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it would be incorrect to say that personality is: |
fixed and unchanging |
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untrue statement about personality theories or perspectives |
social-cognitive learning theories focus on unconscious motives |
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Freud’s two battling antagonistic parts of the self, (regions of the mind) |
id and superego; ego |
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humanistic personality theorist who specializes in Roger’s theory will say: |
strive toward self-actualization |
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In Maslow’s theory, ________ is at the top of the hierarchy of needs |
self-actualization |
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"collective unconscious”, “archetypes”, and analytic psychology” is who: “extraversion”, “neuroticism”, and “psychoticism” is who: |
Carl Jung; Hans Eysenk |
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The five-factor model of dimensions of personality does not include: |
hostility |
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This defense mechanism is the most basic of all |
repression |
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to be liked, accepted, & approved of by others is what social influence process? to be correct & understand how to act in a given situation is what social influence processes? |
normative; informational |
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The tendency to attribute your success to dispositional factors and to attribute your failures to situational factors is called |
self-serving bias |
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the most satisfying enduring romantic relationships as adults are between individuals with a what attachment style? |
secure |
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People who join cults are more likely: |
seeking to fulfill their pressing needs |
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The ability to __________ is necessary in order to practice unconditional positive regard. |
separate the person from the behavior |
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A researcher is an attributional theorist. In his research, he is likely to investigate: |
people’s perceptions of the causes of events |
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Modern perspectives on abnormality most often: |
combine aspects of the medical and psychological models |
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etiology; what approach focuses on unconscious conflicts which trigger anxiety and malfunctioning? |
psychodynamic |
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anxious and unable to focus out of fear of failing (test taking) is what kind of approach? |
cognitive |
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worried, irritable, and uneasy but not threatened, fatigue, and problems sleeping is what disorder?
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generalized anxiety |
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terrible fear of flying insects - therapists explanation would be: |
bad experiences he may have had with bees or other flying insect |
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origin depression is anger directed against himself: intense sadness lingering because of attention & sympathy received from others: |
psychodynamic; behavioral |
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bipolar disorder: reduced levels of serotonin w/ increased levels of norepinephrine are ? episodes. reduced levels of both serotonin and norepinephrine are ? episodes |
mania; depression |
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a person has a personality disorder, you can assume that: |
his behavior is inflexible and maladaptive |
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A women has been diagnosed as having a dissociative disorder. She is most likely to: |
have a disturbance in her identity, memory, or consciousness |
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ethiology (cause) of dissociative identity disorder, or "split personality” or “multiple personality disorder, frequently includes: |
physical or sexual abuse during childhood |
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The research information on schizophrenia suggest that: |
family factors play an important role in influencing the functioning of an individual after first symptoms of schizophrenia appear |
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researchers of schizophrenia take an interactionist perspective. This means that they think the disorder is caused by: |
complex relationships between biological and psychological factors |
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The primary tasks or goals of the psychotherapeutic process DOES NOT include |
determining and prescribing the medication to be taken |
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healthy people who want to improve their psychological functioning are most likely to see a therapist who takes what approach? |
humanistic |
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A therapist helping a client to restructure the way she thinks & alter her distorted self-statements sounds like the ? approach: |
cognitive |
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a young girl was taught to control her epileptic seizers using what therapy: |
behavioral |