Assignment: Cognitive and social-learning theories Quiz

Assignment: Cognitive and social-learning theories Quiz

Assignment: Cognitive and social-learning theories Quiz

Question 1. A friend meets your cousin and thinks that he is cute. Later, she asks you what he is like. You tell her that he is warm, happy, optimistic, funny, and high achieving. According to Gordon Allport’s approach, you have described his ________ traits. (Points : 1)
[removed]primary
[removed]central
[removed]secondary
[removed]cardinal

Question 2. If you believe that you can perform adequately in a particular situation, Albert Bandura would say that you have a sense of self-efficacy. (Points : 1)
[removed]True
[removed]False

Question 3. A boy thinks about stealing a candy bar from the store because he is hungry. He is prevented from doing so because of the possible consequences of getting caught, so he decides to go home and eat instead. In Freud’s view, the boy’s ________, operating under the ________, led to his decision to postpone eating until he got home. (Points : 1)
[removed]id; pleasure principle
[removed]ego; reality principle
[removed]id; conscience
[removed]reality principle; pleasure principle

Question 4. Cognitive and social-learning theories of personality have been criticized because they (Points : 1)
[removed]overlook the importance of rationality.
[removed]overlook the importance of emotion.
[removed]place too much emphasis on the developmental origins of personality.
[removed]place too much emphasis on the impact of unconscious motivation.

Question 5. One of your neighbors can best be described as a slob. He smells because he doesn’t bathe, he leaves every dish he owns sitting in his kitchen sink, and he just throws his garbage into the yard. The Board of Health is contemplating condemning his house. Freud would trace your neighbor’s behavior to (Points : 1)
[removed]an unresolved Oedipal complex.
[removed]fixation in the anal stage of development.
[removed]a strong libido.
[removed]his dreams

Question 6. The Thematic Apperception Test was developed by ________, and over the years it has proven to be a valid measure of ________. (Points : 1)
[removed]Harrison Gough; normal personality
[removed]Starke Hathaway; clinic psychopathology
[removed]J.R. McKinley; achievement motivation
[removed]Henry Murray; needs for achievement

Question 7. In Freud’s view, there was a continuing battle between two antagonistic parts of the personality: – the ________ – moderated by a third aspect of the self, the ________. (Points : 1)
[removed]id and ego; superego
[removed]superego and ego; id
[removed]ego and superego; ego
[removed]id and superego; ego

Question 8. Which of the following lists of traits could create a description of a person generated by the five-factor model of personality? (Points : 1)
[removed]reserved, energetic, assertive, quiet, shy
[removed]talkative, sympathetic, organized, stable, creative
[removed]anxious, unstable, temperamental, contented, calm
[removed]cold, quarrelsome, cruel, sympathetic, affectionate

Question 9. One criticism of Freud’s theory is that it uses a male model as the norm without trying to determine how females might be different. (Points : 1)
[removed]True
[removed]False

Question 10. In Freud’s theory of personality, which is the correct matching of part and principle? (Points : 1)
[removed]id; reality
[removed]superego; reality
[removed]superego; pleasure
[removed]id; pleasure

Question 11. A defendant on trial in the United States says that although he knows he pulled the trigger that killed the victim, he did not know that what he was doing was wrong. Under the guidelines of the McNaughton rule, could the man claim insanity? (Points : 1)
[removed]Yes, because he did not know he was doing something wrong.
[removed]No, because he knows that he pulled the trigger.
[removed]No, because the McNaughton rule does not apply in the United States.
[removed]No, because he should have been able to suppress his actions.