THEORIES OF PERSONALITY - BURGER
CHAPTER 15
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Assignment Name: Burger, Personality, 8e, Chapter 15
To obtain a sense of predictability, Kelly suggests that we engage in:
a. hypothesis testing.
1.
b. scientific discovery.
c. theory construction.
d. template matching.
According to Kelly, construct systems are never perfect. When constructs fail us as we try to predict events:
a. old constructs are selected out of the system.
2.
b. it lessens our ability to predict what will happen the next time.
c. healthy people fail to consider new information.
d. new constructs are constantly generated to replace the old ones.
Which of the following is true about the cognitive processes that produce behavior?
a. They become automatic when consciousness is needed.
3.
b. Cognitive theorists acknowledge that the situation often initiates behavior.
c. Processing information in a "black box" is generally considered a myth.
d. Each cognitive-affective unit is accessed from memory in the same amount of time.
Your self-schema consists of those aspects of your behavior that are:
a. unique to you alone.
4.
b. innate.
c. similar to your parents.
d. most important to you.
One study of the self-schema presented students with 40 questions for which they pressed Yes or No. The research
5.
a. the words had the ability to generate emotions.
b. a self-referent question was difficult to answer.
c. the question was processed about the participants themselves.
d. participants were asked about a rhyme.
Cognitive therapists recognize that we cannot avoid problem situations in our lives, so they use techniques like selfa. One learns how to modify their own cognitive structures.
6.
b. Their purpose is to replace self-defeating thoughts with more positive ones.
c. All of these.
d. They help people overcome problems they are currently dealing with.
Many different therapies fall within the broad cognitive approach, but each cognitive therapy identifies ________ as
a. inappropriate thoughts
7.
b. a loss of freedom
c. early childhood experiences with caregivers
d. inappropriate behaviors
All of the following techniques are methods used by Kelly in psychotherapy except one. Which one?
a. Asking people to define their personal constructs.
8.
b. Asking people to describe their ideal self.
c. Forcing people to attend to their process of construing the world.
d. Asking people about their personal constructs.
One of the goals of Kelly's Rep test is to obtain a ________ of how clients construe the world.
a. level of achievement
9.
b. diagnosis
c. personal construct
d. visual map
The cognitive approach has been criticized in which of the following ways?
a. The research has given it little support.
10.
b. It is not needed to explain individual differences in behavior.
c. It is too specific and needs more abstraction.
d. It does not fit well with current trends in psychology.
The cognitive approach to personality explains differences in personality as differences in the way people respond
11.
True
False
According to Kelly, people want to understand the world so that they can predict and control what happens to them
12.
True
False
Kelly suggested that the better we understand another person's construct system, the better we will get along.
13.
True
False
Ideal selves represent our dreams and aspirations as well as our fears and anxieties.
14.
True
False
According to Ellis, people have psychological problems because of faulty reasoning based on unconscious motives
15.
True
False
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To obtain a sense of predictability, Kelly suggests that we engage in:
a. hypothesis testing.
b. scientific discovery.
1
c. theory construction.
d. template matching.
status: not answered ()
correct: d
your answer:
According to Kelly, construct systems are never perfect. When constructs fail us as we try to predict events:
a. old constructs are selected out of the system.
2
b. it lessens our ability to predict what will happen the next time.
c. healthy people fail to consider new information.
Summary of
d. new constructs are constantly generated to replace the old ones.
status: not answered ()
correct: d
your answer:
Which of the following is true about the cognitive processes that produce behavior?
a. They become automatic when consciousness is needed.
b. Cognitive theorists acknowledge that the situation often initiates behavior.
3
c. Processing information in a "black box" is generally considered a myth.
d. Each cognitive-affective unit is accessed from memory in the same amount of time.
status: not answered ()
correct: b
your answer:
Your self-schema consists of those aspects of your behavior that are:
a. unique to you alone.
b. innate.
4
c. similar to your parents.
d. most important to you.
status: not answered ()
correct: d
your answer:
One study of the self-schema presented students with 40 questions for which they pressed Yes or No. The researcher
a. the words had the ability to generate emotions.
5
b. a self-referent question was difficult to answer.
c. the question was processed about the participants themselves.
Summary of
d. participants were asked about a rhyme.
status: not answered ()
correct: c
your answer:
Cognitive therapists recognize that we cannot avoid problem situations in our lives, so they use techniques like self-ins
a. One learns how to modify their own cognitive structures.
b. Their purpose is to replace self-defeating thoughts with more positive ones.
6
c. All of these.
d. They help people overcome problems they are currently dealing with.
status: not answered ()
correct: b
your answer:
Many different therapies fall within the broad cognitive approach, but each cognitive therapy identifies ________ as the
a. inappropriate thoughts
b. a loss of freedom
7
c. early childhood experiences with caregivers
d. inappropriate behaviors
status: not answered ()
correct: a
your answer:
All of the following techniques are methods used by Kelly in psychotherapy except one. Which one?
a. Asking people to define their personal constructs.
8
b. Asking people to describe their ideal self.
c. Forcing people to attend to their process of construing the world.
Summary of
d. Asking people about their personal constructs.
status: not answered ()
correct: b
your answer:
One of the goals of Kelly's Rep test is to obtain a ________ of how clients construe the world.
a. level of achievement
b. diagnosis
9
c. personal construct
d. visual map
status: not answered ()
correct: d
your answer:
The cognitive approach has been criticized in which of the following ways?
a. The research has given it little support.
b. It is not needed to explain individual differences in behavior.
10
c. It is too specific and needs more abstraction.
d. It does not fit well with current trends in psychology.
status: not answered ()
correct: b
your answer:
The cognitive approach to personality explains differences in personality as differences in the way people resp
11
True
False
status: not answered ()
correct: false
your answer:
Summary of
According to Kelly, people want to understand the world so that they can predict and control what happens to th
12
True
False
status: not answered ()
correct: true
your answer:
Kelly suggested that the better we understand another person's construct system, the better we will get along.
13
True
False
status: not answered ()
correct: true
your answer:
Ideal selves represent our dreams and aspirations as well as our fears and anxieties.
14
True
False
status: not answered ()
correct: false
your answer:
According to Ellis, people have psychological problems because of faulty reasoning based on unconscious mo
15
True
False
status: not answered ()
correct: false
your answer: