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Psychological Assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, methods, and ethical considerations involved in evaluating cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Students will explore major assessment tools such as intelligence tests, personality inventories, and neuropsychological batteries, learning to administer, score, and interpret key instruments. The course emphasizes standardized testing procedures, report writing, and the application of assessment data in clinical, educational, and organizational settings, equipping students with foundational skills essential for future practitioners and researchers in psychology.
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Theories of Personality 8th Edition by Jess Feist
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
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Q1) The ultimate value of any theory depends on its A)usefulness.
B)truthfulness.
C)reliability.
D)simplicity.
Answer: A
Q2) A researcher uses the number of times a person smiles at others as a measure of friendliness.This an example of
A)an operational definition.
B)hypothesis testing.
C)parsimony.
D)internal consistency.
Answer: A
Q3) A reliable test
A)is always valid.
B)measures what it purports to measure.
C)correlates positively with its validity.
D)yields consistent results.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis
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Q1) After the female Oedipus complex is resolved,Freud claimed that it is replaced by A)the sadistic-anal phase.
B)rationalizations.
C)the superego.
D)the wish to be a boy.
Answer: C
Q2) Dreams of patients suffering from traumatic neuroses,or posttraumatic stress disorder,follow the Freudian principle of A)wish-fulfillments.
B)repetition compulsion.
C)parapraxis.
D)aim inhibition.
E)phylogenetic endowment.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) According to Adler,the behavior of psychologically healthy individuals is
A)unmotivated by any particular kinds of feelings.
B)motivated mostly by conscious goals and drives.
C)motivated mostly by unconscious goals and drives.
D)motivated by exaggerated feelings of inferiority.
Answer: B
Q2) Adler used the therapeutic relationship to
A)increase sense of social interest.
B)increase private intelligence.
C)increase personal superiority.
D)increase safeguarding tendencies.
E)decrease safeguarding tendencies.
Answer: A
Q3) According to Adler,_______ is the bond that holds society together.
A)fiction
B)the sex drive
C)a feeling of incompleteness
D)social interest
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) In Jungian psychology,______ is the essence of personality.
A)the self
B)the id
C)consciousness
D)the persona
Q2) Freud's concept of phylogenetic endowment is similar to Jung's idea of
A)the ego.
B)the self.
C)the personal unconscious.
D)archetypes.
E)the collective unconscious.
Q3) In Jungian psychology,introverted thinking types
A)would not react to external stimuli.
B)would find their interpretation of an event more important than the "facts".
C)base their decisions primarily on objective phenomena.
D)are concerned only with subjective phenomena because they have no contact with the external world.
Q4) List and briefly describe Jung's most important archetypes.
Q5) Describe Jung's levels of the psyche.
Q6) Discuss Jung's notion of extraversion and introversion.
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Chapter 5: Klein: Object Relations Theory
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Q1) Attachment is a construct in personality psychology that continues to generate a substantial amount of research.Attachment theory as originally conceptualized by ___________ emphasized the relationship between parent and child.
A)Rollo May
B)John Bowlby
C)Karen Horney
D)Eric Fromm
Q2) Klein extended Freud's psychoanalysis by emphasizing A)adolescence.
B)young adulthood.
C)old age.
D)very early infancy.
Q3) to research the impact of childhood trauma and abuse on adult object relational functioning was the -
A)MMPI
B)TAT
C)EPI
D)MBTI
Q4) List and discuss Klein's psychic defense mechanisms.
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Chapter 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
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Q1) Karen Horney,like _______,was the youngest child of a middle-aged father,had older siblings who were favored by her parents,and felt unwanted and unloved.
A)Sigmund Freud
B)Carl Jung
C)Melanie Klein
D)Eric Fromm
Q2) Horney saw the tendency to humiliate others in order to protect oneself against humiliation as A)power.
B)prestige.
C)possession.
D)dominance.
Q3) In Horney's view,neurotics
A)use the real self as the standard for self-evaluation.
B)use the idealized self as the standard for self-evaluation.
C)move toward the goal of actualizing the real self.
D)are unable even to form the concept of the idealized self.
Q4) Discuss Horney's concepts of neurotic needs and neurotic trends.
Q5) Discuss Horney's criticism of Freud.
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Chapter 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
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Q1) Fromm believed that the lack of satisfaction of existential needs
A)has little effect on modern individuals.
B)leads to the development of willpower.
C)is unimportant in the post-capitalistic world.
D)can only be helped by psychotherapy.
E)eventuates in insanity for the individual.
Q2) For Fromm,basic anxiety is a feeling of
A)malignant aggression.
B)being alone in the world.
C)being judged by others.
D)being unable to achieve one's goals.
