Question 1

Mr. Carlson is a politician who credits his past election victories to his own effective communication and hard work; he attributes his past election losses to factors beyond his control. His assessments best illustrate

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A)   reciprocal determinism.
B)   the Barnum effect.
C)   self-serving bias.
D)   the spotlight effect.

Question 2

Arguments as to whether people's behavior is more strongly influenced by temporary external influences or by enduring inner influences best characterize the

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A)   psychodynamic perspective.
B)   person-situation controversy.
C)   self-serving bias.
D)   biopsychosocial approach.

Question 3

Professor Shankar believes that her students' most important personal characteristics are those that distinguish them as uniquely different from most other people. Her attitude best illustrates one of the consequences of

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A)   individualism.
B)   the spotlight effect.
C)   collectivism.
D)   the false consensus effect.

Question 4

Around the world, people describe others' personality traits in terms that are consistent with a set of factors called

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A)   defense mechanisms.
B)   psychosexual stages.
C)   the hierarchy of needs.
D)   the Big Five.

Question 5

Sheen is usually animated and talkative when he is with his girlfriend, but he is often quiet and reserved at home. He actively participates in many class discussions but frequently seems reluctant to talk with friends at the campus coffee shop. Sheen's behavior should make us more cautious about overemphasizing the impact of ________ on behavior.

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A)   personality traits
B)   self-actualization
C)   reciprocal determinism
D)   defense mechanisms

Question 6

Carl Rogers would have suggested that many of the defense mechanisms described by Freud are used to minimize the perceived discrepancy between

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A)   manifest content and latent content.
B)   the collective unconscious and the personal unconscious.
C)   the actual self and the ideal self.
D)   self-esteem and self-efficacy.

Question 7

Although Camile has detailed memories of her early school years, she remembers very little about the boyfriend who abruptly broke off their marriage engagement. According to psychoanalytic theory, it appears that Camile is using the defense mechanism of

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A)   regression.
B)   repression.
C)   displacement.
D)   projection.

Question 8

The Oedipus complex is the term used by Freud to describe

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A)   the erogenous zones that are the focus of the latency stage.
B)   the passive dependence of someone who is orally fixated.
C)   children's efforts to overcome feelings of inferiority.
D)   boys' feelings of guilt and fear of punishment over their sexual desire for their mother.

Question 9

According to Freud, what psychologists now call our gender identity develops most rapidly during the ________ stage.

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A)   anal
B)   phallic
C)   genital
D)   oral

Question 10

Freud thought that the part of a dream that we remember is a censored version of

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A)   unconditional positive regard.
B)   the spotlight effect.
C)   unconscious wishes.
D)   self-serving bias.

Question 11

Repression refers to the defense mechanism by which people

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A)   offer self-justifying explanations in place of the real but threatening unconscious reasons for action.
B)   retreat to behavior patterns characteristic of a more infantile stage of development.
C)   disguise threatening impulses by attributing them to others.
D)   banish anxiety-arousing thoughts from consciousness.

Question 12

Forgotten memories that we can easily recall were said by Freud to be

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A)   displaced.
B)   preconscious.
C)   fixated.
D)   unconscious.

Question 13

Social roles are especially likely to be central to people's self-identity in ________ cultures.

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A)   individualist
B)   ethnically diverse
C)   collectivist
D)   democratic

Question 14

Id is to ego as ________ is to ________.

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A)   reality principle; pleasure principle
B)   pleasure principle; reality principle
C)   conscious forces; unconscious forces
D)   conscience; "personality executive"

Question 15

Merri is a very kind and compassionate person who gives generously to others who are in need. She most clearly ranks high on the Big Five trait dimension known as

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A)   conscientiousness.
B)   agreeableness.
C)   openness.
D)   extraversion

Question 16

Freud suggested that the id's pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct pleasure-sensitive areas of the body known as

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A)   archetypes.
B)   the Big Five.
C)   erogenous zones.
D)   Oedipus complexes.

Question 17

A refusal to believe direct and highly credible evidence that your spouse is suffering a terminal illness best illustrates

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A)   denial.
B)   displacement.
C)   fixation.
D)   projection.

Question 18

Andy, a high school sophomore, lacks self-discipline, fails to plan ahead, and is excessively anxious. He is quickly frustrated by challenging tasks and frequently becomes overly critical of others. Use psychodynamic, humanistic, and social-cognitive theories to give three contrasting explanations of Andy's behavior.

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Question 19

People with high self-esteem are LESS likely than those with low self-esteem to

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A)   be persistent at difficult tasks.
B)   overestimate the accuracy of their beliefs.
C)   manifest self-serving bias.
D)   give in to conformity pressures.

Question 20

The spotlight effect refers to

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A)   the tendency of people to overestimate the extent to which others are evaluating them.
B)   an individual's feeling of self-worth.
C)   excessive self-love and self-absorption.
D)   a person's sense of competence on a task.

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