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Educational Psychology is the scientific study of how people learn and develop within educational settings, incorporating principles of psychology to understand the cognitive, emotional, and social processes involved in learning. This course explores topics such as developmental stages, learning theories, motivation, classroom management, individual differences, assessment techniques, and the impact of culture and environment on education. Students will analyze psychological research relevant to teaching and apply evidence-based strategies to enhance educational outcomes for diverse learners.
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Theories of Personality 7th Edition by Jess Feist
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
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Q1) The word "theory" is most closely associated with A)philosophy.
B)science.
C)armchair speculation.
D)taxonomy.
Answer: B
Q2) A researcher uses the number of times a person smiles at others as a measure of friendliness.This an example of A)an operational definition.
B)hypothesis testing.
C)parsimony.
D)internal consistency.
Answer: A
Q3) The basic data of science are A)observations.
B)facts.
C)theories.
D)hypotheses.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis
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Q1) The id is primarily involved in which of the following activities, according to Freud?
A)solving problems in geometry
B)contemplating the meaning of life
C)thumb-sucking behavior
D)convincing a friend to plant a garden
Answer: C
Q2) The apprehension one feels while in the presence of a teacher is what Freud called _______ anxiety.
A)neurotic
B)psychotic
C)realistic
D)moral
E)None of these is correct.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) Adler believed that behavior and personality are shaped by A)early childhood experiences.
B)organ inferiorities.
C)subjective perceptions.
D)sexual and aggressive impulses.
E)birth order.
Answer: C
Q2) Adlerians believe that if style of life changes, early recollections
A)are forgotten.
B)also can change.
C)are objectively verified.
D)cause the changes in style of life.
Answer: B
Q3) According to Adler, _______ is the bond that holds society together.
A)fiction
B)the sex drive
C)a feeling of incompleteness
D)social interest
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) Like Freud, Jung was
A)an Austrian.
B)a physician.
C)Jewish.
D)an archaeologist.
Q2) According to Jung, the rational functions include
A)thinking and feeling.
B)sensation and intuition.
C)judgment and perception.
D)introversion and extraversion.
E)Yin and Yang.
Q3) Jung held that the anima influences
A)irrational moods and feelings in men.
B)irrational moods and feelings in women.
C)irrational thinking and illogical opinions in men.
D)irrational thinking and illogical opinions in women.
Q4) Describe Jung's levels of the psyche.
Q5) List and briefly describe Jung's most important archetypes.
Q6) Discuss Jung's notion of extraversion and introversion.
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Chapter 5: Klein: Object Relations Theory
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Q1) According to Klein, the person or part of a person through which the aim of an instinct is satisfied is called
A)an object.
B)an impetus.
C)the source.
D)a motivator.
Q2) Klein's conception of a "position" is different from "stage of development" in that "positions" are
A)completely psychological.
B)due largely to social influences.
C)determined by chronological age.
D)not referring to periods of time.
Q3) Klein called the process in which infants split off unacceptable parts of themselves, project these parts onto another object, and finally introject these parts back into themselves
A)introjective identification.
B)projective identification.
C)repression.
D)incorporation.
E)regression.
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Chapter 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
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Q1) According to Horney, normal and neurotic individuals differ in their use of the three basic styles of relating to people in that
A)neurotics use deceit to relate to others.
B)normals only use one mode of relating to others.
C)neurotics only use one mode of relating to others.
D)neurotics use the three basic styles, but normals do not.
Q2) Karen Horney, like _______, was the youngest child of a middle-aged father, had older siblings who were favored by her parents, and felt unwanted and unloved.
A)Sigmund Freud
B)Carl Jung
C)Melanie Klein
D)Eric Fromm
Q3) Horney recognized that some women may wish to be a man due to A)penis envy.
B)womb envy.
C)cultural privileges for men.
D)anatomical differences between the sexes.
Q4) Discuss Horney's criticism of Freud.
Q5) Discuss Horney's concepts of neurotic needs and neurotic trends.
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Chapter 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
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Q1) Fromm believed that the ______ orientation is an outgrowth of modern commerce.
A)productive
B)receptive
C)exploitative
D)marketing
E)hoarding
Q2) As a scientific theory, Erich Fromm's humanistic psychoanalysis rates
A)high on falsifiability.
B)low as a generator of empirical research.
C)high as a guide to parents and teachers.
D)high in parsimony.
