PSYC 382 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
Adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of people are called? - Answers trait-
descriptive
this is the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized
and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptation to, the
intrapsychic, physical, and social environments. - Answers personality
________ traits are characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each
other. - Answers psychological
traits describe the _______ of a person - Answers average tendencies
traits are useful because they help us do what with behavior? - Answers describe, explain,
predict
psychological __________ are like traits, except that the term refers more to the processes of
personality. - Answers mechanisms
the three essential ingredients of a psychological mechanism are? - Answers inputs, decision
rules, outputs
a psychological mechanism that may make people more sensitive to certain kinds of
information from the envi. is referred to as? - Answers input
things that may make you more likely to think about specific option are called? - Answers
decision rules
something that may guide your behavior toward a certain action is? - Answers output
__________ means that personality is something a person carries with him from one situation to
the next. - Answers within the individual
_________ means that the psychological traits and mechanisms for a given person are not simply
a random collection of elements. - Answers organized
Psychological traits are also relatively _______ over time, particularly in adulthood. Saying
someone is anger prone, for example. If he's angry today he's probably gonna be angry again at
some other point. - Answers enduring
In the definition of personality, an emphasis on the _______ of personality means that personality
traits and mechanisms can have an effect on how people shape their lives. - Answers influential
forces
Person-environment interaction is? - Answers complex
, this refers to how we see or interpret the environment - Answers perceptions
this describes the manner in which we choose which situations to enter--how we go about
making friends, romantic partners, hobbies. - Answers selections
these are the ways in which we intentionally attempt to influence others. Someone who is
anxious or frightened easily may try to influence their group to avoid scary movies or risky
activities. - Answers manipulations
An emphasis on _______ conveys the notion that a central feature of personality concerns
adaptive functioning--accomplishing goals, copping, adjusting, and dealing with the challenges
and problems we face as we go through life. - Answers adaptation
the physical ______ often poses challenges for people - Answers environment
_______ means within the mind - Answers intrapsychic
The traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical of our species and are possess by
everyone or nearly everyone is what level of analysis by Kluckhohn and Murray. For example,
nearly every human has human language skills. Need to belong, capacity for love - Answers like
all others
which level of analysis by Kluckhohn and Murray refers to things you may do that not everyone
does? - Answers like some others
Some people love partiesl others prefer quiet evenings reading. These are dimensions of_______ ,
ways in which each person is like some other people. - Answers individual differences
________ research typically involves statistical comparisons of individuals or groups, requiring
samples of participants on which to conduct research. - Answers nomothetic
_________ research typically focuses on a single person, trying to observe general principles that
are manifest in a single life over time. Ie: case studies - Answers idiographic
a _________ is a specialty area of science and scholarship in which psychologists have focused
on learning about some specific and limited aspects of human nature. - Answers domain of
knowledge
the _______ domain deals centrally with the ways in which individuals differ from one another. -
Answers dispositional
the _____ domain is that humans are, first and foremost, collections of biological systems, and
these systems provide the building blocks for behavior, thought, and emotion. - Answers
biological
the _______ domain deals with mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate
outside of conscious awareness. (freud's theory) - Answers intrapsychic
Adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of people are called? - Answers trait-
descriptive
this is the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized
and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptation to, the
intrapsychic, physical, and social environments. - Answers personality
________ traits are characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each
other. - Answers psychological
traits describe the _______ of a person - Answers average tendencies
traits are useful because they help us do what with behavior? - Answers describe, explain,
predict
psychological __________ are like traits, except that the term refers more to the processes of
personality. - Answers mechanisms
the three essential ingredients of a psychological mechanism are? - Answers inputs, decision
rules, outputs
a psychological mechanism that may make people more sensitive to certain kinds of
information from the envi. is referred to as? - Answers input
things that may make you more likely to think about specific option are called? - Answers
decision rules
something that may guide your behavior toward a certain action is? - Answers output
__________ means that personality is something a person carries with him from one situation to
the next. - Answers within the individual
_________ means that the psychological traits and mechanisms for a given person are not simply
a random collection of elements. - Answers organized
Psychological traits are also relatively _______ over time, particularly in adulthood. Saying
someone is anger prone, for example. If he's angry today he's probably gonna be angry again at
some other point. - Answers enduring
In the definition of personality, an emphasis on the _______ of personality means that personality
traits and mechanisms can have an effect on how people shape their lives. - Answers influential
forces
Person-environment interaction is? - Answers complex
, this refers to how we see or interpret the environment - Answers perceptions
this describes the manner in which we choose which situations to enter--how we go about
making friends, romantic partners, hobbies. - Answers selections
these are the ways in which we intentionally attempt to influence others. Someone who is
anxious or frightened easily may try to influence their group to avoid scary movies or risky
activities. - Answers manipulations
An emphasis on _______ conveys the notion that a central feature of personality concerns
adaptive functioning--accomplishing goals, copping, adjusting, and dealing with the challenges
and problems we face as we go through life. - Answers adaptation
the physical ______ often poses challenges for people - Answers environment
_______ means within the mind - Answers intrapsychic
The traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical of our species and are possess by
everyone or nearly everyone is what level of analysis by Kluckhohn and Murray. For example,
nearly every human has human language skills. Need to belong, capacity for love - Answers like
all others
which level of analysis by Kluckhohn and Murray refers to things you may do that not everyone
does? - Answers like some others
Some people love partiesl others prefer quiet evenings reading. These are dimensions of_______ ,
ways in which each person is like some other people. - Answers individual differences
________ research typically involves statistical comparisons of individuals or groups, requiring
samples of participants on which to conduct research. - Answers nomothetic
_________ research typically focuses on a single person, trying to observe general principles that
are manifest in a single life over time. Ie: case studies - Answers idiographic
a _________ is a specialty area of science and scholarship in which psychologists have focused
on learning about some specific and limited aspects of human nature. - Answers domain of
knowledge
the _______ domain deals centrally with the ways in which individuals differ from one another. -
Answers dispositional
the _____ domain is that humans are, first and foremost, collections of biological systems, and
these systems provide the building blocks for behavior, thought, and emotion. - Answers
biological
the _______ domain deals with mental mechanisms of personality, many of which operate
outside of conscious awareness. (freud's theory) - Answers intrapsychic
