Exam 8: Personality: Vive La Différence

A relatively consistent characteristic that exists across situations is called ________.

For Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the ______ mind.

Carl Rogers emphasized accepting people for what they are, not for what you would like them to be. This acceptance is termed ___________.

One theory of why men and women have different levels of social connectedness, particularly to their own children, explores the fact that men can have more children than women. Which theory would consider this in explaining personality differences?

What is Freud's term for the component of the personality that has a realistic plan for obtaining gratification of an individual's desires?

According to a leading model of personality, there are five so-called superfactors of personality.

Jonas was filling out a job application and was required to disclose his home address, social security number, and e-mail address. According to Freud, this kind of general information in our memory that can be easily recalled is stored in the ________.

Yongmei is studying for her math test. Her boyfriend Marcus asks if she can go to the movies with him. She would love to go but she knows she has to study for the math test in order to pass the class. What part of Yongmei's personality will say "You must stay home and study because passing the class is necessary for you to graduate."

What is Freud's term for the unconscious efforts by the ego to prevent unacceptable impulses from reaching consciousness?

Jerome Kagen and his colleagues used the concept of "low-reactive" and "high-reactive" babies to explore the personality dimension of ____________.

Freud believed that consciousness is divided into three levels: the unconscious, the conscious, and the ________.

Identify three of the psychodynamic defense mechanisms that your authors spoke about.

What is one criticism of projective tests?

Which element in Freud's personality theory contains the ego ideal?

For Freud, the only personality structure present at birth is the ______.

In the metaphor the angel, the devil, and me, the angel is the ____________.

Identify three neo-Freudians discussed by your textbook.

Give an example of a collectivist culture.

Humanists believe that our motivation is ultimately due to ________.

Fear of uncertainty is associated with novelty-seeking.