Q3) Fromm believed that people who use conformity as a mechanism of escape
A)lack authenticity and individuality.
B)often behave in a stiff, predictable manner.
C)lose their identity as a unique person.
D)all of these.
Q4) Discuss Fromm's basic assumptions about personality and include his three existential dichotomies.
Q5) Discuss Fromm's five human, or existential, needs.
Q6) List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.
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Chapter 8: Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
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Q1) The Sullivanian stage characterized by the beginning of syntaxic language and the learning of dramatizations and preoccupations is called:
A)infancy.
B)childhood.
C)juvenile era.
D)preadolescence.
E)adulthood.
Q2) Sullivan believed anxiety was different from other tensions because an infant A)associates it only with zonal needs.
B)always experiences it in relationship to general needs.
C)seldom experiences it with the mothering one.
D)has no capacity or means of reducing it.
Q3) In Sullivan's terminology, _______ is UNLIKELY to mark a relationship between a young adolescent girl and her father.
A)love
B)tenderness
C)intimacy
D)anxiety
E)fear
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Chapter 9: Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
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Q1) Erikson characterized the oral-sensory phase as a _________ mode of adaptation.
A)dystonic
B)syntonic
C)psychosocial
D)psychosexual
E)functional
Q2) The chief psychosexual accomplishment of young adulthood, according to Erikson, is
A)intimacy.
B)basic trust.
C)marriage.
D)reproduction.
E)None of these is correct.
Q3) Erikson believed that the basic strength of infancy is A)hope.
B)pleasure.
C)satisfaction.
D)dependence.
E)joy.
Q4) List the key concepts in Erikson's infancy stage.
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Chapter 10: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
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Q1) For Maslow, the peak experience
A)is achieved by all self-actualizers.
B)can be attained by an act of will.
C)may occur at unexpected, ordinary moments.
D)a and b
E)b and c
Q2) Maslow believed that all behavior
A)is motivated.
B)has a cause.
C)is motivated and has a cause.
D)is neither motivated nor has a cause.
Q3) Maslow would say that the autonomy of self-actualizers is seen in their
A)strong desire to lead others.
B)inability to get along with others.
C)indifference to criticism or flattery.
D)lack of close friends.
Q4) List and explain five assumptions Maslow made about motivation.
Q5) List and explain the five needs in Maslow's hierarchy.
Q6) Discuss Maslow's concept of conative, aesthetic, cognitive, and neurotic needs.
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Chapter 11: May: Existential Psychology
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Q1) According to Rogers, experiences inconsistent with one's self-concept are
A)not readily accepted into the self-concept.
B)often denied.
C)often accepted only in distorted forms.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these is correct.
Q2) What condition did Rogers believe must be present in a relationship that leads to psychological growth?
A)genuineness
B)unconditional acceptance
C)empathy
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these is correct.
Q3) Rogers said that evaluations of a person by others tend to
A)be readily incorporated into the person's self-concept.
B)enhance change and growth.
C)distort the person's self-concept.
D)have a positive influence on the self-concept.
Q4) Describe Rogers' notion of the self and self-actualization.
Q5) Describe Rogers's concepts of the formative and actualizing tendencies.
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Chapter 12: Allport: Psychology of the Individual
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Q1) May called ______ "the capacity to organize one's self so that movement in a certain direction or toward a certain goal may take place."
A)intentionality
B)self-control
C)mastery
D)will
Q2) According to May, the essential unity of the person and environment is called
A)Dasein.
B)Umwelt.
C)Mitwelt.
D)Eigenwelt.
Q3) According to May, a person's refusal to accept ontological guilt
A)leads to superior adaptation.
B)indicates psychological health.
C)leads to neurotic or morbid guilt.
D)has no effect on Dasein.
Q4) Define and explain being-in-the-world and nonbeing
Q5) List and define the four forms of love, as seen by Rollo May.
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Chapter 13: Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory
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Q1) Allport called theories in which people are seen as being motivated primarily by needs to reduce tension and to return to a state of equilibrium as
A)proactive theories.
B)retroactive theories.
C)reactive theories.
D)eclectic theories.
Q2) Research has found that highly prejudiced churchgoers scored
A)high on extrinsic religious orientation.
B)high on intrinsic religious orientation.
C)high on both the extrinsic and intrinsic religious orientation.
D)low on both the extrinsic and intrinsic religious orientation.
