PSY 352 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
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Which of the following are factors that might affect why individuals have
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different levels of consistency in their personality? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Factor: mental health, maturity, age, psychological | | | | | |
adjustment
Not a factor: environment, pessimism,
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In Funder and Ozer's (1983) reanalysis of several famous studies of
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cognitive dissonance, bystander intervention, and obedience, what did
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their algebraic comparison reveal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The size of
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the effects of personality and of the situation in predicting behavior
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were much more similar than many had assumed
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Which of the following are examples of interactionism in behavior? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Examples: Joey and Geraldo going to the prom,
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Adriana is a foodie, Samuel's manager and new policies,
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Not: Teacher enters classroom, Jacinda's analytical mind
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, Consider that the subtraction method suggests removing the variance in
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behavior attributed to each factor in order to end with the amount
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attributed to a given trait. Which of the following are alternative options
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for the source of variance that could be "subtracted" using this
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method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Alt Opts: other unmeasured person
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variables, indiv. diff. in responding to the relevant situation, any other
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situational variables |
Not alt Opts: measures personality variables
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Identify each scenario faced by Camila as illustrating either a situational
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or trait influence on her behavior. Labels can be used more than once. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Trait: Camila is shy, Camila likes to try new things
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Situational: Camila and dinner with parents talking about coursework,
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Camila talking to her friends on the first day of school, Camila waits in
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line for her audition
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A(n) _____ approach to behavior allows for multiple factors to influence
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people's behavior. This view suggests that people remain ______in
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comparison to peers, while still allowing for differences in behavior
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based on the _______. This view also suggests that people can be
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_______ and maintain a level of consistency, and that they therefore do
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not behave in erratic ways. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interactionist,
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consistent, environment, adaptable | |
Answers
Which of the following are factors that might affect why individuals have
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different levels of consistency in their personality? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Factor: mental health, maturity, age, psychological | | | | | |
adjustment
Not a factor: environment, pessimism,
| | | |
In Funder and Ozer's (1983) reanalysis of several famous studies of
| | | | | | | | | | |
cognitive dissonance, bystander intervention, and obedience, what did
| | | | | | | |
their algebraic comparison reveal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The size of
| | | | | | | | |
the effects of personality and of the situation in predicting behavior
| | | | | | | | | | |
were much more similar than many had assumed
| | | | | | |
Which of the following are examples of interactionism in behavior? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Examples: Joey and Geraldo going to the prom,
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Adriana is a foodie, Samuel's manager and new policies,
| | | | | | | | |
Not: Teacher enters classroom, Jacinda's analytical mind
| | | | | |
, Consider that the subtraction method suggests removing the variance in
| | | | | | | | |
behavior attributed to each factor in order to end with the amount
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
attributed to a given trait. Which of the following are alternative options
| | | | | | | | | | |
for the source of variance that could be "subtracted" using this
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method? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Alt Opts: other unmeasured person
| | | | | | | |
variables, indiv. diff. in responding to the relevant situation, any other
| | | | | | | | | | |
situational variables |
Not alt Opts: measures personality variables
| | | | |
Identify each scenario faced by Camila as illustrating either a situational
| | | | | | | | | | |
or trait influence on her behavior. Labels can be used more than once. -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Trait: Camila is shy, Camila likes to try new things
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Situational: Camila and dinner with parents talking about coursework,
| | | | | | | | |
Camila talking to her friends on the first day of school, Camila waits in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
line for her audition
| | |
A(n) _____ approach to behavior allows for multiple factors to influence
| | | | | | | | | |
people's behavior. This view suggests that people remain ______in
| | | | | | | | | |
comparison to peers, while still allowing for differences in behavior
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based on the _______. This view also suggests that people can be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
_______ and maintain a level of consistency, and that they therefore do
| | | | | | | | | | | |
not behave in erratic ways. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-interactionist,
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consistent, environment, adaptable | |
