review Flashcards
an aspect of ego functioning that is flexible and refers to the capacity to modify your usual level of ego control to adapt to a given situation
A) Ego inhibition
B) Ego resiliency
C) Ego control
D) Ego adaptability
B) Ego resiliency
in interactionism a _____ situation is one where easy expression of personality, while _____ situations are those in which situations forces behavior into channels, preventing the expression of personality
A) weak; strong
B) strong; weak
C) easy; hard
D) hard; easy
A) weak; strong
n terms of Roberts et al. 2006 extraversion subcomponents, what component relates to sociability and positive emotion?
A) social vitality
B) social dominance
C) social stability
D) social desirability
A) social vitality
The distinction between needs and motives involves
a. motives that are more closely related to behavior.
b. whether the construct is quantifiable.
c. whether the desired object is tangible or intangible.
d. motives that are unrelated to behavior.
a. motives that are more closely related to behavior.
people who overcontrol––who delay gratification endlessly, inhibit their actions and feelings, and insulate themselves from outside distractions would have high levels of
A) Ego inhibition
B) Ego resiliency
C) Ego control
D) Ego adaptability
C) Ego control
what did White believe is a basic motive which is the major outlet for the egos energies
A) competence motivation
B) effectance motivation
C) ego control
D) ego resilience
B) effectance motivation
People who can’t break out of their usual way of relating to the world, even when it’s temporarily good to do so would have
A) low ego control
B) high ego control
C) high ego resiliency
D) low ego resilience
D) low ego resilience
if sensation seeking is related to Eysenck’s psychoticism dimension, in terms of behavioural approach avoidance system, what would one most likely see?
A) high approach
B) high avoidance
C) low threat response
D) high threat sensitivity
A) high approach
which of the following is NOT a limitation of heritability estimates?
A) it does not represent the amount of behaviour characteristic thats inherited by one person
B) it does not provide direct measures of the activity of genes
C) it does not measure how much the environment allows the genes to be expressed
D) it does not explain why genes matter
C) it does not measure how much the environment allows the genes to be expressed
one limitation of heritability estimates is
A) it does not measure genetic influence
B) it does not measure how much the environment allows genes to be expressed
C) it is not a direct measure of the activity of genes
D) it does not provide evidence on whether there is high or low heritability
C) it is not a direct measure of the activity of genes
this perspective begins with a view of human nature in which change, rather than constancy is paramount
A) self actualisation
B) learning
C) psychosocial
D) learning
B) learning
If I am told I must do something that I thought I was free to do or not, and then turn
around and do the opposite, I am engaging in:
a. competence.
b. reactance.
c. freedom reassertion.
d. shaping.
b. reactance.
in dual processing models, the conscious processor is used for what
A) effortful reasoning
B) heuristic strategies
C) automatic activities
D) holistic perspective
A) effortful reasoning
the aspects of learning to restrain impulses and knowing when to restrain yourself and when to behave freely forms the aspects of what
A) repression
B) denial
C) adaptation
D) learning
C) adaptation
White introduced two motivational concepts to discuss the ego, what are they
A) mastery motivation and affiliation motivation
B) power motivation and achievement motivation
C) self-esteem motivation and social motivation
D) effectance motivation and competence motivation
D) effectance motivation and competence motivation