Q3) According to Fromm,both masochism and sadism aim at
A)increasing basic anxiety through unity with others.
B)decreasing basic anxiety through destruction of others.
C)increasing basic anxiety through destruction of others.
D)decreasing basic anxiety through unity with others.
Q4) Discuss Fromm's basic assumptions about personality and include his three existential dichotomies.
Q5) List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.
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Q6) Discuss Fromm's five human,or existential,needs.
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Chapter 8: Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
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Q1) Inadequate will,according to Erikson,is expressed as A)stubbornness.
B)inhibition.
C)compulsion.
D)shame.
E)autonomy.
Q2) Erikson contended that an elderly person's delight in a variety of different physical sensations reflects A)wisdom.
B)generalized sensuality.
C)intimacy with nature.
D)sexual sublimation.
E)procreativity.
Q3) Erikson believed that sexual latency is important because it A)permits focus on learning and social relations.
B)encourages the development of will in the child.
C)signals the resolution of the Oedipus complex.
D)allows the child to integrate his or her body ego.
Q4) List the key concepts in Erikson's infancy stage.
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Chapter 9: Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
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Q1) Research linking age with levels of psychological health suggest:
A)most people reach the peak of psychological adjustment when they reach middle age.
B)older adults measured higher in ego-development and well being than younger people due to intrinsic life goals.
C)younger adults measured higher in ego-development and well being than older people due to the declines associated with aging.
D)there is no clear association between age and personality growth.
Q2) According to Maslow,the humor of self-actualizers is
A)intrinsic to the situation.
B)well planned.
C)hostile.
D)All the above are correct.
E)Only a and c are correct.
Q3) As a child,Maslow
A)felt ugly,inferior,and depressed.
B)felt closer to his mother than to his father.
C)was deeply religious and aspired to become a rabbi.
D)was both athletic and popular.
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Chapter 10: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
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Q1) Rogers's therapeutic approach at the University of Chicago emphasized
A)the advantages of a psychoanalytic approach.
B)a blend of psychological and psychiatric approaches.
C)the use of untrained laypersons to treat patients.
D)the importance of the therapist-client relationship.
E)the use of extensive psychological testing to classify mental disorders.
Q2) Rogers stated that therapists will be more effective if they communicate ______ to the client.
A)all genuine feelings
B)only positive genuine feelings
C)only negative genuine feelings
D)conditions of worth
Q3) Laura has just complimented Mitzi for her cooking.Mitzi regards herself as a very mediocre cook.According to Rogerian theory,Laura's remarks will
A)be easily accepted into Mitzi's self-concept.
B)alter Mitzi's organismic self.
C)be distorted by Mitzi.
D)allow Mitzi to experience some congruence.
E)be repressed by Mitzi.
Q4) Describe Rogers' notion of the self and self-actualization.
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Chapter 11: May: Existential Psychology
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Q1) May believed that we experience ______ when we become aware that our existence or some value identified with it may be destroyed.
A)guilt
B)shame
C)nonbeing
D)anxiety
Q2) For May,freedom of being is synonymous with
A)existential freedom.
B)essential freedom.
C)freedom of action.
D)freedom from destiny.
E)intentional freedom.
Q3) May's childhood was marked by
A)closeness to both parents.
B)parental emphasis on educational achievements.
C)a particularly loving relationship with his mother.
D)parental arguments and family strife.
Q4) Define and explain being-in-the-world and nonbeing
Q5) List several common assumptions found among most existentialists.
Q6) List and define the four forms of love,as seen by Rollo May.
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Chapter 12: Allport: Psychology of the Individual
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Q1) The Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) assumes both ______ and ______ orientation toward religion.
A)a theistic; an atheistic
B)a group; an individual
C)a historical; a function
D)a trait; a personal disposition
E)an intrinsic; an extrinsic
Q2) According to Allport,any symptom that cannot be extinguished through psychotherapy,or does not change as self-concept changes,is
A)homeostatic in tendency.
B)reactive.
C)a propriate striving.
D)functionally autonomous.
Q3) Allport,if he were alive today,might object to the label "trait psychologist" because A)he believed the idea of traits precludes individual uniqueness.
B)he felt that traits had no objective existence that could be demonstrated.
C)he believed that the concept of traits was too specific.
D)he did not regard himself as a psychologist.
E)None of these is correct.
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Chapter 13: Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory
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Q1) Cattell attempted to measure human personality from three directions,using L data,Q data,and T data.Which of the following is an example of T data?
A)aptitude test scores
B)an autobiography
C)a biography
D)supervisory ratings
Q2) Hans J.Eysenck insisted that only __ major factors can be discerned by a factor analytic approach.
A)3
B)5
C)16
D)18,000
Q3) The Five-Factor model rates _______ as a trait that reflects an affectionate,active,fun-loving and passionate person.
