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Number 1)Psychology of PersonaltyS08VNewer theories in personalty psychology tend to _________ than older theories   A

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Number 1)Psychology of PersonaltyS08VNewer theories in personalty psychology tend to _________ than older theories

 

A. Explain more aspects of personalty

B. Explain fewer aspects of personalty

C. Rely more on case studies.

D. Be less parsimonious

Number 2)Henry Murray used the term_________ to describe efforts to understand the whole person.

A. Biographical research

B. Personology

C. Introspection

D. Macro-assessment

Number 3)______ validity is generally seen as the most important means of establishing construct validity.

A. Criterion

B. Discriminant

C. Face

D. Convergent

Number 4)Observer ratings can be based on

A. Interviews in which people talk about themselves

B. Direct observations of overt action

C, Interviews in which people talk about something other than themselves

D. All of the above.

Number 5)Cattell's approach to understanding personalty can be best described as?

A. Theoretical

B. Rational

C. Empirical

D. Psychoanalytic

Number 6)According to Sheldon, each body characteristic reflects:

A. An overemphasis on one of the layers of the embryo

B. The interaction between genetically determined physiology and environmental pressure.

C. Brainwave activity

D. Hormone level fluctuations

Number 7)The psychological conflict that occurs during the preschool years )about ages 3-5) is called:

A. Trust Versus Mistrust

B. Industry versus inferiority

C. Autonomy versus shame

D. Initiative versus trust

Number 8)When exposure to violent stimuli no longer triggers feelings of shock and upset in individuals, they are considered ______ to violence.

A. Susceptible

B. Desensitized

C. Immune

D. All of the above

Number 9)Schema-based biases

A. Are no longer thought to exist.

B. Refer to the idea that it's easier to remember shocking information that clashes with our schemes.

C. Can perpetuate themselves.

D. None of the above

Number 10)The psychoanalytical view assumes that people derive stable personality qualities from.

A. Childhood psychosexual crisis

B.. Parental emotional crises.

C. The Oedipal complex

D. Poor attachment