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Question 51

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Which of the following theoretical perspectives would be least likely to rely on animal research?

A) behavioural approach.
B) cognitive approach.
C) humanistic approach.
D) biological approach.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Question 52

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Freud ascribed great importance to sexual and aggressive impulses, mainly because they

A) tend to be routinely frustrated.
B) are essential to the survival of the species.
C) dominate our dreams.
D) tend to be reinforced by others.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Question 53

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According to Jung, the ____ is a storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from people's ancestral past.

Primary process thinking is associated with the ____, and secondary process thinking is associated with the ____.

Which of Freud's personality components is suggested to engage in secondary-process thinking?

In contrast to Bandura, B.F. Skinner advocates the principle of reciprocal determinism. He argues that not only does the environment determine behaviour; behaviour determines the environment.

Fourteen-year-old Jessica knows she has made some bad choices at times, and these choices have gotten her into serious trouble on a number of occasions. However, she is confident that her parents love her, in spite of her mistakes. Based on the theory developed by Carl Rogers, Jessica perceives her parents' affection as

According to Rogers, for a child to develop a healthy personality, the parents must

Makhaya is well known throughout his middle school for being a bright student who frequently disrupts class by answering a teacher's question with a somewhat appropriate wise crack. He behaves much the same when at basketball practice and boy scout meetings. His tendency to be a "class clown" in many situations relates to the ____ aspect of personality.

When Brandon was nine, he saw one of his classmates fall under the wheels of a school bus as it pulled away from the curb. Today, at the age of 34, he has no memory of the accident. The evening news carried a flashback of the accident that happened 25 years ago, and Brandon still didn't remember being at the scene when the accident happened. According to Freud, it seems that Brandon's memory of the accident is contained in his

Briefly describe the strengths and weaknesses of the behavioural approach to personality.

Which of Freud's psychosexual stages did he see as society's first systematic effort to regulate the child impulses?

According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in ____ tend to be diligent, disciplined, well-organised and punctual.

The component of personality that operates according to the reality principle is the

On first learning about the different theoretical perspectives on personality, many people like the views of the humanistic theorists best. Why do you think this is? Are these reasons sound, scientific criteria for evaluating a theoretical perspective on personality?

Dr Hewlett believes that early childhood experiences have a strong influence on adult personality, and that our personality is largely shaped by unconscious forces. Dr Hewlett's views most closely mirror those of the

Which of the following is NOT one of the major contributions associated with the humanistic theory of personality?

The id can be BEST described as having which of the following statements as its motto?

Freud's concept of the unconscious is MOST like Jung's

The impending possibility of a forbidden impulse getting out of control and being expressed in behaviour would be most apt to produce ____ in the person.