A)neuroticism
B)extraversion
C)conscientiousness
D)openness to experience
Q4) Explain briefly how factor analysis is used to measure personality traits.
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Chapter 14: Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory
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Q1) Eysenck and the Five-factor theorists:
A)agree on the number of personality factors,but disagree on their names.
B)both place a heavy emphasis on biological components of personality.
C)both rely primarily on hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
D)both began with the same test data,but they arrived at different factors through different statistical methods.
Q2) Eysenck's three general types or superfactors are
A)bipolar factors.
B)unique surface traits.
C)pathological factors.
D)surface traits.
Q3) In general,the purpose of factor analysis is to
A)investigate differences between two groups of subjects.
B)reduce many variables to fewer basic factors.
C)construct inductive theories of personality.
D)construct deductive theories of personality.
Q4) What are the three main areas of evidence for the biological basis of human personality? Explain and discuss.
Q5) Explain and discuss Eysenck's four criteria for identifying a factor.
Q6) Name and describe Eysenck's three general types,or superfactors.
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Chapter 15: Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality
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Q1) __________ involves the disposition to experience positive emotional states and to engage in one's environment and to be sociable and self-confident.
A)Agreeableness
B)Surgency
C)Conscientiousness
D)Openness
Q2) The differences in behavior have a biological basis and are known as __________ which lays the foundation for personality traits.
A)surgency
B)genetic activity
C)temperament
D)biological manifestation
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the distinct outcomes of the evolutionary process of natural selection,sexual selection,and chance?
A)adaptations
B)by-products
C)mutations
D)noise
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Chapter 16: Skinner: Behavioral Analysis
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Q1) The three conditions essential to operant conditioning are
A)the situation,behavior,and conditioned stimulus.
B)the unconditioned stimulus,the conditioned stimulus,and the organism.
C)the antecedent,the behavior,and the consequence.
D)the unconditioned stimulus,the "Skinner box",and the experimenter.
Q2) Negative and positive reinforcement are alike in that they
A)strengthen the behavior they follow.
B)involve the presentation of a beneficial stimulus.
C)involve the removal of an aversive stimulus.
D)extinguish the behavior they follow.
E)are not affected by schedules of reinforcement.
Q3) Skinner defines negative reinforcement as any condition that,
A)when removed from a situation,increases the probability that a given behavior will occur.
B)when added to a situation,increases the probability that a given behavior will occur.
C)when removed from a situation,decreases the probability that a given behavior will occur.
D)when added to a situation,decreases the probability that a given behavior will occur.
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Chapter 17: Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
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Q1) According to Bandura,observing a model being punished for performance will decrease one's likelihood of
A)attending to the modeled behavior.
B)cognitively representing the performance.
C)acquiring the modeled behavior.
D)performing the modeled behavior.
Q2) According to Bandura,______ is a person's expectations that he or she can or cannot execute the behavior necessary to effect a successful change in a particular situation.
A)self-efficacy
B)self-regulation
C)locus of control
D)disengagement of internal control
Q3) The notion that behavior is a consequence of a mutual interaction of three forces is what Bandura calls
A)triadic reciprocal causation.
B)higher cognitive processes.
C)radical behaviorism.
D)coincidental conduct.
E)balanced counteraction.
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Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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Q1) Explain Rotter's concepts of internal and external control of reinforcement.
Q2) Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale is an attempt to
A)measure generalized expectancies.
B)place people into internal and external control categories.
C)determine the causes of human behavior.
D)predict behavior in a specific situation.
E)measure psychological health.
Q3) According to Rotter,overall expectancy of success in any given situation depends on a person's
A)generalized expectancy.
B)needs.
C)both of these.
D)neither of these.
Q4) According to Mischel,behavior tends to be consistent in different situations to the extent that
A)we subjectively evaluate those situations.
B)we objectively evaluate those situations.
C)our expectancies are flexible.
D)our expectancies are unchanging.
Q5) List and briefly explain Mischel and Shoda's five cognitive-affective units.
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Chapter 19: Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs
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Q1) According to Kelly,our pattern of behavior that results from our understanding of the constructs of others is our A)personality. B)role.
C)trait.
D)socioeconomic status.
Q2) Kelly believed that people's attempts to interpret and explain events is similar to that of A)teachers.
B)psychologists.
C)artists.
D)scientists.
E)therapists.
Q3) Define Kelly's concept of role,including core role.
Q4) According to Kelly,a permeable construct A)results in delusions and hallucinations. B)facilitates change and adaptation.
C)leads to rigid,inflexible opinions.
D)leads to rigid,inflexible actions.
Q5) Discuss the fundamental postulate of Kelly's theory.
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