15 Jan c. Normative Beliefs (3 points)

Personality (Online) PSYC 3335 Summer 2019 –– Final Exam

Name ________________________________

Answer ALL FOUR of the questions below.

Each question is worth a total of 25 points. You should use your textbook and any other sources you wish (class discussion questions, video lectures/power points, journal articles, & personal experiences, etc.) to adequately answer the questions below, provided you work alone. Make sure you clearly and thoroughly answer ALL PARTS of each question. Use complete sentences in your answers.

This exam is due on July 25th at 11:55pm. If you have any questions before then, please email me.

Save your exam in a Word document (.docx) and upload the file attachment on Moodle. Include a copy of the questions (including the point values), and, of course, your answers.

Please list separately and number each subquestion (1a, 1b, etc.) as you see below, and post each answer beneath, instead of one long essay per exam question.

1. Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development:

a. For each of the eight stages in Erikson’s theory of Psychosocial development, clearly describe an example of a situation where YOU were addressing the main crisis of that stage. If you don’t believe that you have addressed a particular stage yet, you may speculate on how you expect you would address the stage in the future (16 points).

b. For each of Marcia’s four identity statuses (Identity diffusion, Identity foreclosure, Identity moratorium, & Identity achievement), clearly describe an example of a situation where a person would be experiencing that identity status (4 points).

c. Which of Erikson’s eight stages, at this point in your life, is most salient to you right now? Explain why. (5 points)

2. Freud’s psychoanalytic Theory:

a. Based on Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, describe how you believe YOUR id, ego, and superego might have interacted with each other during a specific life experience you had (6 points).

b. How would you describe your “ego strength” (3 points)?

c. Describe a time in your life where you believe YOUR behavior was dominated by your id (3 points).

d. Describe a time in your life where you believe YOUR behavior was dominated by your superego (3 points).

e. Describe how you believe YOU might have passed through the psychosexual stages of development. In your answer, consider whether or not you might have ever been fixated on one or more of these stages (10 points).

3. Describe how a person can develop a phobia of dogs from classical conditioning. In your answer describe:

a. The unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and the conditioned response (12 points)

b. The concepts of acquisition, generalization, and discrimination (6 points).

c. If you were a therapist, describe how you would use the systematic desensitization technique to treat this phobia (4 points).

d. Explain why this procedure is likely to be effective based on what you know about classical conditioning (3 points).

4. Go to the web site describing Azjen’s Theory of Planned Behavior. Describe a specific behavior that you intentionally engage in, identifying and explaining the various components of Azjen’s model that predict YOUR behavioral intention:

a. Behavioral beliefs (3 points)

b. Attitude toward the Behavior (3 points)

c. Normative Beliefs (3 points)

d. Subjective norm (3 points)

e. Control Beliefs (3 points)

f. Perceived Behavioral Control (3 points)

g. Actual Behavioral Control (3 points)

h. Do you believe this model does a good job predicting your behavior? Explain. (4 points)