Psychology of Personality (PSYC 2054) - Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers
psychological triad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the three essential topics of
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psychology: how people think, how they feel, and how they behave
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personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an individual's characteristic patterns of
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thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms
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behind those patterns
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basic approach to personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a theoretical view of
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personality that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others
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trait approach to personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical view of
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personality that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and
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the psychological processes behind them
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biological approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view of
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personality that focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by
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neuroanatomy, biochemistry, genetics, and evolution | | | |
psychoanalytic approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical
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view of personality, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the
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unconscious processes of the mind | | | |
, phenomenological approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the | | | | | | |
theoretical view of personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the
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meaning of life. Closely related to humanistic psychology and existentialism
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learning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in behaviorism, a change in behavior as a result
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of experience
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funder's first law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-great strengths are usually great
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weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well | | | | | | | | |
research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exploration of the unknown; finding out
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something that nobody knew before one discovered it | | | | | | |
funder's second law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-there are no perfect indicators of
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personality; there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous
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funder's third law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-something beats nothing, two times
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out of three | |
s data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of
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their own personality attributes or behavior
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face validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the degree to which assessment instrument
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on its face appears to measure what it is intended to measure
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Questions With Correct Answers
psychological triad - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the three essential topics of
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psychology: how people think, how they feel, and how they behave
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personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an individual's characteristic patterns of
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thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms
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behind those patterns
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basic approach to personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a theoretical view of
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personality that focuses on some phenomena and ignores others
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trait approach to personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical view of
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personality that focuses on individual differences in personality and behavior, and
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the psychological processes behind them
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biological approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the view of
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personality that focuses on the way behavior and personality are influenced by
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neuroanatomy, biochemistry, genetics, and evolution | | | |
psychoanalytic approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theoretical
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view of personality, based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, that emphasizes the
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unconscious processes of the mind | | | |
, phenomenological approach to psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the | | | | | | |
theoretical view of personality that emphasizes experience, free will, and the
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meaning of life. Closely related to humanistic psychology and existentialism
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learning - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in behaviorism, a change in behavior as a result
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of experience
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funder's first law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-great strengths are usually great
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weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well | | | | | | | | |
research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-exploration of the unknown; finding out
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something that nobody knew before one discovered it | | | | | | |
funder's second law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-there are no perfect indicators of
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personality; there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous
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funder's third law - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-something beats nothing, two times
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out of three | |
s data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-self-judgments, or ratings that people provide of
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their own personality attributes or behavior
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face validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the degree to which assessment instrument
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on its face appears to measure what it is intended to measure
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