PSYCHOLOGY 1101 LATEST 2026 CORE EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔linked to differences in cortical arousal - ✔✔extraversion-introversion
✔✔also called neuroticism, and is linked to differences in limbic system reactivity -
✔✔emotional stability-instability
✔✔linked to a vulnerability to develop psychotic disorders under significant
developmental stress. also called?? - ✔✔polygenetic dimension
✔✔What are the big five personality factors? - ✔✔conscientiousness, agreeableness,
neuroticism, openness, extraversion
✔✔what is the best way to assess personality? - ✔✔place ppl in particular situations
and observe their response
✔✔personality traits have been shown to be quite stable in adulthood but do they
predict our specific behavior form one situation to the next? - ✔✔person-situation
controversy
✔✔different people choose different environments and then are further shaped by those
environments - ✔✔reciprocal determinism
✔✔views behavior as influenced by interactions between traits (including thinking
patterns) and social context - ✔✔social-cognitive personality theories
✔✔the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions -
✔✔self
✔✔a person's feelings of high or low self-worth - ✔✔self-esteem
✔✔related to less conformity, more persistence at difficult tasks, less shyness, anxiety
and loneliness - ✔✔high self-esteem
✔✔associated with oversensitivity and judgementalism, excessive criticism of others -
✔✔low self-esteem
✔✔a person's sense of competence and effectieness - ✔✔self-efficacy
✔✔people accept more responsibility for good deeds than for bad, and for successes
than for failures; most ppl see themselves as better than average - ✔✔self-serving bias
, ✔✔the self-serving bias is lower in _________ cultures than ________________
cultures - ✔✔collectivist cultures; individualistic cultures
✔✔Social psychologists focus their research
interests on the: - ✔✔influence of the social situation on behavior and mental processes
✔✔to attribute
the behavior to personal dispositions and
ignore situational influences - ✔✔fundamental attribution error
✔✔what factors influence attributions? - ✔✔culture
✔✔what are the consequences of attributions? - ✔✔personal relationships affected and
our social and political decisions are affected
✔✔Our attitudes affect our ________, but our actions also
affect our ________ - ✔✔actions, attitudes
✔✔use of means to manipulate
emotional responses to produce rapid change in attitudes
- e.g. advertisers and politicians - ✔✔peripheral route persuasion
✔✔using evidence and logical
arguments to trigger change in attitudes - e.g. scientists
presenting data on climate change - ✔✔central route persuasion
✔✔If we are induced
by circumstances to act in ways that are contrary
to our beliefs we will often adjust our attitudes to
conform to our actions. People who agree to a
small request will often later comply with a larger
request. - ✔✔foot-in-the-door phenomenon
✔✔when we take on
new roles we often find ourselves adjusting our
attitudes to be more consistent with social
expectations for those who perform that role. - ✔✔role playing affects attitudes
✔✔College students
assigned to perform the role of either prisoners
or guards in a prison simulation study soon
adopted characteristics associated with their role.
The situation soon got out of hand and the study
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔linked to differences in cortical arousal - ✔✔extraversion-introversion
✔✔also called neuroticism, and is linked to differences in limbic system reactivity -
✔✔emotional stability-instability
✔✔linked to a vulnerability to develop psychotic disorders under significant
developmental stress. also called?? - ✔✔polygenetic dimension
✔✔What are the big five personality factors? - ✔✔conscientiousness, agreeableness,
neuroticism, openness, extraversion
✔✔what is the best way to assess personality? - ✔✔place ppl in particular situations
and observe their response
✔✔personality traits have been shown to be quite stable in adulthood but do they
predict our specific behavior form one situation to the next? - ✔✔person-situation
controversy
✔✔different people choose different environments and then are further shaped by those
environments - ✔✔reciprocal determinism
✔✔views behavior as influenced by interactions between traits (including thinking
patterns) and social context - ✔✔social-cognitive personality theories
✔✔the center of personality, the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions -
✔✔self
✔✔a person's feelings of high or low self-worth - ✔✔self-esteem
✔✔related to less conformity, more persistence at difficult tasks, less shyness, anxiety
and loneliness - ✔✔high self-esteem
✔✔associated with oversensitivity and judgementalism, excessive criticism of others -
✔✔low self-esteem
✔✔a person's sense of competence and effectieness - ✔✔self-efficacy
✔✔people accept more responsibility for good deeds than for bad, and for successes
than for failures; most ppl see themselves as better than average - ✔✔self-serving bias
, ✔✔the self-serving bias is lower in _________ cultures than ________________
cultures - ✔✔collectivist cultures; individualistic cultures
✔✔Social psychologists focus their research
interests on the: - ✔✔influence of the social situation on behavior and mental processes
✔✔to attribute
the behavior to personal dispositions and
ignore situational influences - ✔✔fundamental attribution error
✔✔what factors influence attributions? - ✔✔culture
✔✔what are the consequences of attributions? - ✔✔personal relationships affected and
our social and political decisions are affected
✔✔Our attitudes affect our ________, but our actions also
affect our ________ - ✔✔actions, attitudes
✔✔use of means to manipulate
emotional responses to produce rapid change in attitudes
- e.g. advertisers and politicians - ✔✔peripheral route persuasion
✔✔using evidence and logical
arguments to trigger change in attitudes - e.g. scientists
presenting data on climate change - ✔✔central route persuasion
✔✔If we are induced
by circumstances to act in ways that are contrary
to our beliefs we will often adjust our attitudes to
conform to our actions. People who agree to a
small request will often later comply with a larger
request. - ✔✔foot-in-the-door phenomenon
✔✔when we take on
new roles we often find ourselves adjusting our
attitudes to be more consistent with social
expectations for those who perform that role. - ✔✔role playing affects attitudes
✔✔College students
assigned to perform the role of either prisoners
or guards in a prison simulation study soon
adopted characteristics associated with their role.
The situation soon got out of hand and the study
