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| 51. |
A model proposed by Albert Bandura that explains human functioning andpersonality as caused by the interaction of behavioural, cognitive and environmentalfactors |
| A. | reciprocal determinism |
| B. | self-efficacy |
| C. | trait theory |
| D. | sublimination |
| Answer» B. self-efficacy | |
| 52. |
What is the nature of the relationship between language and thought according tothe weak version of linguistic relativity hypothesis? |
| A. | there is two directional interaction between language and thought |
| B. | language only interacts with thought |
| C. | there is two directional interaction between language and thought |
| D. | language determines thought |
| Answer» C. there is two directional interaction between language and thought | |
| 53. |
If it is demonstrated that an intelligence test discriminates against certain ethnicgroups, then it can be said that the test |
| A. | is reliable |
| B. | has used standardisation sample |
| C. | is valid |
| D. | has culture bias |
| Answer» E. | |
| 54. |
PR for a corporation integrated as part of the company's strategic objectives iscalled as_________. |
| A. | global communications. |
| B. | integrated communications. |
| C. | corporate communications. |
| D. | international communications. |
| Answer» D. international communications. | |
| 55. |
________ are the basic biological units that transmit characteristics from onegeneration to the next: |
| A. | genes |
| B. | neurons |
| C. | glia |
| D. | instincts |
| Answer» C. glia | |
| 56. |
In the normal distribution curve of intelligence test scores, the mean IQ score isset at |
| A. | 110 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 90 |
| D. | what most people score |
| Answer» C. 90 | |
| 57. |
Thinking oneself very different is….. |
| A. | superego |
| B. | self motivation |
| C. | pleasure |
| D. | reality, |
| Answer» B. self motivation | |
| 58. |
Ancient Greeks hypothesized that there were four different personalitycharacteristic. they are |
| A. | irritability, optimism, pessimism, calmness |
| B. | calmness, depression, pessimism, irritability |
| C. | depression, irritability, pessimism, optimism |
| D. | irritability, depression, optimism, calmness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 59. |
Rohan is self-disciplined, focused on achievement and keen to do his duty.He would beexpected to score highly on: |
| A. | neuroticism |
| B. | agreeableness |
| C. | extraversion |
| D. | conscientiousness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 60. |
__________also known as online PR involves communications using the internetor new technology to communicate with stakeholders. |
| A. | internet pr. |
| B. | e-pr. |
| C. | web pr. |
| D. | ip pr. |
| Answer» C. web pr. | |
| 61. |
Incoming sensory information must go through this sequence in order to beremembered |
| A. | storage, encoding, retrieval |
| B. | storage, encoding, retrieval |
| C. | encoding, storage, retrieval |
| D. | encoding, retrieval, storage |
| Answer» D. encoding, retrieval, storage | |
| 62. |
When analyzing a past president to describe his personality by coding letters orspeeches he has written, you are using a process called |
| A. | big five |
| B. | content analysis |
| C. | personality assumptions |
| D. | cognitive approach |
| Answer» C. personality assumptions | |
| 63. |
Psychologists seek to understand Rob's personality through his thoughts, beliefsand their impact on his behaviour in certain situations. This is known as |
| A. | trait approach |
| B. | humanistic approach |
| C. | cognitive approach |
| D. | psychoanalytic approach |
| Answer» D. psychoanalytic approach | |
| 64. |
An identity that results in an individual exploring different options before making a decision is said to be |
| A. | identity diffusion |
| B. | identity foreclosure |
| C. | moratorium |
| D. | negative identity |
| Answer» D. negative identity | |
| 65. |
Dennis always wanted to be a doctor. His parents pushed him in biology and chemistry. When he applied for college, he declared his major as pre-medical and only took classes that would help him to get into Medical School. According to the identity status paradigm, Dennis is in which stage? |
| A. | identity foreclosure |
| B. | moratorium |
| C. | identity diffusion |
| D. | identity lease |
| Answer» B. moratorium | |
| 66. |
George is in preschool. His teachers notice that he is hyper?likes to jump around a lot and cannot sit still during nap time. George is probably |
| A. | high in sociability |
| B. | anxious attached child |
| C. | introvert |
| D. | high in activity level |
| Answer» E. | |
| 67. |
According to James Marcia?s identity statuses, which of the following is NOT an identity status? |
| A. | identity foreclosure |
| B. | identity association |
