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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles of human behavior and personality, examining the psychological theories and research that explain individual differences and patterns of behavior. Students will learn about major approaches to understanding personality, including psychodynamic, trait, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive perspectives. The course delves into the biological, environmental, and socio-cultural factors influencing personality development, as well as topics such as motivation, emotion, perception, and interaction with others. Through case studies, assessments, and practical applications, students will gain insights into how personality shapes behavior and influences personal and professional relationships.
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Theories of Personality Understanding Persons 6th Edition by Susan C. Cloninger
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
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Q1) Experimental research is the primary method for studying personality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Psychoanalysis emphasizes the importance of childhood experience in understanding individuals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following does not describe a trait?
A) Trait scores are discontinuous variables
B) A person is given a numeric score to indicate how much of a trait the person possesses
C) There are many traits to describe everyone
D) A person can be described on every trait.
Answer: A
Q4) Psychobiography uses a nomothetic approach to understanding people.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Freud: Classical Psychoanalysis
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Q1) A person who unconsciously hates a sibling, but consciously feels only love for the sibling, is using the defense mechanism of
A) projection.
B) isolation.
C) identification.
D) reaction formation.
Answer: D
Q2) Repression of unacceptable thoughts or impulses requires psychic energy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is not caused by unconscious forces, according to Freud?
A) psychosis
B) dreams
C) intentional actions
D) forgetting
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) The collective unconscious
A) is determined by heredity, rather than experience.
B) contains archetypes.
C) is a mystical concept.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) The collective unconscious is influenced by heredity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Sensation and intuition are ways of A) making decisions.
B) getting information about the world.
C) dealing with people.
D) escaping reality.
Answer: B
Q4) Archetypes are the inherited "psychic instincts" of the collective unconscious.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) The most favorable birth order, according to Adler, is the A) first-born.
B) second-born.
C) youngest child.
D) only child.
Q2) Adler thought that artists and poets were avoiding type people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Adler thought that the aggressive drive occurred only in delinquents.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Adler, the first-born child is likely to be A) a male.
B) pampered.
C) neglected.
D) high in social interest.
Q5) It is unhealthy to try to compensate for physical handicaps, according to Adler. A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain the term fictional finalism. Give an example.
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Chapter 5: Erikson: Psychosocial Development
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Q1) The two-year-old toddler is developing a sense of A) trust.
B) identity.
C) initiative.
D) autonomy.
Q2) In his epigenetic principle, Erikson compared development with A) the motion of objects as described in physics.
B) the biological development of a fetus.
C) the spiritual development of a soul.
D) an actor or actress learning a script.
Q3) In contrast to Freud's emphasis on sexuality, Erikson emphasized the __________ aspects of personality.
A) work-oriented
B) anal
C) oral
D) social
Q4) The elderly are dealing with the task of integrity versus despair.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What ideas does Erikson contribute to the understanding of racial conflicts?
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Chapter 6: Horney and Relational Theory: Interpersonal
Psychoanalytic Theory
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Q1) Horney agreed with Freud that personality is affected by biology.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Horney, gender differences are primarily determined by biological forces.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Westkott, psychologists should hesitate supporting the importance of relationships as a feminine value because
A) men value relationships as much as women do.
B) the effect of such a message is to make it more difficult for women to overcome the sex role stereotypes of culture.
C) women are, in fact, not very good at relationships.
D) discussions of sex differences make psychology too political.
Q4) Culture, according to Horney, encourages women to develop
A) fear of success.
B) fear of failure.
C) fear of relationships.
D) fear of men.
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Chapter 7: Allport: Personological Trait Theory
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Q1) Allport was committed to traits understood from the __________ point of view.
A) biological
B) idiographic
C) nomothetic
D) psychoanalytic
Q2) Allport taught the first personality course in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe Allport's attitude toward methodology in personality research.
Q4) "I go to church because it helps me to make friends" is an example of which type of religious orientation?
A) Extrinsic - socially oriented
B) Extrinsic - personally oriented
C) Intrinsic - socially oriented
D) Intrinsic - personally oriented
Q5) The most pervasive kind of personality trait is a __________ trait.
A) cardinal
B) central
C) primary
D) secondary
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Chapter 8: Two Factor Analytic Trait Theories: Cattells 16
Factors and the Big Five
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Q1) Two important kinds of metaergs are
A) fluid and crystallized.
B) sentiments and attitudes.
C) ergs and energy.
D) temperament and ability.
Q2) Jane loves her family. Harold is unhappy with his home. Sarah is very religious. These are examples of __________.
A) temperament traits.
B) ergs.
C) attitudes.
D) sentiments.
Q3) Your driving record, grade point average, and letters of recommendation might be studied by Cattell, who would call them
A) D-data.
B) L-data.
C) Q-data.
D) T-data.
Q4) With learning, ergs are channeled into metaergs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Biological Theories: Evolution, Genetics, and Biological Factor Theories
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Q1) The term "phenotype" refers to
A) a person's inherited genetic profile.
B) a person's temperament.
C) a person's observed characteristics.
D) heritability.
Q2) Understanding other's facial expressions of emotion is a learned skill.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Evolutionary theory can explain sexual attraction but not long-term relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Evolution through transmitted learning from one generation to another is called
A) Normative evolution
B) Classical conditioning
C) Cultural evolution
D) Cultural consciousness
Q5) Parents who nurture their children have an evolutionary advantage. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Challenge of Behaviorism: Dollard and Miller,
Skinner, and Staats
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Q1) Skinner said that societies should be designed so that A) individuals are supervised more closely.
