Chapter 11 Kahoot

What is personality?

• A person's typical style of behaving, thinking, and feeling

• Choices people make in response to cultural norms 

• Past events that have shaped a person’s current behavior 

• Physiological predispositions that manifest themselves psychologically 

Humanists see personality as directed toward the goal of  

• Existentialism

• Self-actualization

• Ego control

• Sublimation

A relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way is a  

• Motive

• Goal

• Trait

• Reflex

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality factors? 

• Conscientiousness

• Agreeableness

• Neuroticism

• Orderliness

What is the goal of personality tests? 

• To help people understand themselves and be able to make better decisions

• To be able to win arguments

• To get a better grade in school

• No goal, they are just for fun

According to social-cognitive theorists, what are the dimensions people use in making sense of their experiences? 

• Personal Constructs

• Outcome Expectancies

• Loci of Control

• Personal Goals

On what do the key theories on the benefits of self-esteem focus? 

• Status

• Belonging

• Security

• All of the above

Which of Freud’s systems of the mind would lead you to, if hungry, start grabbing food off people’s plate upon entering a restaurant? 

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Repression

Compelling evidence for the importance of biological factors in personality is best seen in studies of :

• Parenting Styles

• Identical twins reared apart

• Brain damage

• Factor analysis

Projective techniques to assess personality involve:

• Personal inventories

• Self-reporting

• Responses to ambiguous stimuli

• Actuarial methodology