What are the three kinds of traits according to Gordon Allport? correct answers Cardinal, Central, Secondary
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...
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What are the three kinds of traits according to Gordon Allport? correct answers Cardinal,
Central, Secondary
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, what have you described? correct answers Central trait
Morris doesn't like movies that make him cry. According to Gordon Allport's approach, what
kind of trait is this an example of? correct answers Secondary trait
Two children have different biological parents, but both were adopted in infancy by the same
family. The idea that heredity determines personality would be supported if the personalities of
the children are what? correct answers Their personalities are more similar to their biological
siblings than their adopted siblings
According to Freud, at ages 4 to 5 children are in the _____ stage of development. correct
answers Phallic
A little boy has started to identify with and imitate everything that his father does and to act like
him as much as he can. Within the context of Freud's theory, what can we infer about the boy?
correct answers Resolved the oedipus complex
A boy thinks about stealing a candy bar from a 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. correct answers Ego, reality principle
Alfred Adler's theory of personality revolved around what? correct answers - People strive to
overcome our feelings of inferiority
- People strive to feel superior
Why are humanistic theories phenomenological? correct answers They emphasize individuals'
subjective view of reality
"Personality is the sum of the overt and covert responses that can be reliably elicited by an
individual's reinforcement history." This comment would most likely be uttered by a proponent
of which approach to personality? correct answers A learning theory approach to personality
Beyond actual accomplishments, what are the three other sources of information for self-efficacy
judgments? correct answers Vicarious experience, persuasion, and monitoring of emotional
arousal
Shirley spends the whole night before she is going to compete in a triathlon reviewing the notes
for her physics class. What might this be an example of? correct answers Self-handicapping
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