• Plasticity
• Personality – classical and operant conditioning, little Albert and the rabbit,
neutral stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, negative/positive reinforcement,
shaping, observational, cognitive
Test #4 Questions/Answers
A: personality
A: the five traits correlate with characteristics that are preferred by the
opposite sex, the first four most preferred traits for mates are the same for
females and males, cross-cultural studies support the “Big 5”
A major premise underlying psychoanalytic or psychodynamic theories of
personality is that
according to Freud the thoughts and information that you are fcurrently aware of, or
remembering is called your
A: conscious
A: id
the rational part of the psyche that deals with reality and tries to meet the needs of
the other two mental structures is called the
A: ego
A: id
A: repression
According to Jung, the primitive images and patterns of thoughts, feelings, and
behavior that reside in the collective underscore
A: Archetypes
objective
Most widely researched and clinically used self-report, personality test is _____.
A: MMPI-2
DSM-IV means
Persons with anxiety disorders who are hyper vigilant are thought to have ____.
A: bipolar disorder
A: schizophrenia
Term for sensory perception that occurs in the absence of an external stimulus.
A: hallucination
A: anti-social behavior
Psychotherapy is defined in your text as the various methods of therapy that ____.
A: psychoanalysis
Which part of the mind has strong defense mechanisms that block unconscious
thought from becoming conscious?
A: ego
Hoarding is most commonly associated with which mental illness?
A: OCD
A: self-help group