General Psychology Test 3

Define Mental set

• A set of personality traits

• Exists when people try new strategies every time they face a new problem

• Exists when people persist in using strategies that have worked in the past but are no longer optimal

• The way a person feels about the people around them

A personality trait refers to:

• A Myers-Briggs type

• The way a person's frontal lobe is organized

•  A durable disposition to behave in a particular way across a variety of situations

• A behavioral disposition within any given person that changes frequently according to variables

A review of twin studies of intellectual similarity found that fraternal twins tend to be (similar, substantially, negatively?) correlated.

• More similarly correlated than identical twins and more similarly correlated than non twins

• More similarly correlated than identical twins but less similarly correlated than non twins

• Less similarly correlated than identical twins but more similarly correlated than non twins

• Less similarly correlated than identical twins and less similarly correlated than non twins

A strong need to belong also produces a strong aversion to:

• Pride

• Independence

• Jealousy

• Rejection

Abraham Maslow called the need to fulfill one's potential the need for

• Self-improvement

• Self-actualization

• True Potential

• Self-efficacy

• What is overcompensation, according to Adler?

• The attempt to flaunt something in order to conceal insecurities

• The attempt to flaunt something because one feels that they are better than others

• The attempt to disappear into the background to conceal insecurities

• The attempt to disappear into the background because one feels that they are better than others

According to Albert Bandura, a person’s belief about her or his skills and ability to perform certain behaviors is known as:

• Self-Efficacy

• Self-Actualization

• Selfishness

• Mental Set

According to Howard Gardner, IQ tests have generally emphasized which kind of skills?

• Academic and Nature

• Mathematical and Verbal

• English and Science

• Intelligence Quotient

According to psychoanalytic theory, what do both the id and the ego ultimately want?

• The Id wants pleasure according to its immediate urges while the ego wants control and order

• The Id wants control and order while the ego wants pleasure according to its immediate urges

• The Id wants moral superiority while the ego wants physical superiority

• The Id wants physical superiority while the ego wants moral superiority

According to Rogers, for a child to develop a healthy personality, the parents must do what?

• Be genuine, accepting and empathetic

• Be genuine, disciplinary and truthful

• Be loving, kind and caring

• Be loving, disciplinary and truthful