Exam 8: Personality: Vive La Différence

The _____________ theory of personality has its basis in the theories of learning and focuses on the effects of environment on one's personal characteristics and actions.

Many have compared Freud's idea of the mind to an iceberg. If that were the case and you were standing on the deck of a ship in Alaska, what part of the mind would you see above the water?

Which of the Freudian stages of personality development begins around puberty?

The field of _____________ is devoted to the study of just how much of personality is due to inherited traits.

An individual operating on the reality principle seeks ____________.

Gary was rude to his mother and feels very bad about it. For the rest of the day, he went out of his way to be kind, not only to his mother, but to everyone he encountered. Which defense mechanism is Gary using?

The MMPI-2 and the TAT are both well-known projective tests.

According to Freud, when the realities of life are in conflict with someone's conscience or selfish desires, it results in a(n) ________.

Sociability, neuroticism-anxiety, impulsive sensation-seeking, activity, and aggression-hostility are the traits associated with ________.

According to your text, if we define a trait narrowly, it better predicts behavior, but ____________.

The ______ controls the satisfaction of the id's drives in the external world.

What do humanistic and psychoanalytic theories have in common?

Which of the following statements is criticism that one might legitimately make about the humanistic perspective of personality?

What are the Big Five personality traits?

Which of Freud's psychosexual stages is marked by successful formation of mature sexual love relationships?

Mahmoud was just told that his father has cancer. Mahmoud's first response is that there must be a mistake and he demands that the doctor repeat his tests. Which defense mechanism is at work here?

Cattell and Allport are both prominent ______ theorists.

Donita is angry with her boss so she leaves work a little early in order to run an extra mile before it gets dark. Which defense mechanism is Donita employing?

Toilet training takes place during which of Freud's psychosexual stages?

If Sylvia is described as trustworthy, altruistic and tender-minded, then she probably is fairly high on the Big Five superfactor known as ________.