Psych 321 WSU exam 1 questions with correct
answers
How does the term "mission impossible" relate to personality
psychology? Correct Answer-The mission of psychology (to explain
whole persons) is impossible. If one tries to understand everything about
a person at once, he/she will immediately become overwhelmed-look for
patterns instead
What is the purpose of education post-industrialization?
Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson Correct Answer-to produce university
professors
education is all about university entrance because other subjects are
stigmatized
because of democracy and explosion of population
What is wrong with being petrified to be wrong in the classroom?
Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson Correct Answer-if you're afraid to be
wrong, you'll never come up with anything original
stigmatize mistakes, we are educating people out of their creative
capacities
,What does Funder propose is true about all Strengths and Weaknesses in
personality psychology? Correct Answer-great strengths are usually
great weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
the good comes with the bad
What is the definition of personality psychology? Correct Answer-
address the psychological triad of thought, feeling, and behavior, and to
try to explain the functioning of whole individuals
5 approaches: trait, biological, psychoanalytic, phenomenological,
learning, cognitive processes
What does Funder mean by, "There are no perfect indicators of
personality"? Correct Answer-gather all the clues you can with the
resources you have-clues can be misleading, but you still have to pursue
them
s data Correct Answer-self reports: usually questionnaires or surveys,
most frequent
adv:
large amount of info
access to thoughts feelings
definitional truth (self esteem)
, causal force (self perceptions can create their own reality)
simple and easy
dis:
won't or can't tell you (fish and water effect: fish don't know they're
wet),
TOO simple and easy
active distortion of memory, lack of self insight, too simple and easy
What is S-data?
How does this relate to face validity? Correct Answer-they are intended
to measure what they seem to measure, on their face
What is meant by "definitional truth" and how does this relate to S-data?
Correct Answer-advantage: some kinds of s data are true by definition,
ex: if you think you have high self esteem, then you do and it doesn't
matter what anyone else thinks
What is meant by "causal force" and how does this relate to S-data?
Correct Answer-s data has a way of creating its own reality because of
self perceptions can create their own reality (people want other people to
see them a certain way so they try to act the way they want to be seen)
answers
How does the term "mission impossible" relate to personality
psychology? Correct Answer-The mission of psychology (to explain
whole persons) is impossible. If one tries to understand everything about
a person at once, he/she will immediately become overwhelmed-look for
patterns instead
What is the purpose of education post-industrialization?
Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson Correct Answer-to produce university
professors
education is all about university entrance because other subjects are
stigmatized
because of democracy and explosion of population
What is wrong with being petrified to be wrong in the classroom?
Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robinson Correct Answer-if you're afraid to be
wrong, you'll never come up with anything original
stigmatize mistakes, we are educating people out of their creative
capacities
,What does Funder propose is true about all Strengths and Weaknesses in
personality psychology? Correct Answer-great strengths are usually
great weaknesses, and surprisingly often the opposite is true as well
the good comes with the bad
What is the definition of personality psychology? Correct Answer-
address the psychological triad of thought, feeling, and behavior, and to
try to explain the functioning of whole individuals
5 approaches: trait, biological, psychoanalytic, phenomenological,
learning, cognitive processes
What does Funder mean by, "There are no perfect indicators of
personality"? Correct Answer-gather all the clues you can with the
resources you have-clues can be misleading, but you still have to pursue
them
s data Correct Answer-self reports: usually questionnaires or surveys,
most frequent
adv:
large amount of info
access to thoughts feelings
definitional truth (self esteem)
, causal force (self perceptions can create their own reality)
simple and easy
dis:
won't or can't tell you (fish and water effect: fish don't know they're
wet),
TOO simple and easy
active distortion of memory, lack of self insight, too simple and easy
What is S-data?
How does this relate to face validity? Correct Answer-they are intended
to measure what they seem to measure, on their face
What is meant by "definitional truth" and how does this relate to S-data?
Correct Answer-advantage: some kinds of s data are true by definition,
ex: if you think you have high self esteem, then you do and it doesn't
matter what anyone else thinks
What is meant by "causal force" and how does this relate to S-data?
Correct Answer-s data has a way of creating its own reality because of
self perceptions can create their own reality (people want other people to
see them a certain way so they try to act the way they want to be seen)
