ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
trait theory - CORRECT ANSWER - observable patterns of behavior that last over time
Freud's psychoanalytic or psychodynamic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - the
unconscious determinants of behavior
Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow's humanistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - self-
actualization and the drive to realize one's potential
nature - CORRECT ANSWER - heredity and physiological/biological dimensions
nurture - CORRECT ANSWER - environmental, developmental dimensions
In this text personality will mean: - CORRECT ANSWER - how people affect others and
how they understand and view themselves, as well as their pattern of inner and outer measurable
traits and the person-situation interaction.
How people affect others depends primarily on: - CORRECT ANSWER - their external
appearance and traits
evolutionary psychologists - CORRECT ANSWER - those that suggest humans evolve
and retain not only physically over the ages, but also psychologically
neuropsychologists - CORRECT ANSWER - those that explain psychological
characteristics primarily through the brain
, What type of psychologist suggests that humans may be "hardwired" from distant previous
generations - CORRECT ANSWER - evolutionary psychologists
social evolution suggests that humanity is evolving along the lines of social phenomena such as:
- CORRECT ANSWER - trust, collaboration, and competition
According to the social evolutionary process, people who are related collaborate on the basis of:
- CORRECT ANSWER - nepotism
_______ allows measurement of brain activity by mapping specific regions that are linked to
specialized roles - CORRECT ANSWER - functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
forntal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - the part of the brain that anticipates events and
weighs the consequences of behavior
hippocampus and amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER - parts of the brain associated with
memory, mood and motivation
Amygdala - CORRECT ANSWER - a part of the brain has to do with the emotion of the
individual
Why do employees resist change? - CORRECT ANSWER - change taps fear receptors in
the brain and taxes the brain's cognitive capacity to learn new ways of doing things
People's attempts to understand themselves are called the ____________ in personality theory. -
CORRECT ANSWER - self-concept
_________ is a unique product of many interacting parts and may be thought of as the
personality viewed from within - CORRECT ANSWER - the self