B) reinforcements cause people to behave in ways considered desirable.
C) everyone has an equal say in how the society is governed. D) manual labor is not necessary.
Q2) "Mentalism" explains behavior in terms of A) intelligence.
B) hypnosis.
C) thoughts and other mental states.
D) goals.
Q3) Explain how Dollard and Miller made the language of psychoanalysis more in line with learning theory by reinterpreting identification as imitation
Q4) Staats recommends using flash cards to help children develop their language-cognitive repertoire.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Ratio schedules can produce very high rates of responding.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Kelly: Personal Construct Theory
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Q1) Kelly understood differences between individuals as due to A) different early experience.
B) different personal constructs.
C) heredity.
D) misunderstandings by researchers.
Q2) Cognitive complexity is desirable for healthy adaptation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In order to have a relationship with someone, according to Kelly's Sociality Corollary, you must
A) understand that person's construct system (or be understood by that person).
B) mutually respect one another.
C) mutually trust one another.
D) have the same personal constructs.
Q4) Kelly devised the REP Test to assess people's constructs. A)True
B)False
Q5) Threat is produced only by undesirable changes in life. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Mischel: Traits in Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) Adam doesn't know whether he will be thanked or criticized if he helps cook dinner. He is uncertain about
A) self-efficacy expectancies.
B) competencies.
C) encoding strategies.
D) behavior-outcome expectancies.
Q2) According to Mischel, traits __________ behavior.
A) cause
B) describe
C) predict
D) contradict
Q3) "If Jerry is shouting now, he may soon hit." This is an example of a __________.
A) self-efficacy expectancy
B) stimulus-outcome expectancy
C) behavior-outcome expectancy
D) prototype
Q4) Describe Mischel's research on the delay of gratification. List some of his important findings.
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Q5) Explain the term "consistency paradox."
Q6) Summarize the trait controversy and Mischel's role in it.
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Chapter 13: Bandura: Performance in Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) A person high in self-efficacy
A) is high in overall intelligence.
B) believes he or she can act effectively in a situation.
C) is popular.
D) is healthy.
Q2) Research finds that in the real world, as well as in the laboratory, aggression is increased by modeling.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What recommendation does Bandura offer to make people behave more morally?
A) Teach them moral lessons in childhood.
B) Provide models of moral behavior.
C) Increase social control over behavior.
D) Appeal to their religious sentiments.
Q4) In real life, modeling produces only socially desirable behavior.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Describe the contributions of cognitive social learning theory to psychotherapy.
Q6) Define "self-efficacy." Why are self-efficacy expectancies important?
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Chapter 14: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
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Q1) Describe Rogers's advice about relationships and marriage.
Q2) Changes in psychotherapy are measured by Rogers's
A) Picture Test.
B) Insight Inventory.
C) Therapist Rating Scale.
D) Process Scale.
Q3) Within each person, inner experience signals what is growth-producing. Rogers called this experience __________.
A) conscience
B) self-actualization
C) incongruence
D) the organismic valuing process
Q4) Rogers described the ideal therapist as someone whose inner experience
A) is largely transparent to the client.
B) is hidden under a professional demeanor.
C) includes only positive emotions toward the client.
D) is irrelevant to the therapeutic work.
Q5) Describe research on the process of psychotherapy, that is, on therapists' behavior when then they are practicing client-centered therapy.
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Chapter 15: Maslow and His Legacy: Need Hierarchy Theory and Positive Psychology
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Q1) The need to be all that you can be, to fulfill all your potentials, is typical of the __________ level of the need hierarchy.
A) second
B) third
C) fourth
D) fifth
Q2) Which of the following is listed by Maslow as a characteristic of self-actualized people?
A) career success
B) many friends
C) intelligence
D) need for privacy
Q3) According to Maslow, all self-actualized people have peak experiences.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Esteem needs are satisfied when other people think well of us, even if that reputation is based on erroneous information.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Buddhist Psychology: Lessons From Eastern Culture
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Q1) What would a Buddhist say about the connection between thought and behavior?
A) Thought is not important in behavior.
B) Our thoughts are consequences of our behavior.
C) Behavior is produced by thought and intention.
D) The two are unrelated.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
A) suffering
B) attachment
C) detachment
D) retachment
Q3) Buddhism describes _____ moments of perception.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 17
D) 25
Q4) Empirical research in Buddhism relies heavily on self-observation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Conclusion
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Q1) Pluralism is an approach that
A) respects the integrity of various theories, which are allowed to coexist.
B) attempts to unite various theories into a unified whole.
C) combines the best of various theories, without making a systematic whole.
D) selects the one best theory and rejects the rest.
Q2) A dominant paradigm would prevail if theorists agreed A) how to define "personality."
B) what theoretical constructs are useful to explain personality.
C) what statistical tests should be used to study personality.
D) how therapy should be conducted.
Q3) When people tell the stories of their lives, they are expressing the __________ metaphor.
A) information processing
B) emergent self
C) mechanistic
D) narrative
Q4) Telling the story of one's life is an example of the narrative metaphor of personality.
A)True
B)False
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