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PSYC 341 Week 7 Quiz

1.       The adaptive personality system that revolves around one's capacity and commitment to work is

2.       The essence of Buss's theory of personality revolves around adaptive problems and their

3.       Which of following theorists laid the foundation for the modern theory of evolution?

4.       Karen is the captain of her basketball team. She always prefers accomplishing her personal goals to helping her team win matches. In this case, Karen scores low on the behavioral disposition of

5.       Buss and his colleague Heidi Greiling propose _____ distinct sources of individual differences.

6.       Which of the following is not one of the distinct outcomes of the evolutionary process of natural selection, sexual selection, and chance?

7.       E.O. Wilson argued for a merger of the biological and social sciences and dubbed his movement

8.       Just like in biology, there is much support for the evolutionary basis of human personality, which can be divided into the general topics of

9.       When Miguel was an infant, he developed a strong attachment style with his mother. Whenever his mother left him alone, he would cry and throw tantrums to stop his mother from leaving him alone. Now, in his early childhood years, Miguel still continues to display such behavior. Which of the following statements is most likely true about the scenario?

10.   _____ are evolved strategies that solve important survival and/or reproductive problems.

11.   _____ is marked by a tendency to take risks and to experience positive emotion (i.e., be happy) and initiating and maintaining friendships and relationships.

12.   An origin of environment-induced individual differences is _____, which means that different people find what makes them stand out from others in order to gain attention from parents or potential mates.

13.   Traits that happen as a result of adaptations but are not part of the functional design are called

14.   Evolutionary psychology and evolutionary theory of personality have their own scientific society called

15.   The term _____ can be defined as the scientific study of human thought and behavior from an evolutionary perspective and focuses on four big questions.

16.   Which of the following statements is true of the evolutionary theory of personality as a guide for practitioners in psychology?

17.   Negative reinforcement differs from punishment in that in negative reinforcement,

18.   When operant conditioning is used to shape complex behavior such as playing a piano, reinforcement is applied

19.   Payment by salary or wage most closely approximates which schedule of reinforcement?

20.   Skinner would view warfare as an example of

21.   According to Skinner, which of the following would be a means of social control?

22.   Which of these would not be considered by Skinner to be a generalized reinforcer?

23.   In the context of operant discrimination, B. F. Skinner believed that discrimination is

24.   According to Skinner, the most critical characteristic of science is

25.   Which of the following statements is true of Thorndike's law of effect?

26.   Grant has been planning a trip to Italy after he graduates with a degree in art. How would Skinner explain Grant's planning?

27.   Skinner viewed the unhealthy personality as

28.   Which term is the least descriptive of B. F. Skinner?

29.   As a young man, Skinner wanted to become a

30.   According to Skinner, human behavior is shaped by

31.   For humans, playing slot machines best illustrates the influence of a _____ schedule of reinforcement.

32.   Ramesh believes that people drink water because they are thirsty. He believes that there is no connection between the internal drive to drink water and the factors affecting the availability of water. Which of the following statements is true about the scenario?

33.   For Bandura, learning through modeling involves

34.   Bandura's treatment technique that involves the extinction of anxiety or fear through self- or therapist-induced relaxation is known as

35.   Like most people, Madison relies on other people such as the police, the fire department, and mechanics to exercise indirect control over her life. Bandura calls this situation

36.   According to Bandura, _____ refers to people's beliefs in their capability to exercise some measure of control over their own functioning and over environmental events.

37.   Bandura believes that

38.   Bandura's treatment mode in which clients are trained to visualize models performing fearful behaviors is

39.   Bandura claims that self-efficacy can be acquired, enhanced, or decreased through

40.   According to Bandura, when people experience intense fear, acute anxiety, or high levels of stress, it

41.   Bandura sees modeling as

42.   Megan compares her test grade with that of other class members to determine her test performance. She is using which of Bandura's judgmental processes?

43.   In Bandura's view, self-efficacy is most likely to be increased when

44.   Bandura believes that _____ is a mechanism common to all successful therapy techniques.

45.   According to Bandura, observing a model being punished for performance will decrease one's likelihood of

46.   Bandura sees deviant behaviors as

47.   Sylvia has a fear of swimming. When she sees her classmate swimming comfortably in a swimming pool, she feels less anxious about swimming. According to Bandura, Sylvia is reducing her fear of swimming through

48.   Sophia performs poorly in her science test. When her parents question her poor performance, she blames her relatives and neighbors for low grades because they visited her home the day before her science test. In this case, Sophia is reducing the responsibility of her poor performance through

49.   Erick is confident that he has the skills and abilities to be an excellent professional baseball player. However, he is uncertain whether he will be offered a job as a player. Thus, according to Bandura, he has _____ efficacy expectations and _____ outcome expectations.