Exam 10: Personality: Theory and Measurement

Which of the following is true of humanistic-existential theories?

Unlike the psychodynamic theory, the humanistic-existential perspective emphasizes__________.

Freud believed that the Oedipus complex develops in the__________of psychosexual development.

According to Jung's hypothesis, which of the following refers to the primitive images contained in the collective unconscious?

Greg, a 27-year-old man, has a habit of biting his nails. He developed this habit when he was young. Now he wants to stop it, but has no control over himself. He starts biting his nails unconsciously whenever he is anxious or bored. According to the psychosexual stages of personality development, he is fixated at the _____.

Parents can help children develop self-esteem when they show them__________regard, or when they accept them as having intrinsic merit regardless of their behavior at the moment.

Jessica is observed to be gloomy and pensive most of the time. According to Hippocrates' view of personality, Jessica is most likely to be associated with a _____ temperament.

__________is judgment of another person's value on the basis of the acceptability of that person's behaviors.

Which of the following is true of Carl Jung's psychodynamic theory-analytical psychology?

__________in part reflects the horrors of mass destruction of human life through war and genocide, frequent events in the 20th century.

The Rorschach inkblot test is an example of an objective test.

The__________mind contains primitive instincts such as sex and aggression.

According to Freud,__________is an anal-retentive trait.

According to the Greek physician Hippocrates, yellow bile is associated with _____ disposition.

According to Sigmund Freud, conflicting emotions such as love and hate can dwell side by side in the _____.

Research suggests that brain levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine tend to be higher in introverts than in extraverts.

The theories of Sigmund Freud formed the basis of the _____ of personality.

_____ can be defined as the reasonably stable patterns of emotions, motives, and behavior that distinguish one person from another.

Eros is fueled by psychological, or psychic, energy, which Freud labeled__________.

Research suggests that people who have reported greater feelings of happiness and well-being are likely to score more highly than other people on scales that measure emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion.