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OCEAN
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
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| How does this trait affect most people? |
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| Emotional behaviors are not controlled more by situations than by traits. True or False? |
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-ruled by the pleasure principle and seeks immediate gratification
-unconscious psychic energy |
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| -operates on the reality principle and tries to satisfy the id's needs in socially acceptable ways |
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| -the "conscious" that forces the ego to consider ideals and standards |
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| After playing the clarinet for only a few weeks, Shelly learns to play a simple song fairly well during practice. Unfortunately, she finds that she cannot play it in front of her family without making one mistake after another. It might help Shelly to feel better if she knew this was probably a function of: |
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| The first time Jerrod goes out with a new group of friends, the other guys whistle at girls walking by. Based on their behavior, Jerrod feels pressure to do the same. By going along with the behavior of the group, Jerrod has demonstrated _____. If he went along with the group because of a need to be accepted by its members, his behavior would be the result of a(n) _____. |
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| conformity; normative influence |
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| Larissa was opposed to animal cruelty and decided to attend an animal rights rally. After the rally, Larissa experienced intensification in her views. Specifically, she became a vegetarian and decided to stop using products tested on animals. Her shift in opinion could be explained by: |
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Stan really wanted someone to help him carry a huge stack of folders from the office to his car. He decided to first ask a co-worker if she could help him put the folders into boxes. When she agreed, he then asked her to help him carry the boxes to his car. Stan's strategy is an example of the _____ technique.
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In Stanley Milgram's famous study of obedience, most subjects: |
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| administered progressively more severe shocks as ordered and expressed disdain and lack of compassion for the learner. |
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| When Helen, Tom, and Mary each sing solo, they try their best to sing loud, expressively, and in perfect tune. However, when Helen, Tom, and Mary sing as a group, they do not try as hard, which lowers their overall performance. Helen, Tom, and Mary's behavior when singing as a group is an example of: |
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| Imagine you are a kindergarten teacher who has discovered that your class has divided itself into two groups according to gender and that these groups harass each other and even physically fight with each other on the playground every day. Judging by the results of the Robbers Cave study, what is the best way to resolve the conflict? |
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| give them a task with a goal they value but can attain only through cooperation |
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| What is the difference between traits and states? |
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-traits are innate
-states develop based upon environment |
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The five-factor model of personality identifies the five major personality traits that:
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| have repeatedly appeared in recent factor-analytic studies conducted with a variety of cultures and age groups. |
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| Suppose that you and your best friend from college graduated fifteen years ago and haven't seen each other since. Now, both 36 years old, you are meeting for lunch. What aspect of your friend's personality might you reasonably expect to have changed based on general trends, and in which direction would the change most likely have gone? |
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| agreeableness would have increased |
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| Introverts pay more attention to environmental threats than extroverts do. True or false? |
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| According to Freud, the source of unconscious motivation is... |
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| Sexual desires and aggression |
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