Unit 8- Psychology

 Which of the following can impact the development of personality in the Birth Order theory?

• Spacing between siblings

• Parenting style and parents’ personality

• Blended families

• all of the above

Which of the following would you NOT do if you wanted to create a standardized test?

• grade each completed test in the same way

• allow individuals as much time as necessary to complete the test

• when handing out the test, repeat the same directions each time

• be sure that tests and test questions are kept secure

When Sally scores about the same each time she takes an IQ test, this demonstrates

• standardization

• norm patterns

• reliability

• validity

Which of the following is NOT one of the “Big Five” traits?

• extraversion

• conscientiousness

• optimism

• agreeableness

• openness

What does Jung mean by the “collective unconsciousness”?

• thoughts and memories not in our current awareness, but easily retrieved

• ways that people can freely express their feelings

• shared memories or thoughts that we inherit from our ancestors

• what allows us to live productive and meaningful lives

  The personality assessment that asks people to explain what they see in ambiguous inkblots is known as the 

• Rorschach Test

• Thematic Apperception Test

• Myers Briggs assessment

• Cattel Culture Free Assessment

Projective personality tests are often used by those who support this theory of Psychology.

• Trait

• Psychoanalytic

• Humanistic

• Social-Cognitive

 Personality is best defined as an individual's

• characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

• most noticeable characteristics.

• biologically inherited temperament.

• unconscious thoughts and feeling 

The psychological perspective that believes understanding personality involves considering situations and thoughts before, during, and after an event is called the _____ perspective.

• trait

• humanistic

• psychoanalytical

• social cognitive

When people repeatedly suffer from negative events that they feel they have no control over, they may develop

• learned helplessness

• subconscious archetypes

• intrinsic motivation

• psychological fixation