exam 3

Question 1

what is personality?

Answer 1

“our characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting”

Question 2

where did freud think that our personality comes from?

Answer 2

comes from our conflict between id, ego, and superego

Question 3

what is the difference between trait theories and type theories?

Answer 3

trait theory focuses on human traits while type theory focuses on different types of personality

Question 4

what largely determines personality and temperament?

Answer 4

genetics

Question 5

what are the two types of personality tests?

Answer 5

objective and projective

Question 6

what factors increase your odds of helping someone?

Answer 6

person is similar to us, is a woman, appears to need help, we are not in a hurry

Question 7

what factors are correlated with longer-lasting relationships?

Answer 7

cultures where people think love is less important for marriage have lower divorce rates

Question 8

what factors compose prejudice?

Answer 8

unjustifiable and negative attitude toward a group and its members

Question 9

what increases our odds of being attracted to someone?

Answer 9

proximity
attractiveness
similarity
we like people who like us

Question 10

what leads to prejudice?

Answer 10

negative emotions, stereotypes, discimination

Question 11

are repressed memories real? do we have much evidence for repressed memories?

Answer 11

not much evidence of repression of memories

Question 12

how do we measure retention of memory?

Answer 12

recalling, recognizing, relearning

Question 13

when are eye-witness testimonies more likely to be accurate?

Answer 13

after the age of 4

Question 14

four humors

Question 15

id

Question 16

ego

Question 17

superego

Question 18

openess

Question 19

conscientiousness

Question 20

extraversion

Question 21

agreeableness

Question 22

neuroticism

Question 23

reciprocal determinism

Question 24

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Question 25

fundamental attribution error

Question 26

dispositional attribution

Question 27

situational attribution

Question 28

cognitive dissonance

Question 29

milgrams obedience study

Question 30

Asch's conformity study

Question 31

normative social influence

Question 32

informative social influence

Question 33

Jane Elliots blue eyed brown eyed study

Question 34

social identity theory

Question 35

stern bergs triangulate theory of love

Question 36

explicit prejudice

Question 37

implicit prejudice

Question 38

just-world phenomenon

Question 39

in-group/outgroup bias

Question 40

bystander effect

Question 41

social exchange theory

Question 42

reciprocity norm

Question 43

social-responsibility norm

Question 44

self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 45

superordinate goals

Question 46

repression

Question 47

three-step memory model

Question 48

sensory memory

Question 49

short-term/working memory