Little Evelyn was caught stealing by her mother. As she tried to defend herself, she said, I didn't mean to do it My evil twin' took over. Evelyn is invoking the __________ archetype.
A) shadow
B) anima
C) mother
D) hero
E) persona
Question 2Which of the following best describes how Cattell contributed to the trait approach?
A) Cattell took previously collected adjectives that describe personality and had participants rated on each trait. Factor analysis was used to cluster and make connections between the traits.
B) Cattell created a list of all adjectives in English that can be used to describe personality, and created an alphabetical listing of them.
C) Cattell launched the trait approach by putting all people into opposite categories of the same trait. That is a person is either extroverted or introverted and also either optimistic or pessimistic.
D) Cattell created a set of personality types based on prior research done by others, creating the types by clustering sets of trait adjectives that had similar underlying ideas.
E) Cattell analyzed the motivations that were important to each individual, and characterized each person in terms of the motivation that was most important for him or her.
Question 3The psychosocial approach places very little emphasis on people's views of their relationships.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4The feedback loop idea has the implication that
a. self-regulation is a discontinuous process.
b. self-regulation does not rely on inputs to the system.
c. behavior is purposeful.
d. All of these answers are correct.
Question 5Studies on testosterone focus more often on
a. antisocial behavior.
b. adult sexual behavior.
c. sexual development.
d. prison inmates.
Question 6Compared to lower-level traits, superordinate traits seem to provide
a. more predictive power.
b. less predictive power.
c. about the same amount of predictive power.
d. a more confusing depiction of the structure of personality.
Question 7The salutogenesis theory of Aaron Antonovsky claims that
A) a sense of childlike security is key to good health.
B) life changes are more important to health than is personality.
C) the key to good health is really laid out in the Good Book.
D) a sense of coherence is a key to good health.
E) hassles are good for keeping you on your toes.
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