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PSY-255 Quiz 4 Chapters 15-16 Questions and Answers
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Class: PSY-255Quiz 4 Chapters 15-16All Questions 2.5 Points Each (Max 50)
1.The cognitive approach to personality explains differences in personality as differences in the way people
a.respond to reinforcement.
b.process information.
c.think about their past.
d.dream.
2.Kelly presented a “man-as-scientist” conception of human personality, meaning that
a.no scientist can understand a person better than that person understands himself or herself.
b.the human personality can be examined through scientific methods.
c.people constantly try to predict and control the events in their lives.
d.the best way to obtain answers to our questions about human personality is to examine a single individual in depth.
3.According to Kelly, differences in personality are largely a result of
a.a. variations in our possible selves.
b.differences in the way people construe the world.
c.incomplete personal constructs.
d.a lack of others’ acceptance of our self-schema.
4.Kelly suggested that the better we understand another person’s construct system, the better
a.chance we will have of forming a romantic relationship.
b.we will enjoy one another.
c.chance we will have for psychological health.
d.we will get along.
5.According to Kelly, anxiety results when
a.people become aware of inconsistencies between the actual self and the ideal self.
P a g e 1 | 5 b.people can’t predict future events.
c.defense mechanisms fail.
d.people use faulty logic in arriving at self-defeating conclusions about themselves.
6.Self-schemas help us to do all of the following except one. Which one?
a.Process self-relevant information
b.Organize information
c.Describe oneself
d.Avoid stereotyping
7.Participants in one study were divided into those with and without a well-developed “independence” schema. Later, participants were asked about their own level of independence. Compared to aschematics, participants with a strong independence schema
a.took longer to answer because they had more information to process.
b.took longer to answer because it was more important to them to give a correct answer.
c.took less time to answer.
d.took the same amount of time to answer, but were more confident of their answers.
8.Your self-schema consists of those aspects of your behavior that are
a.innate.
b.most important to you.
c.similar to your parents.
d.unique to you alone.
9.Participants in one study were asked to respond with a yes or no to questions on a series of words. When later asked to recall as many of the words as possible, participants recalled words best when they had been asked
a.“Is the word printed in big letters?”
b.“Does it rhyme with another word?”
c.“Does it mean the same as another word?”
d.“Does it describe you?”
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