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Week 1 Quiz
Question 1
Psychology attempts to
understand human nature using the method of
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science
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literature
o
intuition
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philosophy
Question 2
What is personality,
according to your text?
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A person's social skills
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The reaction of a person to social
forces.
o
The underlying causes within the person
of individual behavior and experience.
o
The individual's level of adjustment or
mental health.
Question 3
When we ask, "How
is one person differen from another?" we are asking questions about the
_____ of personality.
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description
o
dynamics
o
development
o
destiny
Question 4
When we ask, "How
do biology and experience influence a person from childhood onward?" we
are asking questions about the _____ of personality.
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description
o
dynamics
o
development
o
destiny
Question 5
Writers and
philosophers tell us about human nature.
Why do we also need psychology?
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Writers and philosophers ignore human
motivation.
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Psychology allows a systematic
understanding of human nature.
o
Psychology is concerned with values,
which writers an philosophers ignore.
o
Writers and philosophers ignore
maladjusted personalities.
Question 6
In the study of
personality, including the influene of society and culture allows a better
explanation of _____ differences among people.
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gender
o
ethnic
o
cultural
o
all of the above
Question 7
In comparison to
factors, traits refer to more _____ characteristics.
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socially desirable
o
broad
o
specific
o
changeable
Question 8
A _____ allows a more
precise description of personality because it refers to a more focused set of
characteristics.
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variable
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type
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temperament
o
trait
Question 9
Which of the following
does NOT describe a factor?
o
Factor scores are continuous variables.
o
There are many factors to describe
everyone.
o
A person is given a numeric score to
indicate how much of a factor the person possesses.
o
A person can be described on every
factor.
Question 10
Personality _____
refers to motivation
o
description
o
dynamics
o
development
o
measurement
Question 11
Chapter Two begins with
a psychoanalytic discussion of Adolf Hitler.
According to the author's analysis, at what stage was Hitler fixated?
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oral
o
anal
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latency
o
genital
Question 12
In the analysis of
Adolf Hitler, to what did the analysts attribute Hitler's tyrannical rage?
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His underdeveloped id
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His overactive superego
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His failure as an artist
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His weak/non-existent ego
Question 13
Which of the following
is the least importan influence on human thought and behavior, accordin to
Freud?
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childhood emotion
o
instincts
o
reason
o
unconscious forces
Question 14
Before he became a
psychoanalyst, Freud was a
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business executive
o
neurologist
o
rabbi
o
singer
Question 15
The term "psychic
determinism" refers to
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the scientific method.
o
the influence of the unconscious.
o
extra-sensory perception.
o
will power.
Question 16
Freud's "iceberg
metaphor" illustrates that
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most people are "cold."
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repression requires energy.
o
most of the mind's processes are
unconscious.
o
the same substance can appear in quite
different forms.
Question 17
The conscious mind is
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the major component of the personality
(according to Freud).
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experience of which we have awareness.
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expressed dreams.
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repressed.
Question 18
According to Freud, a
child who has been sexually abused and who cannot remember the experience
o
is psychotic.
o
is lucky, since the event cannot have
produced any pshcyological damage.
o
has suppressed the experience into the
preconscious.
o
has repressed the experience into the
unconscious.
Question 19
Hypnosis is best
described as
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a separate state of consciousness.
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a fraudulent claim.
o
a state of great suggestibility.
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an epileptic-like seizure.
Question 20
Freud praised _____ as
"the royal road to the unconscious."
o
hallucinations
o
dreams
o
hypnosis
o
free association
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