WGU D564 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ In the application of Skinner's behavior modification techniques
Answer: it is necessary to first assess specific behaviors.
⩥ Skinner believed that respondent behavior:
Answer: does not account for all human behavior.
⩥ Skinner's research interest was in:
Answer: behavioral responses to stimuli
⩥ In a dichotomized construct, the alternative that people select is
determined by:
Answer: how well it predicts the outcome of future events.
⩥ In the context of research on Kelly's theory, which of the following
statements is true of the effects of one's emotional state?
Answer: People evaluate others according to their own personal
characteristics.
,⩥ Which one of the following best describes Skinner's view of human
nature?
Answer: We are controlled by the environment, but we can control
ourselves by changing the environment.
⩥ Kelly believed that individuals are motivated by:
Answer: the fact of being alive.
⩥ According to Kelly, the only way to understand the human personality
is to understand:
Answer: how people interpret events and organize their social
relationships in a system
⩥ Superstitious behavior is learned quickly when there are:
Answer: short intervals between reinforcements.
⩥ Kelly's personal construct theory states that personality can be
understood by:
Answer: the way people organize and interpret their world
⩥ The Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test is used to:
Answer:
,⩥ According to Skinner, most operant conditioning applications involve:
Answer: positive reinforcement
⩥ Which of the following is true of functional analysis?
Answer:
⩥ Skinner's term for voluntary, spontaneous behavior is:
Answer: operant behavior
⩥ Skinner believed that physiological processes are:
Answer: irrelevant for mental activities.
⩥ Kelly viewed human nature as:
Answer: rational and capable of choice
⩥ Which of the following statements is true of superstitious behavior?
Answer: It is the result of a behavior being reinforced accidentally.
⩥ The research for Skinner's behavioral approach was conducted on
Answer: Rats and pigeons.
, ⩥ Which of the following is a difference between Kelly's cognitive
theory and the cognitive movement that began around 1960?
Answer: Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in an
experimental setting, whereas Kelly developed his theory in a clinical
setting.
⩥ According to Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test results, which of
the following is true of schizophrenics?
Answer: They are unstable and inconsistent in construing other people.
⩥ Skinner's experiences as an adult such as visiting a cathedral and
taking care to avoid stepping on the gravestones set in the floor made it
clear to him that his adult behaviors had been determined by _____ he
experienced as a child.
Answer: the reinforcements
⩥ An example of negative reinforcement is:
Answer:
⩥ Skinner argued that psychologists must restrict their investigations
exclusively to:
Answer: overt responses made by a subject.
⩥ In his early adulthood, Skinner discovered a new identity by
EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ In the application of Skinner's behavior modification techniques
Answer: it is necessary to first assess specific behaviors.
⩥ Skinner believed that respondent behavior:
Answer: does not account for all human behavior.
⩥ Skinner's research interest was in:
Answer: behavioral responses to stimuli
⩥ In a dichotomized construct, the alternative that people select is
determined by:
Answer: how well it predicts the outcome of future events.
⩥ In the context of research on Kelly's theory, which of the following
statements is true of the effects of one's emotional state?
Answer: People evaluate others according to their own personal
characteristics.
,⩥ Which one of the following best describes Skinner's view of human
nature?
Answer: We are controlled by the environment, but we can control
ourselves by changing the environment.
⩥ Kelly believed that individuals are motivated by:
Answer: the fact of being alive.
⩥ According to Kelly, the only way to understand the human personality
is to understand:
Answer: how people interpret events and organize their social
relationships in a system
⩥ Superstitious behavior is learned quickly when there are:
Answer: short intervals between reinforcements.
⩥ Kelly's personal construct theory states that personality can be
understood by:
Answer: the way people organize and interpret their world
⩥ The Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test is used to:
Answer:
,⩥ According to Skinner, most operant conditioning applications involve:
Answer: positive reinforcement
⩥ Which of the following is true of functional analysis?
Answer:
⩥ Skinner's term for voluntary, spontaneous behavior is:
Answer: operant behavior
⩥ Skinner believed that physiological processes are:
Answer: irrelevant for mental activities.
⩥ Kelly viewed human nature as:
Answer: rational and capable of choice
⩥ Which of the following statements is true of superstitious behavior?
Answer: It is the result of a behavior being reinforced accidentally.
⩥ The research for Skinner's behavioral approach was conducted on
Answer: Rats and pigeons.
, ⩥ Which of the following is a difference between Kelly's cognitive
theory and the cognitive movement that began around 1960?
Answer: Cognitive psychologists studied their subjects in an
experimental setting, whereas Kelly developed his theory in a clinical
setting.
⩥ According to Role Construct Repertory (REP) Test results, which of
the following is true of schizophrenics?
Answer: They are unstable and inconsistent in construing other people.
⩥ Skinner's experiences as an adult such as visiting a cathedral and
taking care to avoid stepping on the gravestones set in the floor made it
clear to him that his adult behaviors had been determined by _____ he
experienced as a child.
Answer: the reinforcements
⩥ An example of negative reinforcement is:
Answer:
⩥ Skinner argued that psychologists must restrict their investigations
exclusively to:
Answer: overt responses made by a subject.
⩥ In his early adulthood, Skinner discovered a new identity by
