Exam 12: A: Personality

In the five-factor theory of personality,the dimension that measures whether a person is anxious,emotionally "sour," irritable,and unhappy or whether the person is happy,calm,and even-tempered is the __________ dimension.

If a person is extremely conscientious to the point of having impossibly high standards,psychologists usually call this trait

Up to a point,high achievement is associated with the Big-Five trait of conscientiousness with an inflexibility in this trait resulting in

Which of the following parts of the personality can only form mental images of the things it desires and must rely on the ego to relate its desires to the external reality?

Raymond Cattell used his Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF)to identify a person's __________ traits.

People who have personality traits that increase their chance of suffering a heart attack are considered __________ personalities.

Which part of the brain do contemporary scientists believe triggers unconscious emotions and memories,as theorized by Freud?

Which of the following used factor analysis to reduce a large number of surface traits into 16 source traits,or factors?

Concerning pure extroversion and pure introversion,it is most accurate to say

Freud theorized that the core of personality is formed before age six

Scott is out shopping at the local bookstore and stumbles on a rare 20-volume set of The Civil War Years: Crisis,Peril,and Triumph.He has wanted this set for years,but unfortunately right now,he's unable to afford it.If the personality structures proposed by psychoanalytic theory could talk,what would the id likely say in this situation?

According to Freud,which part of the personality is made up of innate biological instincts and urges and is self-serving,impulsive,and irrational?

Michael's psychologist believes that Michael's depression is due to internal conflicts and struggles he is experiencing over the relationship he had as a child with his hypercritical but overprotective mother.Michael's psychologist emphasizes which theory of personality?

Which of the following is the correct ordering of Freud's psychosexual stages and latency period?

A fixation is

People who score high on which dimension of personality tend to perform well at work,do well in school,rarely have automobile accidents,and even live longer?

If you were asked to describe the personality of your best friend; and you said that she was optimistic,reserved,and friendly,you would be using the __________ approach.

According to Allport,some traits are so basic that all of a person's activities can be traced to the existence of these traits.Allport calls such traits __________ traits.

A personality theory is a(n)

Which of the following statements pertains to character as opposed to personality?