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Psychologists following the phenomenological approach __________. are concerned with our conscious experience of the world and the consequences of having free will According to the text, personality's greatest strength, understanding the whole persons, is also its greatest weakness. Which te...

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PSY 340 Personality Midterm
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Psychologists following the phenomenological approach __________.


✓ are concerned with our conscious experience of the world and the

consequences of having free will




According to the text, personality's greatest strength, understanding the

whole persons, is also its greatest weakness. Which term describes this

fundamental observation?


✓ Funder's First Law




__________ theories of personality apply the insights and methods derived

from the study of perception, memory, and thought to the study of

personality.


✓ Cognitive




What is a primary goal of the biological approach to personality?


✓ understanding the heritability of behavior and personality




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One critique of personality psychology is that it "pigeonholes" people. What

does "pigeonholing" someone mean?


✓ categorizing and labeling people




Personality psychologists who adhere to the __________ approach focus on

identifying, conceptualizing, and measuring the ways in which people differ

psychologically from one another.


✓ trait




Personality psychology shares with clinical psychology __________.


✓ a common obligation to try to understand the whole person




Which of the following is NOT part of the psychological triad?


✓ psychological health




Personality is an individual's characteristic patterns of __________.


✓ behavior, emotion, and thought




Jeff suspects that his roommate's sexist jokes may indicate that his roommate

has some hidden, unconscious hostility toward women or that he feels very




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insecure around women. Jeff's analysis suggests a ________ approach to

personality.


✓ psychoanalytic




In observing human behavior, it is impossible to __________.


✓ understand everything about a person all at once




Which subfield of psychology has the greatest overlap with personality

psychology?


✓ clinical




Is narcissism always a bad trait to have?


✓ No, narcissists are persuasive, but they also act unethically




The purpose of a basic approach (or paradigm) is to __________.


✓ limit inquiry to certain kinds of observations and patterns




Personality psychology and clinical psychology overlap most often when

approaching which topic?


✓ personality disorders



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Which of the following is NOT one of the basic approaches to personality?


✓ assessment




Personality psychology emphasizes how people are __________, whereas

subfields such as cognitive and social psychology emphasize how people

are __________.


✓ different from each other; similar to each other




Advocates of any particular basic approach to personality historically

__________.


✓ claimed that their approach explains everything worth explaining




Which of the following is an expression of Funder's First Law?


✓ characteristics that are strengths in one sense are weaknesses in other

ways




What are two topics covered under the phenomenological approach?


✓ humanistic and cross-cultural perspectives on personality




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