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Anal Stage
A)The general factor assumed to underlie intelligence in some intelligence theories.
B)The stage between puberty and death that is marked by mature sexual behavior.
C)The term Freud used to refer to a person's conscience.
D)When a child's anus is the central source of pleasure.
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Identification
A)Gathering information by asking people questions about their behavior.
B)Jung's theory that all humans share some common unconscious ideas.
C)A characteristic of your personal nature.
D)Feeling connected and similar to someone else.
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Self-report measures
A)Freud's idea that a child passes through a stage of sexual attraction to their opposite sex parent and wants to eliminate the same sex parent.
B)Gathering information by asking people questions about their behavior.
C)Freud's theory that unconscious forces act as determinants of personality.
D)A test that identifies people with psychological problems and is used to predict their behavior.
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Intelligence
A)The theory that personality traits are genetic and inherited.
B)Ability to think, to learn, and to understand.
C)Tests that take ambiguous stories or pictures and ask people to tell a story about that.
D)A test consisting of pictures that people are asked to write a story about.
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Behavioral Assessment
A)An attitude of acceptance no matter what.
B)When a person's thoughts are dominated by the idea that they cannot succeed.
C)Measure of a person's behavior that is used to describe personality characteristics.
D)Belief in one's personal capabilities.
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Temperament
A)Self-fulfillment.
B)A way to validate questions in a personality test though studying the responses of people with known diagnoses.
C)Developmental periods that children pass through where they encounter conflicts between society and sexual urges.
D)A characteristic frame of mind; your usual mood
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Crystallized intelligence
A)Mediates between reality (environment), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id).
B)The belief in people's inherent goodness and constant striving for increased levels of functioning.
C)The accumulation of information skills and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations.
D)The inkblot test used to try to better understand someone's personality.
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Emotional intelligence
A)Intellectual functioning that is below average.
B)Skill set that underlies evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions.
C)When a child's anus is the central source of pleasure.
D)Assesses behavior objectively to help people understand more about themselves.
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G-factor
A)The general factor assumed to underlie intelligence in some intelligence theories.
B)Feeling connected and similar to someone else.
C)How you feel about yourself, your choices, and your talents.
D)Measures of a person's behavior that is used to describe personality characteristics.
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Defense mechanisms
A)Intelligence quotient, the score that takes into account someone's mental and chronological ages.
B)A model of personality that identifies basic traits to describe personality.
C)The idea that feelings, expectations and values determine personality.
D)Methods people unconsciously use to deal with life circumstances.
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Unconditional positive regard
A)An attitude of acceptance no matter what.
B)A conflict persisting beyond the developmental period.
C)When a child's genitals are a central source of pleasure.
D)Another term for mental retardation.
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Trait theory
A)Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory.
B)The damage done to an unborn child caused by the mom drinking while pregnant.
C)A model of personality that identifies basic traits to describe personality.
D)A characteristic frame of mind; your usual mood.
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Rorschach test
A)The inkblot test used to try to better understand someone's personality.
B)Tests that quantify a person's level of intelligence.
C)When a baby's mouth is the focal point of pleasure.
D)Unaware, not knowing or perceiving.
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MMPI
A)The idea that personality is shaped by unconscious thoughts and desires that people have little awareness of.
B)The accumulation of information skills and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations.
C)A test that identifies people with psychological problems and is used to predict their behaviors.
D)Gardener's theory that there are eight spheres of intelligence.
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Projective personality tests
A)The average age of individuals who achieve a certain level of performance on a test.
B)The stage of childhood when children's sexual conflicts are set aside.
C)Intelligence related to overall success in living.
D)Tests that take ambiguous stories or pictures and ask people to tell a story about them.
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Genital stage
A)Skill set that underlies evaluation, expression and regulation of emotions.
B)Intellectual functioning that is below average.
C)Universal forms that we encounter in our lives, such as mother, father, god, hero, and leader.
D)The stage between puberty and death that is marked by mature sexual behavior.
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Thematic apperception tests
A)Methods people unconsciously use to deal with life circumstances.
B)Gathering information by asking people questions about their behavior.
