Psychology

Topic: Psychology

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Textbook: Myers, David G. (2012). Psychology (10th ed.). NY: Worth Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-6178-4.
You want aim aim for about 1/2 to 1 page per question (1 inch margins, 12 font, double-spaced).

Answer the following 15 questions:
CHAPTER 13: PERSONALITY

1. Describe what is meant by personality, and explain how Freud’s treatment of psychological disorders led to his study of the unconscious.

2. Describe Freud’s view of personality structure in terms of the interactions of the id, ego, and superego.

3. Identify Freud’s psychosexual stages of development, and describe the effects of fixation on behavior.

4. Discuss how defense mechanisms protect the individual from anxiety.

5. Explain how projective tests are used to assess personality.

6. Discuss the contributions of the neo-Freudians, and describe the shortcomings of Freud’s ideas.

7. Describe the humanistic perspective on personality in terms of Maslow’s focus on self-actualization and Rogers’ emphasis on people’s potential for growth.

CHAPTER 14: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

8. Describe the importance of attribution in social behavior and the dangers of the fundamental attribution error.

9. Identify the conditions under which attitudes have a strong impact on actions.

10. Explain the foot-in-the-door phenomenon and the effect of role playing on attitudes in terms of cognitive dissonance theory.

11. Discuss the results of experiments on conformity, and distinguish between normative and informational social influence.

12. Describe Milgram’s controversial experiments on obedience, and discuss their implications for understanding our susceptibility to social influence.

13. Describe conditions in which the presence of others is likely to result in social facilitation, social loafing, or deindividuation.

14. Discuss how group interaction can facilitate group polarization and groupthink, and describe how minority influence illustrates the power of individuals.

15. Describe the social, emotional, and cognitive factors that contribute to the persistence of cultural, ethnic, and gender prejudice and discrimination.

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