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20 Cards in this Set
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According to Freud, boys are most likely to experience the Oedipus complex during the ________ stage.
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phallic
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The social-cognitive perspective emphasizes the interactive influences of our traits and our
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situations
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The MMPI is an example of a(n)
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personality inventory
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Overestimating the extent to which others notice and evaluate our appearance and performance is called
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the spotlight effect
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The stability of personality traits is best illustrated by the consistency of
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expressive styles
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Ego is to id as ________ is to ________
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reality principle; pleasure principle
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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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personality traits
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Emma believes that she will succeed in business if she works hard and carefully manages her time. Her belief most clearly illustrates
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an internal locus of control
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Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating. This best illustrates
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self-serving bias
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Carl Rogers suggested that the ________ is a central feature of personality
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self-concept
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Parents who disguise hostility toward their children by becoming overly protective of them are very likely using the defense mechanism of
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reaction formation
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A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as
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free association
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Because Mr. Maloney trusts his employees, he treats them kindly. His kindness leads them to work diligently on his behalf, which in turn increases his trust in them. This pattern of trust, kindness, diligence, and increasing trust illustrates what is meant by
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reciprocal determinism
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Refusing to believe or even to perceive painful realities constitutes the defense mechanism known as
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denial
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Some psychoanalysts in Freud's era believed that girls experienced unconscious sexual desires for their father during the phallic stage. These feelings, they thought, reflected
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an Electra complex
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The person-situation controversy involves a debate regarding the influence of ________ and ________ on behavior.
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environments; traits
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Freud referred to a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage as
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fixation
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The Big Five personality factors are
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emotional stability, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness
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Card players who attribute their wins to their own skill and their losses to bad luck best illustrate
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self-serving bias
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Which perspective on personality emphasizes the interaction be tween the individual and the environment in shaping personality?
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social-cognitive
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