Quiz 14 Flashcards
Research by Downey and Feldman (1996) indicated that individuals who are high in rejection sensitivity tend to
A. Infer hostile intent on the part of their partner
Ayduk, Mischel, and Downey’s (2002) research on the influence of hot versus cool attentional focus indicates that focusing on different aspects of an experience can have different ________ consequences
B. Emotional
Research by Anderson and colleagues on the transference phenomenon indicates that people react differently toward people who _______ someone from their past
D. All of the above
A. Remind them of
B. Resemble
C. Bring to mind
A literature review by Bartz, Zaki, Bolger, and Ochsner (2011) revealed that, above all else, the effect of oxytocin
A. Depends on the context
Research my Nancy Cantor and Julie Norem indicates that among defensive pessimists, large actual-ideal self discrepancies predicted higher
B. Academic attainment
In the KAPA model of Dan Cervone, knowledge refers to information that we carry with us all the type, whereas appraisals refer to the evaluations we make about ourselves in particular situations. Evaluations that are
B. Dynamic
Research that assesses the contents of one’s self knowledge as well as the situations that activate that knowledge indicates that two people can have the same schema (e.g., responsible) and yet see it as relevant to different
A. Situations
Research by Cervone and colleagues indicates at self knowledge influences appraisals, but only in situations that are _______ to that knowledge
D. Relevant
Research by Lynam and colleagues (2000) on the role of impulsivity and SES on delinquency demonstrates the importance of studying behavior in
A. Context
Research by Paul Bates on ________ in old age suggests that people can maintain psychological well-being by being selective about the particular domains of life on which they focus their energies and knowledge
B. Resilience
Socioemotional selectivity theory predicts that goals involving meaningful _________ experiences become relatively more important and older adulthood
C. Emotional
When studying questions about personality and culture, one might ask whether a given psychological finding found in one culture generalizes to another culture. One problem with this approach is that
A. It could cause someone to overlook an important aspect of that culture
A problem with the strategy of seeing whether a given psychological finding generalizes to another culture is that it suggests that
D. All of the above
A. Culture is not an integral part of personality
B. Culture and personality are not very related
C. Culture is independent of personality
Shweder and Sullivan (1990) note that personality and culture “make each other up” (p. 399). This means that ________
D. “A” and “b” are both correct
A. There is no such thing as person free culture
B. There is no such thing as a culture free person
In European American cultures, the self is primarily construed as being
C. Independent
