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Chapter 12
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11/27/2012

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According to Freud, preconscious mental processes are
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thoughts that are not conscious, but could become conscious at any time.


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The reservoir of sexual and aggressive energy is the
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id
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Secondary process thinking is characteristic of the
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ego
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Converting sexual or aggressive impulses into socially acceptable activities involves the defense mechanism of
 
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sublimation
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A student who plagiarizes her term paper and justifies her actions by saying that passing the course will help her earn her public policy degree and serve the community, is using the defense mechanism of ________ to justify her dishonesty.
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rationalization


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George Kelly and his colleagues developed the ________ to assess individuals' personal constructs indirectly
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repertory grid technique
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Extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism are three psychological types identified by
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Eysenck
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The Big Five factors include
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extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience
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In Carl Rogers's view, psychologists should try to understand
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individuals' phenomenal experience
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During the age range of 2-3, Freud claimed that children are experiencing which of the following psychosexual stage of development?
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anal
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According to Freud, people with oral fixations, may be extremely
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clingy and dependent
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The study which involved giving graduate students acquirable- or fixed-skill instructions before having them complete a computer simulated task of managerial skill demonstrate the effects of
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 self efficacy

 

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People resolve conflicts through _______, which try to maximize fulfillment of conflicting motives simultaneously.
 
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compromise formations

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Freud's psychosexual stages progress in which order
 
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oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
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During the _____ stage, children enjoy the pleasure they can obtain from touching their genitals and even masturbating.
 
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phallic
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The _______ acts as a conscience and source of ideals.
 
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superego
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According to The Big Five theory of personality, someone who scores high on conscientiousness is highly ____.
 
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dutiful
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George Kelly proposed that ________ are mental representations of the people, places, things, and events that are significant to a person.
 
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personal constructs
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Setting goals, evaluating one's performance, and adjusting one's behavior to achieve these goals is known as
 
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self-regulation
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According to The Big Five theory of personality, which of the following is a facet of openness?
 
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active fantasy life, artistic interests, and unconventional values
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