PSY 2012 EXAMS COMPREHENSIVE 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔autobiographical memory - ✔✔semantic or episodic memories the reference the self
(declarative)
✔✔perocedual memory - ✔✔a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry out
skilled movement (non declarative)
✔✔flashbulb memory - ✔✔an especially vivid and detailed memory of an emotional
event
✔✔motivating forgetting - ✔✔failure to retrieve negative memories
✔✔Id - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory containing primitive
drives present in birth
✔✔ego - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory that is the self that
others see
✔✔superego - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory that internalizes
society's rules for right and wrong and conscience
, ✔✔defense mechanism - ✔✔in sigmund freud's personality theory a protective behavior
that reduces anxiety
✔✔big five theory - ✔✔a trait theory that identifies five main characteristics that account
for most individual differences in personality
✔✔openness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by an appreciation for
fantasy, feelings, actions, ideas, values and aesthetics
✔✔conscientiousness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by competence,
order, dutifulness, achievement striving, self discipline, and deliberation.
✔✔extroversion - ✔✔one of the big five personality trait characterized by warmth,
gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotion
✔✔agreeableness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by trustworthiness,
altruism, trust, compliance, modesty, and tender mindedness
✔✔neuroticism - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by anxiety, angry hostility,
depression, self consciousness, impulsivity, and vulnerability
✔✔temperament - ✔✔a child's pattern of mood, activity, or emotional responsiveness
linked to later personality
✔✔projective test example - ✔✔rorschack inkblot test
✔✔self schema - ✔✔a cognitive organization that helps us think about the self and
process self relevant information
✔✔just world belief - ✔✔the assumption that good things happen to good people and
bad things happen to bad people
✔✔attitude - ✔✔positive or negative evaluations that predisposal behavior toward an
object, person, or situation.
✔✔stereotype - ✔✔a simplified set of traits associated with memberships in a group ar
category
✔✔discrimination - ✔✔unfair behavior based on stereotype and prejudice
✔✔best type of love - ✔✔consummate love
✔✔locus of control - ✔✔a cognitive expectancy featured in social cognitive learning
theories of personalities about the source of individual outcomes an eternal locus of
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔autobiographical memory - ✔✔semantic or episodic memories the reference the self
(declarative)
✔✔perocedual memory - ✔✔a nondeclarative or implicit memory for how to carry out
skilled movement (non declarative)
✔✔flashbulb memory - ✔✔an especially vivid and detailed memory of an emotional
event
✔✔motivating forgetting - ✔✔failure to retrieve negative memories
✔✔Id - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory containing primitive
drives present in birth
✔✔ego - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory that is the self that
others see
✔✔superego - ✔✔the component of sigmund freuds personality theory that internalizes
society's rules for right and wrong and conscience
, ✔✔defense mechanism - ✔✔in sigmund freud's personality theory a protective behavior
that reduces anxiety
✔✔big five theory - ✔✔a trait theory that identifies five main characteristics that account
for most individual differences in personality
✔✔openness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by an appreciation for
fantasy, feelings, actions, ideas, values and aesthetics
✔✔conscientiousness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by competence,
order, dutifulness, achievement striving, self discipline, and deliberation.
✔✔extroversion - ✔✔one of the big five personality trait characterized by warmth,
gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotion
✔✔agreeableness - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by trustworthiness,
altruism, trust, compliance, modesty, and tender mindedness
✔✔neuroticism - ✔✔a big five personality trait characterized by anxiety, angry hostility,
depression, self consciousness, impulsivity, and vulnerability
✔✔temperament - ✔✔a child's pattern of mood, activity, or emotional responsiveness
linked to later personality
✔✔projective test example - ✔✔rorschack inkblot test
✔✔self schema - ✔✔a cognitive organization that helps us think about the self and
process self relevant information
✔✔just world belief - ✔✔the assumption that good things happen to good people and
bad things happen to bad people
✔✔attitude - ✔✔positive or negative evaluations that predisposal behavior toward an
object, person, or situation.
✔✔stereotype - ✔✔a simplified set of traits associated with memberships in a group ar
category
✔✔discrimination - ✔✔unfair behavior based on stereotype and prejudice
✔✔best type of love - ✔✔consummate love
✔✔locus of control - ✔✔a cognitive expectancy featured in social cognitive learning
theories of personalities about the source of individual outcomes an eternal locus of