| C. | moratorium |
| D. | identity diffusion |
| Answer» C. moratorium | |
| 68. |
The part of personality development where one seems to have no evidence of exploration and also does not have a clear identity is |
| A. | identity diffusion |
| B. | identity foreclosure |
| C. | moratorium |
| D. | identity achievement |
| Answer» B. identity foreclosure | |
| 69. |
Ainsworth?s three types of attachment in an infant?s "strange situation" are |
| A. | secure, avoidant, anxious |
| B. | secure, avoidant, achievement |
| C. | generativity, avoidant, achievement |
| D. | secure, active, anxious |
| Answer» B. secure, avoidant, achievement | |
| 70. |
Generativity is best described as |
| A. | part of erikson?s later adulthood stage |
| B. | a desire to help others |
| C. | the ability to make general observations |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» E. | |
| 71. |
A baby being measured for attachment using Ainsworth?s Strange-situation procedure appears to be extremely clinging and attached to the mother?s side when she comes back into the room. This baby would be classified as |
| A. | secure |
| B. | anxious |
| C. | happy |
| D. | avoidant |
| Answer» C. happy | |
| 72. |
Which of the following is NOT one of the Erikson?s stages of psychosocial development? |
| A. | industry vs. inferiority |
| B. | intimacy vs. isolation |
| C. | trust vs. mistrust |
| D. | life vs. death |
| Answer» E. | |
| 73. |
_________ vs. _________ achieved a high .75 on the heritability of Cattell?s 16 PF. |
| A. | relaxed vs. tense |
| B. | conservative vs. liberal |
| C. | concrete vs. abstract |
| D. | sober vs. enthusiastic |
| Answer» D. sober vs. enthusiastic | |
| 74. |
The research strategy for assessing personality stability that studies two or more groups assumed to be at different stages of development is |
| A. | stratification |
| B. | cross-sectional |
| C. | binominal |
| D. | longitudinal |
| Answer» C. binominal | |
| 75. |
People high in the trait of ________ are more easily conditioned with emotional stimuli. |
| A. | neuroticism |
| B. | extraversion |
| C. | psychoticism |
| D. | agreeableness |
| Answer» B. extraversion | |
| 76. |
What aspect(s) of personality are believed to have evolved in humans? |
| A. | overeating |
| B. | quick response to danger |
| C. | aggression in men |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 77. |
Kathryn Mazzaferro Of the following, which is not considered a delay of gratification? |
| A. | receiving a decent job, but holding out for a job with more pay and better hours |
| B. | going to college |
| C. | wanting to buy an article of clothes, but instead waiting for it to go on sale |
| D. | buying a national enquirer in the check out line at the grocery store |
| Answer» E. | |
| 78. |
Which style of love matches this statement "I try to keep my lover a little uncertain about my commitment to him/her"? |
| A. | eros |
| B. | ludus |
| C. | storge |
| D. | pragma |
| Answer» C. storge | |
| 79. |
Which would stress the idea of delay of gratification? |
| A. | workaholic |
| B. | work enthusiast |
| C. | protestant work ethic |
| D. | perfectionist |
| Answer» D. perfectionist | |
| 80. |
The identity status that Marcia came up with that involved the early acceptance of choice is what? |
| A. | identity diffusion |
| B. | identity foreclosure |
| C. | moratorium |
| D. | identity achievement |
| Answer» C. moratorium | |
| 81. |
Which one of the following descriptions is best associated with Protestant Work Ethic? |
| A. | always attributes success to ability |
| B. | tends to spend money a lot |
| C. | belief in the value of hard work |
| D. | take credit for the work of others |
| Answer» D. take credit for the work of others | |
| 82. |
According to James Marcia, a person who has never doubted what they wanted to become and so never explored other options is considered to be |
| A. | in moratorium |
| B. | identity achieved |
| C. | identity foreclosed |
| D. | in identity diffusion status |
| Answer» D. in identity diffusion status | |
| 83. |
John and Jane have two children?Billy, 21 and Jerome who?s only 10. Which of the following statement is probably true? |
| A. | billy has low n affil and high n ach |
| B. | birth order has no impact on personality |
| C. | jerome has high n ach and high n power |
| D. | jerome?s personality will drastically change as he becomes older |
| Answer» B. birth order has no impact on personality | |
| 84. |
Ever since Roxanne could remember, she had always wanted to be an Olympic gymnast?never once had she suggested anything else! In grade school, she asked parents to send her to gymnast team. When her friend asked her to go to "career day", Roxanne said that she didn?t need to. According to Marcia, she is demonstrating |
| A. | identity achievement |
| B. | identity diffusion |
| C. | identity foreclosure |
