Exam 8: Personality: Vive La Différence

"If it feels good do it" best describes the ______________.

The more broadly defined a trait, the better it predicts behavior.

What are the three levels of personality that were proposed by Freud?

From the sociocognitive perspective, people have expectations which are a powerful influence on how they think, feel and behave-and consequently on personality. These influences are called ________.

In Freudian terms, the ________ provides the model standard of what a person should be.

Which assessment technique requires people to respond to unstructured or ambiguous stimuli?

Which term was given to psychoanalysts who broke away from strict interpretation of Freud's theory and developed theories of their own that were based upon Freud's work?

The job of the _________ is to find practical ways for the _________ to get its pleasure needs met without offending the morality of the ________.

A baseball player's son is quite talented; he has received lots of awards over the years. When he gets up to bat he expects to get a hit, and when he is in the field he expects to make every catch. According to Bandura, what characteristic does this young man seem to have?

Using any two of the different perspectives of personality theory, discuss your own personality. What are your positive and not-so-positive attributes? Have you ever stopped to wonder how you became the person you are? What do you think contributes to the personality you have developed? Are there ways you'd like to change your personality? Do you think those changes are possible?

Cloninger speaks of the tendency to continue to pursue a goal in spite of obstacles as being a matter of ________.

When he got home from work yesterday, Jason's wife told him that she was pregnant with their third child. Despite the fact that they had not planned to have an additional child, Jason was very happy at the unexpected news and he and his wife enjoyed the rest of the day sharing the news with family and friends. According to Jeffrey Gray, which of the following systems was triggered when Jason got this unexpected news?

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.

The unique and relatively stable ways in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels is called __________.

The four dimensions of temperament proposed by Buss and Plomin are sociability, emotionality, activity, and ________.

There were three friends. Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Ron was mostly ___________.

The biggest complaints against projective tests are issues of ________ and ________.

When Candace ordered a hot fudge sundae and a diet soda, she told herself that the calories from the ice cream really were not a big deal because the diet soda sort of balanced it all out. Which of Freud's defense mechanisms is motivating Candace?

Which concept is most closely associated with Carl Rogers?

Carl Rogers believed people question themselves and experience negative effects on their self-concept when they receive ______.