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What is personality? - Answer-a. An individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, acting and feeling How would you describe the traits vs. situationism debate? - Answer--Situationism: view of personality that view behavior as a function of the situation, not internal traits. "multiple selves" -Traits: intuitive appeal of perspective psychoanalytic - Answer-unconscious forces trait - Answer-stable, defining characteristics biological - Answer-inherited predispositions, physiological pro...

Which of the following topics would a cognitive psychologist be most likely to study? - Answer-Decision making Gene has a history of depression. He recently failed his psychology exam, and is now reflecting on why this failure happened. Gene's explanatory style is likely to be __________. - Answer-Internal People with positive schemas __________. - Answer-Tend to be overly optimistic about the future Kelly's personal construct theory suggests that personal constructs are _________. - Ans...

Which of the following are factors that might affect why individuals have different levels of consistency in their personality? - 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? - Answer-The size of the effects of personality and of the situation in predicting ...

Processing different information, retrieving information, and storing information (learned through experience and in different ways and types) - Answer-Common functions of memory systems Savings - Answer-Decreased effort needed to relearn because forgotten info still lingers outside conscious awareness, and a measure of memory strength Ebbinghaus - Answer-Psychologist who studied memory, learning, and forgetting by self-reporting performance on remembering nonsense syllables Massed practic...

What is the most commonly used drug in the US - Answer-marijuana What predicts movement from use to abuse of drugs? - Answer-rebelliousness and sensation seeking restricting sales of alcohol or raising the drinking age is an example of: - Answer-public policy programs that successfully prevent teen drug abuse have included - Answer-life skills training and social influence How effective is AA in decreasing alcohol use? - Answer-as effective as other methods When smokers relapse they: - Ans...

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