Unit 7 AP Psychology Test Review

A person with type A personality is most at risk for developing:

• heart disease

• multiple personality disorder

• schizophrenia

• Alzheimer's Disease

According to the five-factor model of personality, which of the following is true?

• there are major differences between the unconscious and the conscious mind

• most personality traits can be derived from 5 major traits

• Freud's theory can explain all factors of personality

• behavioral factors affect the 5 major personality traits

William is mad at his teacher for creating such a difficult exam. When he gets home, he takes his anger out on his parents. His behavior illustrates:

• projection

• displacement

• repression

• rationalization

The defense mechanism of projection is best illustrated by which of the following examples?

• a young man who is shy becomes the center of attention at a party

• after a fight with her boyfriend, a woman yells at her dog for making a mess eating his bone

• after exams, a student looks at his bad grade and decides that the test was unfair

• a soccer player who does not have much athletic skill criticizes all of the other players

Amelia is good-hearted and trusting, helpful and forgiving. Which of the Big Five trait measures would she score high on?

• agreeableness

• neuroticism

• extraversion

• openness to new experience

When the body is maintained in a steady state, we say that the body is in _________ mode.

• mechanistic

• genetic

• homeostasis

• instinctual

Jung believed that one's latent memory is inherited from a person's ancestral past. Which of the following terms refers to that storehouse?

• personal unconscious

• superego

• collective conscious

• collective unconscious

Jack tutors students for the money, while Jill likes to tutor because she can help other students. Their behaviors demonstrate the difference between:

• appetitive and aversive motivation

• intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

• positive and negative reinforcement

• primary and secondary drives

Allison believed that she did well on the SAT because she was lucky. Which concept applies to her explanation?

• internal locus of control

• humanistic psychology

• external locus of control

• positive psychology

What are the correct stages of General Adaptation?

• alarm, resistance, exhaustion

• alarm, exhaustion, resistance

• alarm, reaction, resistance

• alarm, reaction, rationalization