Clicker Questions
Psychology, 7th Edition
by Sandra E. Hockenbury, Susan A. Nolan, and
Don H. Hockenbury
Slides by Cathleen Campbell-Raufer, Ph.D.
Chapter 11: Personality
1. Which approach to personality emphasizes
learning and conscious cognitive processes such
as the self, goal setting, and self regulation?
a. psychoanalytic
b. humanistic
c. social cognitive
d. trait
1. Which approach to personality emphasizes
learning and conscious cognitive processes such
as the self, goal setting, and self regulation?
a. psychoanalytic
b. humanistic
c. social cognitive
d. trait
2. During a therapy session, a psychotherapist
asks his patient to report their uncensored
thoughts, mental images and feelings. The
psychotherapist is using the Freudian technique
of:
a. sublimation.
b. hypnosis.
c. free association.
d. positive regard.
2. During a therapy session, a psychotherapist
asks his patient to report their uncensored
thoughts, mental images and feelings. The
psychotherapist is using the Freudian technique
of:
a. sublimation.
b. hypnosis.
c. free association.
d. positive regard.
3. According to Freud, which part of your
personality represents your conscience?
a. id
b. ego
c. libido
d. superego
3. According to Freud, which part of your
personality represents your conscience?
a. id
b. ego
c. libido
d. superego
4. Shortly after an argument with his spouse, a
man kicks the family cat. What ego defense
mechanism is being demonstrated?
a. displacement
b. repression
c. sublimation
d. projection
4. Shortly after an argument with his spouse, a
man kicks the family cat. What ego defense
mechanism is being demonstrated?
a. displacement
b. repression
c. sublimation
d. projection
5. Which is the first of Freud’s stages of
psychosexual development?
a. anal
b. latency
c. genital
d. oral
5. Which is the first of Freud’s stages of
psychosexual development?
a. anal
b. latency
c. genital
d. oral
6. Carl Jung, one of the most prominent neoFreudians, talked about the anima and animus.
These two qualities are both:
a. archetypes.
b. ego structures.
c. complexes.
d. defense mechanisms.
6. Carl Jung, one of the most prominent neoFreudians, talked about the anima and animus.
These two qualities are both:
a. archetypes.
b. ego structures.
c. complexes.
d. defense mechanisms.
7. According to the ______ theory of personality,
people are inherently good natured and selfawareness and free will are of utmost
importance.
a. humanistic
b. psychoanalytic
c. social cognitive
d. trait perspective
7. According to the ______ theory of personality,
people are inherently good natured and selfawareness and free will are of utmost
importance.
a. humanistic
b. psychoanalytic
c. social cognitive
d. trait perspective
8. According to Carl Rogers, a parent who clearly
indicates disapproval of a child’s behavior
without rejecting the child herself is
demonstrating ______ for the child.
a. self-actualization
b. conditional positive regard
c. unconditional positive regard
d. reaction formation
8. According to Carl Rogers, a parent who clearly
indicates disapproval of a child’s behavior
without rejecting the child herself is
demonstrating ______ for the child.
a. self-actualization
b. conditional positive regard
c. unconditional positive regard
d. reaction formation
9. According to Albert Bandura, when we perform
a task successfully our sense of ______
becomes stronger.
a. self-standard
b. self-efficacy
c. self-esteem
d. self-actualization
9. According to Albert Bandura, when we perform
a task successfully our sense of ______
becomes stronger.
a. self-standard
b. self-efficacy
c. self-esteem
d. self-actualization
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three
mutually influential factors in Bandura’s reciprocal
determinism?
a. behavioral factors
b. cognitive factors
c. genetic factors
d. environmental factors
10. Which of the following is NOT one of the three
mutually influential factors in Bandura’s reciprocal
determinism?
a. behavioral factors
b. cognitive factors
c. genetic factors
d. environmental factors
11. The most fundamental dimensions of
personality; the broad, basic traits that are
hypothesized to be universal and relatively few
in number are referred to as:
a. surface traits.
b. source traits.
c. inherited traits.
d. relative traits.
11. The most fundamental dimensions of
personality; the broad, basic traits that are
hypothesized to be universal and relatively few
in number are referred to as:
a. surface traits.
b. source traits.
c. inherited traits.
d. relative traits.
12. Michelle is an affectionate and emotional
person who always seems to be worried about
something. According to the five-factor Model of
Personality, Michelle would probably score high
on:
a. neuroticism
b. extraversion
c. conscientiousness
d. agreeableness
12. Michelle is an affectionate and emotional
person who always seems to be worried about
something. According to the five-factor Model of
Personality, Michelle would probably score high
on:
a. neuroticism
b. extraversion
c. conscientiousness
d. agreeableness
13. Behavioral genetics studies would be least
likely to study similarities between:
a. identical twins reared together
b. unrelated strangers
c. fraternal twins reared apart
d. adoptees and biological parents
13. Behavioral genetics studies would be least
likely to study similarities between:
a. identical twins reared together
b. unrelated strangers
c. fraternal twins reared apart
d. adoptees and biological parents
14. The Rorschach Inkblots are considered which
type of personality assessment?
a. rating scale
b. questionnaire
c. self-report inventory
d. projective test
14. The Rorschach Inkblots are considered which
type of personality assessment?
a. rating scale
b. questionnaire
c. self-report inventory
d. projective test
15. The ______ is a self-report inventory that
assesses personality characteristics and
psychological disorders in both normal and
disturbed populations.
a. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(MMPI)
c. California Personality Inventory (CPI)
d. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
(SPFQ)
15. The ______ is a self-report inventory that
assesses personality characteristics and
psychological disorders in both normal and
disturbed populations.
a. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory (MMPI)
c. California Personality Inventory (CPI)
d. Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
(SPFQ)