PSY352 Personality Exam 1 & Final Exam (Latest
2024/ 2025 UpdateS STUDY BUNDLE QITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Motive: - ANSWERa need or desire that energizes and directs our behavior.
why are personality psychologist interested in studying motives? - ANSWERbecause
they vary from person to person and those differences can predict life outcomes
these differences are stable over time
what are instincts? - ANSWERinherited tendency to produce unalterable responses
to stimuli (birds flying south for the winter).
Why did the instinctual explanation of human motivation collapse? - ANSWERstarted
label all behaviors as instinct---- theory collapsed
Describe Henry Murray's thoughts on motivation, What is a need? How might needs
influence perceptions and behaviors? - ANSWERNeed: "readiness" to respond in
certain ways and certain given circumstances
Needs influence perception--> needs influence behavior
Reduction feels good----set up opportunities
What is homeostasis?
Tendency to maintain a balance, constant internal state
*balance eg.body temperature
Needs influence perception: guides us to 'see' what we (need) want to see
Eg. high need of power---social events---chance to boss others
What is press? What is an alpha press? What is a beta press?
Press: need-relevant aspect of the environment
Alpha press: real environment (objective reality)
Beta press: perceived environment (how we interpret or perceive someone or the
situation)
What is apperception? How does the TAT attempt to assess apperception? -
ANSWERApperception: making sense of the world by assimilating it into existing
knowledge
TAT:
, - A test that uses ambiguous pictures in which subjects describe or interpret what
they see
- Interpret by telling a story about the picture
*low test reliability
What is the Multi-Motive Grid? - ANSWERA test that uses ambiguous pictures that
answers 3 big motives (achievement, power and intimacy)
What is the need for achievement? - ANSWERObtains satisfaction from
accomplishing a task
What types of tasks do high/low need for achievement people usually select? -
ANSWERHigh: preferences for moderate challenges
Too easy---anyone can do it
Too tough---might not succeed
Low: prefer easy difficult challenges
Easy---guarantee success
Difficult---failure expected
What life outcomes are common for people high/low in the need for achievement? -
ANSWERNeed for achievement is the best predictor of high/low success 40 years
late.
High nAch farmers > more likely to innovate, increase productivity
High nAch students > care more about grades, more likely to review course
requirement, speak with professor before/after class
High nAch workers laid off > more likely to find job sooner, using multiple strategies
What is the need for power? - ANSWERMotive to have impact, influence over others
(status and reputation is important)
What sex differences have been found with respect to the need for power? -
ANSWERMen high nPow are more impulsive and aggressive than high nPow women
What is "power stress"? - ANSWERBeing more vulnerable to disease/illness due to a
person's level of stress
What life outcomes are common for people high/low in the need for power? -
ANSWERHigh nPow: more likely for leadership, risk behavior, more arguments,
assertiveness in small groups----- more likely to abuse spouse and low status friends
High nPow---- more illness, reduced immune system activity
What is the need for intimacy? - ANSWERNeed for warm, fulfilling relationships with
others
-higher in women than men
-high nInt think more about relationships, more positive emotions, smile
2024/ 2025 UpdateS STUDY BUNDLE QITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS) Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A
Motive: - ANSWERa need or desire that energizes and directs our behavior.
why are personality psychologist interested in studying motives? - ANSWERbecause
they vary from person to person and those differences can predict life outcomes
these differences are stable over time
what are instincts? - ANSWERinherited tendency to produce unalterable responses
to stimuli (birds flying south for the winter).
Why did the instinctual explanation of human motivation collapse? - ANSWERstarted
label all behaviors as instinct---- theory collapsed
Describe Henry Murray's thoughts on motivation, What is a need? How might needs
influence perceptions and behaviors? - ANSWERNeed: "readiness" to respond in
certain ways and certain given circumstances
Needs influence perception--> needs influence behavior
Reduction feels good----set up opportunities
What is homeostasis?
Tendency to maintain a balance, constant internal state
*balance eg.body temperature
Needs influence perception: guides us to 'see' what we (need) want to see
Eg. high need of power---social events---chance to boss others
What is press? What is an alpha press? What is a beta press?
Press: need-relevant aspect of the environment
Alpha press: real environment (objective reality)
Beta press: perceived environment (how we interpret or perceive someone or the
situation)
What is apperception? How does the TAT attempt to assess apperception? -
ANSWERApperception: making sense of the world by assimilating it into existing
knowledge
TAT:
, - A test that uses ambiguous pictures in which subjects describe or interpret what
they see
- Interpret by telling a story about the picture
*low test reliability
What is the Multi-Motive Grid? - ANSWERA test that uses ambiguous pictures that
answers 3 big motives (achievement, power and intimacy)
What is the need for achievement? - ANSWERObtains satisfaction from
accomplishing a task
What types of tasks do high/low need for achievement people usually select? -
ANSWERHigh: preferences for moderate challenges
Too easy---anyone can do it
Too tough---might not succeed
Low: prefer easy difficult challenges
Easy---guarantee success
Difficult---failure expected
What life outcomes are common for people high/low in the need for achievement? -
ANSWERNeed for achievement is the best predictor of high/low success 40 years
late.
High nAch farmers > more likely to innovate, increase productivity
High nAch students > care more about grades, more likely to review course
requirement, speak with professor before/after class
High nAch workers laid off > more likely to find job sooner, using multiple strategies
What is the need for power? - ANSWERMotive to have impact, influence over others
(status and reputation is important)
What sex differences have been found with respect to the need for power? -
ANSWERMen high nPow are more impulsive and aggressive than high nPow women
What is "power stress"? - ANSWERBeing more vulnerable to disease/illness due to a
person's level of stress
What life outcomes are common for people high/low in the need for power? -
ANSWERHigh nPow: more likely for leadership, risk behavior, more arguments,
assertiveness in small groups----- more likely to abuse spouse and low status friends
High nPow---- more illness, reduced immune system activity
What is the need for intimacy? - ANSWERNeed for warm, fulfilling relationships with
others
-higher in women than men
-high nInt think more about relationships, more positive emotions, smile
