Psych Unit 3 Mid-Unit Review

The Big Five personality factors are based in which psychological perspective?

• Humanistic psychology

• Cognitive psychology

• Psychodynamic

• Trait psychology

Every day Haiying tells her parents something new she would like to be when she grows up. Haiying’s parents listen carefully and provide encouraging words. Even if Haiying’s ideas are fanciful and impractical, her parents never pass judgment or suggest that she is being irrational. Haiying’s parents’ responses to their daughter demonstrate which concept?

• Defense Mechanism

• Unconditional positive regard

• James-Lange Theory

• Reciprocal determinism

Cindy feels guilty after eating three slices of meat lovers pizza. However, she tells herself not to worry because she ate a very light lunch earlier in the day. What defense mechanism is Cindy relying on?

• Displacement

• Projection

• Regression

• Rationalization

An important difference between humanistic and psychoanalytic approaches is that humanistic psychologists believe in the importance of

• the unconscious.

• growth.

• one's childhood.

• enduring traits.

Dr. Emerson is seeing a patient named Nandini who is currently going through a divorce. She has moved out of her house and is staying on a friend’s couch. While she is going through this, Nandini is struggling to find meaning in her life. Which of the following would be an explanation for Nandini’s dissatisfaction with life from a humanistic psychologist?

• Nandini has unresolved issues with her parents, which are preventing her from feeling fulfilled

• Nandini has not fulfilled basic needs (shelter, relationships, love), and thus cannot fulfill higher levels of needs

• Nandini has a personality disorder, which is harming both her satisfaction with life and her marriage

• Nandini must overcome the feelings of isolation and anxiety she has held since childhood

Zeeshan read online that many adults have trouble with adult friendships because of unconscious feelings about childhood traumas they experienced. The belief that human behavior is the result of unconscious drives and conflicts represents which of the following theoretical perspectives?

• Evolutionary

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

• Psychoanalytic

Which of the following theories of personality would best support the idea that our personality is primarily formed because of unconscious conflicts?

• Trait Theory

• Cognitive

• Humanist

• Psychodynamic

The mutual influence of external stimuli and cognitive processes in regulating behavior is known as

• Maslow's hierarchy of Needs

• Repression

• Reciprocal determinism

• Locus of control

The notion of self-actualization is most closely associated with which of the following approaches to explaining personality?

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Humanistic

• Psychodynamic

Self-Transcendence is most associated with which of the following personality perspectives?

• Psychoanalytic

• Social cognitive

• Trait

• Humanistic