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Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Saved
a tendency to search for information that supports our perceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

Question 1 options:

Confirmation Bias
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Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Saved
a correlation when two sets of scores go in the opposite directions

Question 2 options:

Negative Correlation
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Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Saved
Which of the following Big Five trait dimensions is most descriptive of an individual who is organized and disciplined in managing his or her work?

Question 3 options:

extraversion


conscientiousness


openness


neuroticism


agreeableness

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Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Saved
studied monkeys to develop the idea of contact comfort and attachment in infants

Question 4 options:

Baumrind
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Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Saved
Which of the following techniques was Freud most likely to use in an attempt to discover the hidden conflicts underlying his patients' symptoms?

Question 5 options:

the MMPI


projective testing


fixation


the Barnum effect


free association

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Match the term with the best description

Question 6 options:

a common reservoir of images


shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history


neo-Freudian that believed childhood social tensions were crucial for personality development


one's sense of competence and effectiveness


Psychologist who described personality in terms of traits

1.
Karen Horney

2.
Collective Unconscious

3.
Albert Bandura

4.
Gordon Allport

5.
Archetypes

6.
Self-efficacy

7.
Projective Tests

8.
Oedipus Complex

9.
Trait Theory

10.
Reciprocal Determinism

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Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Saved
brain part that is just above the medulla and helps coordinate movements

Question 7 options:

Cerebellum
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Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Saved
Carly was trapped in her basement when her neighborhood was rocked by an earthquake. She has enough food and water stored in the basement to last her for several weeks, but each time she feels an aftershock she is terrified that the remaining beams may fall and crush her. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, at this point in time Carly is most likely motivated by:

Question 8 options:

physiological needs


safety and security needs


aesthetic needs


esteem needs


homeostatic drives

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Over the last few years, Mr. Helmus has been obsessed with bizarre thoughts and has become increasingly agitated and socially withdrawn. Which personality inventory would be most helpful for assessing the nature and severity of his symptoms?

Question 9 options:

The Big Five Personality Test


MMPI


TAT


Myers-Briggs Type Indicator


Rorschach inkblot test

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Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved
motivation to perform a behavior to receive promised rewards or avoid
threatened punishment

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Question 11 (1 point) Question 11 Saved
Boris does not like chemistry, but he has chosen it as his college major simply to prove that he is just as smart as his father, who is an outstanding chemist. A psychoanalyst would be most likely to suggest that Boris suffers from an unresolved

Question 11 options:

oral fixation


Oedipus complex


free association


external locus of control


projection