Q3) According to Allport, which people have the highest level of free will?
A)psychologically healthy, reflective, and intelligent people
B)infants who have not yet learned self-control
C)old people near death who have no fear of the future
D)preadolescents who have not yet become involved in sexual relationships
Q4) Discuss Allport's concept of the psychologically healthy personality.
Q5) Discuss Allport's concept of personal dispositions and explain how personal dispositions differ from traits.
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Chapter 14: Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory
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Q1) At present, most researchers who study personality traits favor the idea that _________ dominant traits emerge from the statistical techniques used to sift through volumes of test data.
A)5
B)35
C)101
D)16
Q2) The people who most influenced Eysenck were
A)Cyril Burt and Charles Spearman.
B)R.B.Cattell and B.F.Skinner.
C)Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
D)E.L.Thorndike and Julian Rotter.
Q3) In factor analysis, correlations of scores with factors are called A)factor loadings.
B)factor theories.
C)trait theories.
D)superfactors.
Q4) Explain briefly how factor analysis is used to measure personality traits.
Q5) Elaborate on the five-factor model of trait personality theory.
Q6) Name and describe Eysenck's three general types, or superfactors.
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Chapter 15: Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality
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Q1) Skinner's work was MOST influenced by A)Ivan Pavlov.
B)John Watson.
C)Harry Stack Sullivan.
D)Albert Bandura.
E)Sigmund Freud.
Q2) Concerning reinforcement, Skinner would most likely say that A)money is an innate reinforcer.
B)money is reinforcing because it has value.
C)money has value because it is reinforcing.
D)All of these are correct.
Q3) On the subject of dreams, Skinner believed that
A)many dreams spring from a collective unconscious.
B)dreams are beyond the scope of radical behaviorism.
C)dreams can be used to predict the future.
D)many dreams serve a wish-fulfillment purpose.
Q4) Distinguish negative reinforcement from both positive reinforcement and punishment.
Q5) Discuss Skinner's philosophy of science as it applies to the study of human behavior.
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Chapter 16: Skinner: Behavioral Analysis
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Q1) Bandura believes that both external and internal factors play a role in self-regulation.An example of an internal factor would be
A)performance attribution.
B)monetary reinforcers.
C)praise and encouragement.
D)punishment.
Q2) According to Bandura, collective efficacy is lowered when A)people believe that events in another part of the world affect them. B)people feel overwhelmed by the Internet.
C)ice storms cut power to people's homes for several days.
D)All of these are correct.
Q3) List and describe the components of Bandura's theory of self-regulation.
Q4) Bandura's approach to therapy emphasizes
A)behavioral change and self-regulation.
B)minimizing disengagement.
C)exploration of dreams and fantasies.
D)the use of continuous positive reinforcement.
E)the discrimination of the effects of punishment.
Q5) Discuss Bandura's concept of collective efficacy.
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Chapter 17: Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
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Q1) According to Rotter, the behavior potential in any situation is a function of A)expectancy.
B)reinforcement value.
C)both of these.
D)neither of these.
Q2) Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale is an attempt to
A)measure generalized expectancies.
B)place people into internal and external control categories.
C)determine the causes of human behavior.
D)predict behavior in a specific situation.
E)measure psychological health.
Q3) In Rotter's general prediction formula, need potential is a function of A)freedom of movement and need value.
B)behavior potential and the psychological situation.
C)interpersonal trust and internal locus of control.
D)heredity and environment.
Q4) List and briefly explain Mischel and Shoda's five cognitive-affective units.
Q5) Discuss Mischel's person-situation interaction, or conditional view of personal dispositions.
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Q6) Explain Rotter's concepts of internal and external control of reinforcement.
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Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) "Persons differ from each other in their construction of events." This is a statement of Kelly's ______ corollary.
A)organization
B)individuality
C)dichotomy
D)choice
Q2) According to Kelly, facts
A)determine a person's future.
B)are determined by past events.
C)dictate our view of the world.
D)carry meaning for us to discover.
E)are acquired solely through the scientific method.
Q3) Kelly held that, generally speaking, people
A)attempt to validate and improve their constructs.
B)are usually unaware of their personal constructs.
C)rarely or never attempt to change their constructs.
D)are totally conscious of their personal constructs.
Q4) Discuss Kelly's philosophical position.
Q5) Define Kelly's concept of role, including core role.
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