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The Oedipus complex is thought to take place during the:

A) anal stage.
B) phallic stage.
C) oral stage.
D) latency stage.

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Question 42

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Which of the following was mentioned as a shortcoming of Freud's psychoanalytic theory?

A) His theory was not complex enough.
B) His theory failed to stimulate any further theoretical advances.
C) His theory was too specific and not comprehensive enough.
D) His concepts were ambiguous and difficult to operationally define.

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The basic assumption underlying projective tests is that if you present someone with a stimulus, the interpretation for this stimulus will come from within and thus presumably represent or reflect the person's inner needs and feelings. It is necessary that the stimulus is _.

George's parents have always told him that he has to do better in school. Even when he gets all A's they remind him that he has to do better. Now George feels pressure to perform at school, even though a B would be an acceptable grade for him. According to Roger's self theory, George feels this way because

A marital researcher is interested in the personality factors and attitudes that contribute to successful marriages. This researcher has interviewed hundreds of different couples already, so in order to gather some potentially new information, he gives 20 married couples a beeper that randomly activates two to three times a day. When the beeper goes off, the couple is asked to call in to an answering machine in the lab and report on what they were just doing, thinking, and feeling. This study best demonstrates the personality assessment method known as:

Which of the following was mentioned as being a characteristic of a personality theory that is useful for psychologists?

You are developing a personality test for friendliness. As you design the test, you choose items that were answered differently by friendly people in previous research. You are using the

Jordan is given a personality test where he is shown ambiguous pictures of people and is asked to tell a story about what he sees that includes such things as what led up to the current situation and how he thinks the story will be resolved. It is most likely that Jordan is taking the:

Jesse has had a long-term phobia of heights. After working with a therapist, he is finally able to stand on the edge of a high overpass for the first time in his life, primarily because he no longer feels the anxiety and fear that he used to experience during times like these. This example best demonstrates how can enhance feelings of self-efficacy.

Chloe is taking rock climbing in Physical Education class and she believes that because she was unsuccessful in last year's class, this year will also be a disaster. According to Bandura, the most important factor for Chloe having a low self-efficacy in rock climbing is that

The MMPI-2 was initially used for ________ and is now also used ________

In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, creative and artistic achievements arise from intrapsychic conflict, while in Roger's humanistic theory, they arise from _.

Which of the following theorists is NOT considered to be a social cognitive theorist?

Julie was present at a horrible accident. It bothered her a lot and she cannot remember anything about it. According to Freud, this is an act of motivated forgetting called

When treating people with conversion hysteria, Freud noticed that people with this disorder often appeared to improve when:

All of the following were mentioned as characteristics of the behaviours typically associated with personality EXCEPT behaviours that are viewed as:

According to Freud, the activities of this structure are primarily governed by the pleasure principle. This structure is called the:

Hal doesn't think he has much chance of getting into his top choice for medical school. However, he still very much likes this school and desires to go there. Based on Rotter's concept of expectancy, we would expect Hal not to apply to this school, while Rotter's concept of suggests that Hal would apply to this school.

Id is to pleasure principle, as ego is to ________, as superego is to _.

Reports of what type(s) of information can be gathered using the remote behaviour sampling method of assessment?