Exam 10: Personality: Theory and Measurement

Cross-cultural research reveals that people in the United States and many northern European nations tend to be collectivists.

According to the five-factor model, the five basic personality factors are extraversion, neuroticism,__________, agreeableness, and openness to experience.

Lewis generally comes across as a quick-tempered individual. His anger is easily triggered by trivial situations. According to Eysenck's personality dimensions, which of the following is true of Lewis?

Hippocrates associated a choleric personality with warmth and cheerfulness.

According to Freud, the ego is guided by the _____.

Karen Horney believed that the view that girls feel inferior to boys was based on _____.

With behavior-rating scales, trained observers usually check off each occurrence of a specific behavior within a certain time frame.

The seeds of individualism and collectivism are found in the__________in which a person grows up.

In psychological testing,__________refers to the degree to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure.

When comparing the human mind to an iceberg, Freud labeled the region of the iceberg that pokes into the light of awareness the _____ part of the mind.

The humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers defined the__________as the center of experience.

During Brian's infancy, his mother suffered from alcoholism and abused drugs. She was never emotionally available to him. As a result, he now has difficulty in his relationships with others and cannot trust people easily. This situation supports the views of the _____.

In humanistic theory, the innate tendency to strive to realize one's potential is called__________.

Which of the following is a focus of Erikson's theory of personality and development?

Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development states that:

Jim overhears a classmate explaining to a friend that people are free to do what they choose with their lives and that the meaning of their lives is what they give to it. He further explains that people have unique ways of looking at the world, known as unique frame of reference. The classmate is describing the views of _____.

Erik Erikson is credited with developing the psychosexual stages of development.

Celia is taking an interest inventory. One of the questions asks her to select her preferred activity from among traveling, reading books, and cooking. The question does not give her a "none of the above" option. What is the format of the interest inventory called?

Steve has just completed a personality assessment in which he was shown a series of cards one at a time and asked to make up stories about them. Which of the following tests is he most likely to have taken?

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the__________functions according to the moral principle.