Psych 150 Final Exam - Jeopardy

Front 1

Allport defined this category
of trait as one that describes a
person’s behavior in almost
every situation.

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[CARDINAL TRAIT].

Front 2

According to your textbook,
this broad personality trait
predicts how sexually active
a person will be.

Back 2

[EXTRAVERSION].

Front 3

This broad personality
dimension is defined by how
much warmth and positive
emotion a person has.

Back 3

[EXTRAVERSION].

Front 4

This broad personality
dimension is defined by how
much a person fantasizes and
develops new ideas.

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[OPENNESS].

Front 5

The person-situation debate
was focused on this
fundamental critique of
personality theory.

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[BEHAVIOR VARIES
FROM SITUATION TO
SITUATION].

Front 6

This idea that we are all a
“blank slate” that can be
molded into any outcome

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[TABULA RASA]

Front 7

This fear sssssseems
biologically prepared in
humans.

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Fear of Snakes

Front 8

We know that there is a
strong genetic component to
personality, thanks to this
pair.

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Twins

Front 9

This form of conditioning is
based on the temporal
contiguity of stimulus and
response.

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[CLASSICAL]

Front 10

This describes the slow
unlearning of an association

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[EXTINCTION]

Front 11

George Kelly believed that
people perceive their world
like this professional.

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[SCIENTIST]

Front 12

This principle defines how the
motivation for any action is not
objective, but instead open to
multiple interpretations.

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[CONSTRUCTIVE
ALTERNATIVISM]

Front 13

By refusing to focus on
either the push or the pull,
Kelly's theory is often
characterized as this
approach.

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Jackass Approach

Front 14

This cognitive perspective
describe's human's tendency
to see parts as integrated
whole's.

Back 14

[GESTALT]

Front 15

This cognitive bias is an
example of how people
construe the world as being
focused on them

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THe Spotlight Effect

Front 16

Whereas personality
psychologists emphasize the
role of internal states,
behaviorists focus their
theories on this.

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Social Interactions

Front 17

This interactionist
perspective explains why
male babies are tossed into
the air more than female
babies

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Evocation

Front 18

Prof. Jurk believes Jenny’s
score on her math exam is
due to her inferiority as a
woman, and suggests she
“choose a different major.”
Carol Dweck would say,
Prof. Jurk holds this theory
of intelligence.

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Entity

Front 19

The Little Engine that Could
mantra of “I think I can” is
an example of this adaptive
cognitive strategy, defined by
Albert Bandura

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[SELF=EFFICACY]

Front 20

This goal-focus strategy occurs
when there is a discrepancy
between the ideal self, and the
actual self

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Prevention

Front 21

In the article on personality
change, this trait changed
equally for both genders after
age 30?

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Conscientiousness and Agreeableness

Front 22

Researchers found this
personality variable
negatively correlated with
status attainment in men, but
not women.

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Neuroticism

Front 23

This undergraduate sample
was recruited to study social
status in real groups.

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Frats and Sororities

Front 24

This variable was found by
English & John (2009) to
explain why suppression had
negative social
consequences.

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Authenticity

Front 25

English & John found that
this emotion regulation
strategy was unrelated to
social functioning

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Reappraisal