PSY111 Exam 3 Review

Jessica believes that she succeeds in high school because she works hard. She also believes she earned a place on the basketball team because she practices constantly,  Jessica has ________.

• an external locus of control

• an internal locus of control

• poor self-concept

• good self-concept

What is the main idea of the behavioral perspective on personality?

• Personality is formed solely in childhood and does not change after we hit puberty.

• Personality is significantly shaped by the biology and genetic lineage of the person.

• Personality is significantly shaped by the reinforcements and consequences that the person receives.

• Personality theory should be based on social health and public interests.

________ theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving.

• Biological

• Neo-Freudian

• Humanistic

• Trait

Lupe likes to try something new to do. She is always curious about a variety of things. According to Big 5 Personality traits, she's like to have high scores in ________.

• Openess

• Extroversion

• Agreeableness

• Neuroticism

Kara gets an F on her social psychology exam. Then she goes home and gets into an argument with her roommate, Lee. Lee assumes Kara is yelling at him because she is just a nasty person, and does not consider that she may just have had a bad day and is venting. Lee is demonstrating ________.

• groupthink

• the self-serving bias

• confirmation bias

• the fundamental attribution error

When a person is making a persuasive argument that utilizes the ________ route, they rely on factors unrelated to their actual message to persuade their listener. The hope is that these factors will encourage positivity with the message itself.

• central

• behavioral

• compliance

• peripheral

Heather and Mike share the household chores as equally as possible. They take turns with the cooking and driving their son to daycare. Both of them work outside the home, and each of them takes responsibility for child care one night a week to give the other one a break. We can say that their relationship has a high level of ________.

• altrurism

• groupthink

• reciprocity

• infatuation

Suppose you hate reality shows, but you pretend to like them in order to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by your friends, who all love reality television. This is an example of ________ social influence.

• normative

• groupthink

• peripheral

• informational

Which of the following is an example of a primary appraisal of a stressor?

• Ava decides to quit her job because her employer is so unpleasant.

• Humphrey judges the man with the gun to be a moderate threat.

• Mekhi weighs his options on dealing with the bully who is harassing him.

• Sophia decides to get a divorce because her husband is cheating on her.

Lamont cares for his aging father, who suffers from dementia. This is an example of a(n) ________ stressor.

• acute

• chronic

• chronological

• threatening