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Theory of Personality (Skinner and Allport)

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# 1Multiple Choice
What is the primary focus of B.F. Skinner's theory of behaviorism?
Internal thoughts and feelings
Observable and measurable behavior
Unconscious motivations
Genetic predispositions
# 2True/False
True or False: According to Skinner, reinforcement makes a behavior more likely to be repeated.
# 3Short Answer
What is the term for a response that is made or elicited by a specific stimulus, like a knee jerk?
Respondent Behavior
# 4Multiple Choice
In Pavlov's famous dog experiment, what was used as the reward to condition the dogs?
A loud noise
A gentle pat
Food
A bell
# 5True/False
True or False: Operant behavior is behavior that operates on the environment to change it.
# 6Short Answer
What is the name of the apparatus often used in operant conditioning experiments with animals?
Skinner Box
# 7Multiple Choice
What is the difference between negative reinforcement and punishment?
Negative reinforcement adds something bad, while punishment removes something good.
Negative reinforcement removes something bad, while punishment adds something bad.
Negative reinforcement adds something good, while punishment removes something bad.
Negative reinforcement removes something good, while punishment adds something good.
# 8True/False
True or False: According to Skinner, reinforcement and reward are the same thing.
# 9Short Answer
What does 'extinction' mean in the context of classical conditioning?
Behavior stops
# 10Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a technique for self-control where you avoid a situation that makes you uncomfortable?
Self-administered satiation
Aversive stimulation
Stimulus avoidance
Self reinforcement
# 11Multiple Choice
What year was Gordon Allport born?
1919
1897
1922
1937
# 12Multiple Choice
What did Gordon Allport's father do for a living?
Teacher
Doctor
Psychologist
Author
# 13Multiple Choice
What university did Gordon Allport attend for his Bachelor's degree?
Stanford University
Yale University
Harvard University
Princeton University
# 14Multiple Choice
What was the topic of the story Gordon Allport told when he met with Freud?
A boy afraid of dirt
A dream about flying
A childhood memory
A fear of heights
# 15Multiple Choice
Freud's response to Allport's story suggested that the boy in the story was:
A stranger
Allport himself
A character in a book
A made-up person
# 16Multiple Choice
Allport believed that psychologists should focus more on what level of the mind?
The dark depths
The unconscious
The surface level or consciousness
Childhood memories
# 17Multiple Choice
Allport's view of human nature was described as:
Negative and pessimistic
Neutral and indifferent
Optimistic and hopeful
Conflicted and anxious
# 18Multiple Choice
According to Allport, what are healthy individuals NOT driven by?
Conscious motivations
Future goals
Unconscious conflicts
Present experiences
# 19Multiple Choice
What is the definition of personality according to Gordon Allport?
A set of learned behaviors
A collection of unconscious desires
A dynamic organization within the individual of psychophysical systems that determine behavior and thought
The way others perceive us
# 20Multiple Choice
Allport emphasized the importance of what in personality theory?
Unconscious motivation
Past experiences
Conscious motivation
Childhood development
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