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Question 81

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Throughout a National Football League season,fans of all teams incorrectly guessed on average (across teams and weeks) that their own team stood about a 2 in 3 chance of winning their next game.This best illustrated

A) reciprocal determinism.
B) the spotlight effect.
C) illusory optimism.
D) narcissism.

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

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Question 82

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Being sociable and fun-loving is most closely related to the Big Five trait dimension of

A) openness.
B) conscientiousness.
C) extraversion.
D) emotional stability.

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

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Question 83

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Free association is central to the process of

According to Maslow,the top-level needs that arise after all other needs have been met include the needs for self-actualization and

Which of the following Big Five trait dimensions is most descriptive of an individual who is organized and disciplined in managing his or her work?

Trait theorists are more concerned with ________ personality than with ________ it.

Being highly imaginative is most closely related to the Big Five trait dimension of

Because people are biopsychosocial organisms,the study of personality most clearly benefits from the use of

Sheryl is very outgoing and fun-loving.She prefers to be around other people most of the time.She most clearly ranks high on the Big Five trait dimension known as

Frank refuses to believe that he is addicted to drugs despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.He is most clearly demonstrating the defense mechanism of

Which defense mechanism involves expressing feelings that are the exact opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious feelings?

Julie's positive feelings about herself are very consistent and do not depend on her frequent athletic and academic successes or on her level of popularity among friends and classmates.Julie best illustrates

The belief that some distressing physical symptoms made no neurological sense contributed most directly to

Although Eduardo has repressed his own homosexual desires,he is distressed by a false suspicion that many men frequently stare lustfully at his body.According to psychoanalytic theory,Eduardo's thinking best illustrates

Which neo-Freudian introduced the concept of an inferiority complex?

Using the defense mechanism of projection,a person experiences an internal

Our ignorance of what we don't know helps to sustain

A highly anxious and insecure personality illustrates the Big Five trait dimension of

For several months after he lost the job he had held for nearly 20 years,Mr.Ullomi frequently lost his temper and suffered periodic crying spells.His behavior is most clearly an example of

Sheen is usually animated and talkative when he is with his girlfriend,but he is often quiet and reserved at home.He actively participates in many class discussions but frequently seems reluctant to talk with friends at the campus coffee shop.Sheen's behavior should make us more cautious about overemphasizing the impact of ________ on behavior.