Exam 2: Personality

With __________, the frequency of behavior increases because it is followed by the removal of an aversive (unpleasant) stimulus.

According to Maslow, Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, and Abraham Lincoln developed high levels of __________, which involves reaching one's full potential as a human being.

Billy is a toddler who sees a toy in a department store and immediately grabs the toy. His mother takes it away, and Billy starts kicking the display cases and screaming loudly. Freud would say that Billy's behavior is being controlled by his ____ at this point in time.

When Ryan broke up with Susan, she whined, cried, and begged Ryan not to leave her. Susan is exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

According to Jung, all human beings share a __________, which is the impersonal, deepest layer of the unconscious.

Karen Horney believed that the need for ______ was the most important motive for humans.

Simon and Cody begin fighting on the playground. Their teacher takes away their playground privileges for two days, and Simon and Cody stop their fighting when they are on the playground. Their teacher is using:

The part of the personality in Freud's theory that deals with morality and is aware of right and wrong is the:

Barbara is being administered a test that consists of a series of pictures in which Barbara will be asked to tell a story about each of the pictures, including events leading up to the situation, the characters' thoughts and feelings, and the way the situation turns out. Barbara is being administered the:

According to Freud, the _____ consists of instincts, is totally unconscious, and is a reservoir of psychic energy.

Tina is asked by her therapist to remember the thoughts that she experienced before, during, and after particular upsetting events in her life. Her therapist by using this _________ is trying to discover what thoughts underlie her maladaptive behaviors.

You hate to work with Mason because he is always late to meetings and rarely has all his materials with him. When people ask Mason about working with you, he says the same things about you. Could it be that both you and Mason are seeing similar shortcomings in each other? You both are using Freud's defense mechanism called:

The father has a bad day at work, comes home and yells at the mother. The mother yells at the son, and the son yells at the dog. Freud would suggest that ________ is occurring in this family.

After an automobile accident, Marlo became so tense when she was sitting in the driver's seat that she was unable to drive. Marlo would be advised by a behavioral therapist that:

______________ states that behavior, environment, and factors, such as thoughts, memories, and expectations are important in understanding personality.

Luke tends to overreact toward and strike back at authorities, while his sister Sarah is compulsively neat and organized. Freud would say that this brother and sister were both fixated at the:

Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning defense mechanisms?

Carol is presented with an ambiguous stimulus and asked to describe it or tell a story about it. Carol is being administered a:

Barry is a two-year-old, who is throwing his blocks against the wall in the living room. When he does not stop this behavior at his mother's request, his mother puts Barry in time-out by having him sit quietly facing the corner of the room for 5 minutes. Barry's mother has used ________ to stop Barry's misbehavior.

If you instructor describes a culture as emphasizing collectivism, she is saying the culture values represent: