What is characteristic of the idiographic approach to personality?
a. Emphasis on the distinction between conscious and unconscious influences
b. Attempts to understand and produce personalities that are better than normal
c. Intensive studies of what makes each person unique
d. Search for broad, general principles of personality
c
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A professor considers the difference of validity of his mid-term exam between male and female students. This professor is dealing with
a. range restriction. b. confusion between predictor and criterion. c. differential prediction. d. face validity.
Lois, who has a fear of elevators, watches as Carole gets on an elevator, goes up a floor, then comes back down and exits the elevator. Lois then imitates the actions performed by Carole. What is this type of therapy called?
a. flooding c. modeling b. extinction d. catharsis
Maggie attends a study skills course designed to provide strategies for processing information at a deeper level. After attending this course Maggie is most likely to study for her next exam by
A. reading each textbook chapter three times. B. creating scenarios for each vocabulary term that relate to her own experiences. C. developing a color-coded highlighting system. D. saying vocabulary terms aloud so that the sound of the word can be encoded along with the definition.
Which of the following comments does NOT illustrate the fundamental attribution error?
a. A man says, "My wife has sure become a grouchy person" but explains his own grouchiness as a result of having a hard day at the office. b. A woman reads about high unemployment in poor communities and says, "Well, if those people weren't so lazy, they would find work." c. "The people who committed suicide at Jonestown were socially isolated and thus cut off from other points of view about their leader." d. "The people who committed suicide at Jonestown were mentally ill."