Exam 13: Personality and the Uniqueness of the Individual

One advantage to the interview method of personality assessment is __________.

The component of personality that seeks pleasure and avoids pain is called the __________.

George is always friendly to everyone at school, but when he is at work or at home he is mostly grumpy and irritable. "Friendly" may not be classified as one of George's personality traits, because it __________.

Allport and Odbert (1936) attempted to determine how many terms for personality existed by__________.

Rorschach inkblots serve which of the following purposes?

The __________ is the part of the personality that attempts to satisfy the impulses of the id within society's norms.

Boys resolve the phallic stage by __________.

Researchers found that children who were impulsive and aggressive at age three were likely to __________.

________________ founded psychoanalysis.

Dr. Budd is presenting a client with an ambiguous image and asking her to report what she sees, the hope being that thoughts and wishes from her unconscious will reveal themselves in the form of her

Alfred Adler disagreed with Freudian theory, suggesting that ______________ is the major motivator of all behavior.

Which of the following constitutes a slip of the tongue, sometimes called a Freudian slip?

Differences in personality traits that are not attributable to genes may be accounted for by which of the following?

Todd's therapist shows him a picture of a man and a woman standing near a telephone pole and asks Todd to tell a story about what he sees. Todd's therapist is using __________.

Peter does whatever he is told by his work supervisor. He also does whatever his wife wants him to do. Peter is very needy and just can't say no to anyone. Karen Horney's theory suggests that Peter has a neurotic trend of __________.

Behavioral observations are good measures of personality because they are __________.

As compared to fetuses who exhibit a normal heart rate, fetuses that have a high heart rate at 36 months (near term) have been shown to __________.

Kelly comes home from work and throws her work clothes on the floor. She eats dinner and leaves the dirty pans and dishes in the kitchen. She says she doesn't have time to clean her house, yet she finds plenty of time to go out and party with her friends. Psychoanalytic theory would say that Kelly has a strong __________.

Which of the following individuals is behaving in a manner consistent with collectivist thinking?