence in your own abilities is known as
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Self-efficacy
11
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- Giang believes that they got a bad grade on their psychology paper because their professor doesn’t like them. Giang most likely has an
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External locus of control
12
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- Self-concept refers to
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All of our thoughts and feelings about ourselves
13
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- The idea that people’s ideas about themselves should match their actions is called
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Congruence
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- The way a person reacts to the world, starting when they are very young, including the person’s activity level, is known as
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Temperament
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- Sandeep is 18 months old. Sandeep cries frequently, is hard to soothe, and wakes frequently during the night. According to Thomas and Chess, Sandeep would be considered
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A difficult baby
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- According to the findings of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart, identical twins, whether raised together or apart, have
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Very similar personalities.
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- Temperament refers to
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Inborn, genetically based personality differences
18
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- According to the Eysencks’ theory, people who score high on neuroticism tend to be
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Anxious
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- The United States is considered a
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Individualist culture
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- The concept that people choose to move to places that are compatible with their personalities and needs is known as
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Selective migration
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- Which of the following is NOT a projective test
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MMPI
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- A personality assessment in which a person responds to ambiguous stimuli, revealing unconscious feelings, impulses, and desires, is called a
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Projective test
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- Which personality assessment employs a series of true/false questions
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MMPI
24
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As a field, social psychology focuses on ________ in predicting human behaviour.
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situational fact
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Making internal attributions for your successes and making external attributions for your failures is an example of ________
. self-serving bias
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Collectivistic cultures are to ________ as individualistic cultures are to ________.
. situational; dispositio
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. According to the actor-observer bias, we have more information about ________.
influences on our own behaviou
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(n) ________ is a set of group expectations for appropriate thoughts and behaviours of its members
social norm
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On his first day of soccer practice, Jose suits up in a t-shirt, shorts, and cleats and runs out to the field to join his teammates. Jose’s behaviour is reflective of _______
a script
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When it comes to buying clothes, teenagers often follow social norms; this is likely motivated by ________.
fitting in
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In the Stanford prison experiment, even the lead researcher succumbed to his role as a prison supervisor. This is an example of the power of ________ influencing behavi
social roles
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Attitudes describe our ________ of people, objects, and ideas.
evaluations
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Cognitive dissonance causes discomfort because it disrupts our sense of _______
consistency
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In order for the central route to persuasion to be effective, the audience must be ________ and _______
analytical; motivated
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Examples of cues used in peripheral route persuasion include all of the following except _______
factual information
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In the Asch experiment, participants conformed due to ________ social influence.
normative
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Under what conditions will informational social influence be more likely
when the answer is unclear and when the group has expertis
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Social loafing occurs when ________.
individual performance cannot be evaluated and the task is ea
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If group members modify their opinions to align with a perceived group consensus, then ________ has occurre
groupthink
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Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to _____
a. feelings; behaviour
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Which of the following is not a type of prejudice?
individualism
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________ occurs when the out-group is blamed for the in-group’s frustration
scapegoating
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When we seek out information that supports our stereotypes we are engaged in ________
confirmation bias
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Typically, bullying from boys is to ________ as bullying from girls is to ________.
physical harm; emotional har
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Which of the following adolescents is least likely to be targeted for bullying?
the captain of the football team
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The bystander effect likely occurs due to _____
diffusion of responsibilit
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Altruism is a form of prosocial behaviour that is motivated by _______
selfless helping of other
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After moving to a new apartment building, research suggests that Sam will be most likely to become friends with ______
his next-door neighbour
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What trait do both men and women tend to look for in a romantic partner?
sense of humour
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According to the triangular theory of love, what type of love is defined by passion and intimacy but no commitment
Liking
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According to social exchange theory, humans want to maximize the ________ and minimize the ________ in relationships.
benefits; costs
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