PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Perception, Social Desirability Bias, Unconscious Mind
3 Jul 2018
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Lessons Seventeen & Eighteen:
1. Why is the five-factor model generally preferred over Cattell's trait theory today?
1.a)Cattell's theory is thought by many trait theorists to be overly
complex and to have redundant factors
1.b)Cattell's theory was too similar to the psychodynamic approach to
personality
1.c) Cattell's theory grossly oversimplifies personality
1.d)The traits proposed by the five-factor model both describe and explain
psychological differences in personality and behavior
2. __________ is the tendency to seek the company of others and __________ is the
tendency to avoid the company of others
2.a)Psychoticism; neuroticism
2.b)Agreeableness; introversion
2.c) Extroversion; introversion
2.d)Neuroticism; psychoticism
3. The idea that behaviour, environment, and person variables interact to determine
personality is called:
3.a)The three-term contingency
3.b)Reciprocal determinism
3.c) The diathesis-stress model
3.d)Locus of control
4. Personality:
4.a)Often changes as we get older
4.b)Is very stable across the lifespan
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4.c) Isn't fully formed until we reach adulthood
4.d)Is quite stable but can change as a result of major life events
5. Which of the following is most accurate:
5.a)Personality tests are subjective and poorly validated
5.b)Our personalities tend to fluctuate across the lifespan
5.c) Family environment has a significant influence on our personality
5.d)Children sharing an environment are more likely to be different than
similar
6. According to the _____________, a person's behaviour stems from the motivation
to reach his/her full potential:
6.a)Trait perspective
6.b)Social-cognitive perspective
6.c) Humanistic perspective
6.d)Psychodynamic perspective
7. Jamaal has made three attempts to pass the road test for his driver's license. He
now is beginning to think that no matter what he does or how much he practices
he will never get his license. Jamaal's view of his present situation would seem to
fit Rotter's idea of:
7.a)Internal locus of control
7.b)External locus of control
7.c) Self-efficacy
7.d)Reciprocal determinism
8. Factor analysis is:
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