| D. | moratorium |
| Answer» D. moratorium | |
| 85. |
Which of the following is a way to measure activity level in an infant? |
| A. | how often they smile |
| B. | how much they sleep |
| C. | how much they want to be held |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. how much they want to be held | |
| 86. |
A "strange-situation" setting is developed in a lab. After a mother and her young child are playing and interacting with each other as they so often do, the mother suddenly leaves. The observer witnesses the child becoming hysterical and upset, and when the mother returns, the child will not let go of her. The child is said to be |
| A. | securely attached |
| B. | anxiously attached |
| C. | avoidantly attached |
| D. | completely attached |
| Answer» C. avoidantly attached | |
| 87. |
Which of the following would be an evolved trait(s)? |
| A. | tendency to overeat |
| B. | quick response to danger |
| C. | aggression in men |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 88. |
Which of the following would be true of birth order? |
| A. | first born and only children are higher in achievement motivation |
| B. | young children are more relation oriented. |
| C. | having younger siblings increases power motivation. |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
Bill Clinton displays what form of political personality? |
| A. | paranoid |
| B. | passive-independent |
| C. | active-independent |
| D. | active-dependent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 90. |
Which love style does this example fir? "I try to keep lover a little uncertain about my commitment to him/her". |
| A. | pragma |
| B. | agape |
| C. | storge |
| D. | ludus |
| Answer» E. | |
| 91. |
Which one(s) is (are) myths about heredity? |
| A. | if the heritability of a trait is high, it shows that society has had little influence on the trait |
| B. | heredity means that the person will not change |
| C. | if a trait is inherited, it will have similar effects in the various people who inherit it. |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
According to Erikson?s eight stages of psychosocial development, during which age does the psychological stage of trust vs. mistrust develop? |
| A. | early childhood |
| B. | infancy |
| C. | adolescence |
| D. | adulthood |
| Answer» C. adolescence | |
| 93. |
James Marcia?s 4 identity stages are: |
| A. | diffusion, foreclosure, achievement, longitudinal achievement |
| B. | diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, longitudinal achievement |
| C. | identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, moratorium, identity achievement |
| D. | identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity achievement, identity attachment |
| Answer» C. identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, moratorium, identity achievement | |
| 94. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a Protestant Work Ethic? |
| A. | hard work |
| B. | high in delay of gratification |
| C. | do not value leisure |
| D. | spend a lot of money |
| Answer» E. | |
| 95. |
Some people crave high levels of arousal through high levels of stimulation. They are said to be |
| A. | sensation seekers |
| B. | excitation transfers |
| C. | securely attached |
| D. | inhibited |
| Answer» B. excitation transfers | |
| 96. |
A mother and her infant son are being tested by Aisworth?s Strange Situation procedure. After the mother has left and comes back onto the room the child acts like he is mad at the mother. This child is said to be? |
| A. | secure |
| B. | anxious |
| C. | highly neurotic |
| D. | avoidant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 97. |
A relationship based on a previous friendship that developed into lovers is characteristic of what love style? |
| A. | agape |
| B. | storge |
| C. | ludus |
| D. | pragma |
| Answer» C. ludus | |
| 98. |
Bob hasn?t missed a day of work since he started his job three years ago. Every morning he comes in with a smile on his face that remains there until he leaves. He works for a charity and it gives him great satisfaction to know that he?s helping others. He loves his job. Bob is most likely |
| A. | a workaholic |
| B. | driven by protestant work ethic |
| C. | burned out |
| D. | work enthusiast |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
If a young adult sees stealing as wrong because of the harm it brings to someone, which of Kolberg?s stages are they displaying? |
| A. | punishment and obedience orientation |
| B. | good boy?good girl orientation |
| C. | legalistic orientation |
| D. | social order orientation |
| Answer» D. social order orientation | |
| 100. |
At what time of life does Erikson stage Industry vs. Inferiority occur? |
| A. | old age |
| B. | adolescence |
| C. | infancy |
| D. | school age |
| Answer» E. | |