C)A test consisting of pictures that people are asked to write a story about.
D)A test that identifies people with psychological problems and is used to predict their behaviors.
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Traits
A)Intelligence related to overall success in living.
B)Feeling connected and similar to someone else.
C)A characteristic of your personal nature.
D)When a child's genitals are a central source of pleasure.
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Superego
A)The term Freud used to refer to a person's conscience.
B)The idea that feelings, expectations, and values determine personality.
C)The average age of individuals who achieve a certain level of performance on a test.
D)Assesses behavior objectively to help people understand more about themselves.
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Fixation
A)The term Freud used to refer to a person's conscience.
B)A conflict persisting beyond the developmental period.
C)The belief in people's inherent goodness and constant striving for increased levels of functioning.
D)Mediates between reality (environment), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id).
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Inferiority complex
A)Ability to think, to learn, and to understand.
B)Tests that quantify a person's level of intelligence.
C)When a person's thoughts are dominated by the idea that they cannot succeed.
D)The inkblot test used to try to better understand someone's personality.
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Social cognitive approaches
A)Universal forms that we encounter in our lives, such as mother, father, god, hero, and leader.
B)When a baby's mouth is the focal point of pleasure.
C)The stage of childhood when children's sexual conflicts are set aside.
D)The idea that feelings, expectations and values determine personality.
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Mental retardation
A)A person with significant limitations in intellectual functioning.
B)Freud's idea that a child passes through a stage of sexual attraction to their opposite sex parent and wants to eliminate the same sex parent.
C)An attitude of acceptance not matter what.
D)Gardener's theory that there are eight spheres of intelligence.
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Mental age
A)The average age of individuals who achieve a certain level of performance on a test.
B)A conflict persisting beyond the developmental period.
C)When a child's anus is the central source of pleasure.
D)Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome
A)Developmental periods that children pass through where they encounter conflicts between society and sexual urges.
B)The damage done to an unborn child caused by the mother drinking while pregnant.
C)Tests that take ambiguous stories or pictures and ask people to tell a story about them.
D)A test consisting of pictures that people are asked to write a story about.
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Oedipal conflict
A)The accumulation of information skills and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations.
B)Intelligence quotient, the score that takes into account someone's mental and chronological ages.
C)Freud's idea that a child passes through a stage of sexual attraction to their opposite-sex parent and wants to eliminate the same-sex parent.
D)Jung's theory that all humans share some common unconscious ideas.
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Intelligence tests
A)The idea that personality is shaped by unconscious thoughts and desires that people have little awareness of.
B)The general factor assumed to underlie intelligence in some intelligence theories.
C)The damage done to an unborn child caused by the mom drinking while pregnant.
D)Tests that quantify a person's level of intelligence.
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Oral stage
A)Unaware, not knowing, or perceiving.
B)Freud's theory that unconscious forces act as determinants of personality.
C)How you feel about yourself, your choices, and your talents
D)When a baby's mouth is the focal point of pleasure.
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Psychosexual stages
A)Measures of a person's behavior that is used to describe personality characteristics.
B)Developmental periods that children pass through where they encounter conflicts between society and sexual urges.
C)The stage between puberty and death that is marked by mature sexual behavior.
D)Belief in one's personal capabilities.
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Humanistic approaches
A)When a person's thoughts are dominated by the idea that they cannot succeed.
B)The belief in people's inherent goodness and constant striving for increased levels of functioning.
C)The theory that personality traits are genetic and inherited.
D)A characteristic of your personal nature.
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Archetypes
A)A way to validate questions in a personality test though studying the responses of people with known diagnoses.
B)Another term for mental retardation.
C)A characteristic frame of mind; your usual mood.
D)Universal forms that we encounter in our lives, such as mother, father, god, hero, and leader.
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Unconscious
A)Self-fulfillment.
B)The term Freud used to refer to a person's conscience.
C)A model of personality that identifies basic traits to describe personality.
D)Unaware, not knowing or perceiving.
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Psychological tests
A)Assesses behavior objectively to help people understand more about themselves.
B)A characteristic of your personal nature.
C)Skill set that underlies evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions.
