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Methods of Personality Assessments docs updated docs 2020 complete run a head solution Question 1 Ramon is a psychotherapist whose therapeutic orientation follows that of Maslow and Rogers. He readily has an explanation for why his depressed and anxious clients improve with treatment ("They have removed the conditions inhibiting a sense of worth from their lives") as well as why some of his patients fail to improve with treatment ("Important people in his/her life continue to thwart the development of self-actualization"). A critical thinker would recognize that Ramon's approach Select one: a. cannot be falsified. b. fails to rule out rival hypotheses. c. lacks extraordinary evidence for his extraordinary claims. d. reflects his own personal biases and therefore cannot be trusted. Question 2 What was the third, and some would say final, major force in the field of personality psychology? Select one: a. Behaviorism b. Humanism c. Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic d. Social learning Question 3 What method of personality assessment is considered the most controversial in psychology today? Select one: a. Graphology b. Polygraph tests c. Projective tests d. Structured personality tests Question 4 According to the authors, persons who employ the assessment technique of graphology are often more influenced by the ________ than they are by the actual differences in people's writing styles. Select one: a. availability heuristic b. confirmation bias c. hindsight bias d. representativeness heuristic Question 5 As you are preparing for your biology exam, you notice two of your classmates in the library. After going to talk with them, you discover they are planning to use a cheat sheet during tomorrow's exam. What part of your personality would cause you to feel ashamed or guilty if you also cheated on the exam? Select one: a. The actual self b. The ego c. The id d. The superego Question 6 What is Albert Bandura's term for the relationship among the three factors that influence personality? Select one: a. feedback loops b. learned responses c. reciprocal determinism d. external expectancies Question 7 Jung's theory suggests that the ________ is a collection of latent memories from people's ancestral past. Select one: a. conscious b. collective unconscious c. personal unconscious d. locus of control Question 8 Compared to Freud himself, the neo-Freudians placed more importance on ________ and less on ________ Select one: a. sexuality; social drives b. unconscious; personality c. social drives; unconscious d. social drives; sexuality Question 9 When reviewing Freud's theory of personality development, a critical thinker would be most concerned about the Select one: a. confusing correlation with causation. b. lack of falsifiable hypotheses for key aspects. c. lack of extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims. d. high level of support for many key aspects. Question 10 If you surveyed 100 trait theorists, you would expect to see many of them argue that personality is structured on ________ different dimensions. Select one: a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. 7

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