Exam 2: Personality: What It Is, How Its Measured

From the trait theory perspective, healthy personality is mainly the result of ______.

The scientist famous for his research in the conditioning of dogs was ______.

Movie themes built such as those found in Lord of the Rings and Star Wars involving a young hero and a wise old man utilize primitive images and symbols Carl Jung called ______.

According to Skinner, food is an example of a(n) ______ reinforcer.

The psychologist who emphasized the importance of birth order in shaping personality is ______.

Which of the following would be described by Freud as an "anal" trait?

Classical conditioning usually involves ______ responses. Operant conditioning usually involves ______ behaviors.

Jung believed that we inherit a storehouse of vague memories of our ancestral past, called the ______ unconscious.

Hans Eysenck is most closely associated with ______ theory.

Among Latinos in the United States, higher levels of acculturation are associated with each of the following EXCEPT ______.

______ is the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another.

To humanistic psychologists, Freud was preoccupied with the ______.

Freud believed that people are aware of ______ of the ideas and impulses that dwell within their minds.

A psychotherapist asks his patient to lie on a couch and talk about anything that comes to mind, in the hope that her ramblings will eventually help her gain insight into her wishes, fears, repressed emotional conflicts, and the workings of her unconscious mind. This therapist is most likely a follower of ______.

In psychoanalysis, people are prodded to talk about ______.

Freud concluded that the human mind was like ______.

Social approval is a primary reinforcer.

______ make psychoanalysis a tedious process that can last for years, or even decades.

According to Freud, during the latency stage children ______ of their sexual urges.

The conflict that Erikson felt characterized the grammar (elementary) school years (ages 6 to 12) was ______.