D)A conflict persisting beyond the developmental period.
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Test standardization
A)The general factor assumed to underlie intelligence in some intelligence theories.
B)When a baby's mouth is the focal point of pleasure.
C)When a child's anus is the central source of pleasure.
D)A way to validate questions in personality tests though studying the responses of people with known diagnoses.
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Ego
A)A test that identifies people with psychological problems and is used to predict their behaviors.
B)Mediates between reality (environment), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id).
C)Unaware, not knowing, or perceiving.
D)Universal forms that we encounter in our lives, such as mother, father, god, hero, and leader.
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IQ
A)The theory that personality traits are genetic and inherited.
B)The accumulation of information skills and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied in problem-solving situations.
C)Intelligence quotient, the score that takes into account someone's mental and chronological ages.
D)Belief in one's personal capabilities.
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Phallic stage
A)Feeling connected and similar to someone else.
B)The average age of individuals who achieve a certain level of performance on a test.
C)The belief in people's inherent goodness and constant striving for increased levels of functioning.
D)When a child's genitals are a central source of pleasure.
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Self-efficacy
A)A person with significant limitations in intellectual functioning.
B)Belief in one's personal capabilities.
C)Tests that quantify a person's level of intelligence.
D)Developmental periods that children pass through where they encounter conflicts between society and sexual urges.
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Multiple intelligences
A)Freud's theory that unconscious forces act as determinants of personality.
B)The idea that personality is shaped by unconscious thoughts and desires that people have little awareness of.
C)Mediates between reality (environment), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id).
D)Gardener's theory that there are eight spheres of intelligence.
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Latency Period
A)Ability to think, to learn, and to understand.
B)Assesses behavior objectively to help people understand more about themselves.
C)The idea that feelings, expectations, and values determine personality.
D)The stage of childhood when children's sexual conflicts are set aside.
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Psychoanalytic theory
A)Intelligence quotient, the score that takes into account someone's mental and chronological ages.
B)A test consisting of pictures that people are asked to write a story about.
C)Freud's theory that unconscious forces act as determinants of personality.
D)An attitude of acceptance no matter what.
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Fluid intelligence
A)Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory.
B)Intelligence related to overall success in living.
C)A model of personality that identifies basic traits to describe personality.
D)The stage of childhood when children's sexual conflicts are set aside.
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Intellectual disability
A)Another term for mental retardation.
B)The inkblot test used to try to better understand someone's personality.
C)Methods people unconsciously use to deal with life circumstances.
D)Measures of a person's behavior that is used to describe personality characteristics.
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Biological and evolutionary approaches
A)The theory that personality traits are genetic and inherited.
B)The damage done to an unborn child caused by the mom drinking while pregnant.
C)How you feel about yourself, your choices, and your talents.
D)Freud's idea that a child passes through a stage of sexual attraction to their opposite sex parent and wants to eliminate the same sex parent.
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Collective unconscious
A)Jung's theory that all humans share some common unconscious ideas.
B)Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities, reasoning and memory.
C)When a person's thoughts are dominated by the idea that they cannot succeed.
D)A characteristic frame of mind; your usual mood.
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Self-actualization
A)Self-fulfillment.
B)A way to validate questions in personality test though studying the responses of people with known diagnoses.
C)Jung's theory that all humans share some common unconscious ideas.
D)Gardener's theory that there are eight spheres of intelligence.
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Practical intelligence
A)Gathering information by asking people questions about their behavior.
B)Intelligence related to overall success in living.
C)Tests that take ambiguous stories or pictures and ask people to tell a story about that.
D)When a child's genitals are a central source of pleasure.
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Psychodynamic approaches
A)The stage between puberty and death that is marked by mature sexual behavior.
B)The idea that personality is shaped by unconscious thoughts and desires that people have little awareness of.
C)Another term for mental retardation.
D)Self-fulfillment
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Self-esteem
A)A model of personality that identifies basic traits to describe personality.
B)Mediates between reality (environment), conscience (superego), and instinctual needs (id).
C)Intelligence related to overall success in living.
D)How you feel about yourself, your choices, and your talents.







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