
Chapter 7 - 2.26.19
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- Q1Allport defined personality as "the __________ within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his unique adjustments to the environment."nurtuanceexistancedevelopmentdynamic organization30s
- Q2Which statement best describes Allport's attitude toward biological influences on personality?Biological influences explain mental illness, but not variations in normal personality.Biological influences determine most of personality.Will power is so important that biology plays no part in personality.Biological influences, along with psychological influences, are important determinants of personality.30s
- Q3According to Allport, the basic unit of personality is theinterpersonal styletraittypeego30s
- Q4Arranged in order from most pervasive to least pervasive in an individual's personality, Allport describes these traits:central, secondary, cardinal.cardinal, secondary, central.cardinal, central, secondary.secondary, central, cardinal.30s
- Q5Allport's term, proprium, corresponds most closely to which of the following terms?the superegoneurosissocial influencethe self30s
- Q6A person who is extrinsically religious is likely to agree with which statement?"My religious beliefs influence all my important life decisions.""The most important lesson of religion is to love your neighbor.""People should contribute one-tenth of their income to the Church.""One reason for my being a church member is that it helps establish a person in the community."30s
- Q7In their classic study of rumor transmission, Allport and Postman found thateyewitnesses are more accurate than is generally believed.rumors increase the amount of violence, the more they are retold.rumor transmission cannot be studied in the laboratory.often a black man was reported, wrongly, to have been holding a knife.30s
- Q8What is the equation for psychological systems?Life satisfaction = (Religious orientation) x (current developmental stage)Personality = (Proprium) x (Self-identity)Life satisfaction = (Functional autonomy) x (Proprium)Personality = (Heredity) x (Environment)30s
- Q9What was Allport’s term for traits that are unique to each individual?Proprium traitsPersonal traitsUnique traitsSelf traits30s
- Q10What method can be used for inferring traits?listing words that describe people from the dictionaryobserving people’s behaviorall three optionsanalyzing documents such as letters30s