Exam 11: A: Theories of Personality and Intelligence

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _______.

What two categories of subtests make up the Wechsler intelligence tests?

Which of the following is NOT one of the layers of consciousness proposed by Sigmund Freud?

According to the American Association of Mental Retardation,diagnosis of developmental disability should consider _________________.

Which of Freud's levels of consciousness consists of thoughts and feelings that can be easily brought into immediate awareness?

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

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

A personality that consisted of only the ego and the id would be completely ______.

Many items on a "culture-fair" test require the use of _______________.

What did Sigmund Freud believe could happen if our needs were delayed at a particular psychosexual stage?

Which of the following statements is a claim often made by critics of projective testing?

Using Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality,how would you describe a culture characterized by loose ties between individuals,shared activities among friends,autonomy,and equality?

Fragile X,Down syndrome,and fetal alcohol syndrome are all forms of mental retardation or developmental delay.

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

According to Rogers,a person whose real self and ideal self are close has a good chance of reaching self-actualization.

The textbook suggests that Freudian theory,though controversial,has had an impact on many things seen in today's society.Which of the following is NOT cited by the book as having been influenced by Freud?

Charise and Noreen were having a conversation about men."You know," Noreen said,"I think my husband tries to annoy me! Even though he tries to do what I ask,I think that subconsciously he really enjoys ticking me off to see the reactions he'll get.Freud must have been right!" Charise,who has just studied personality psychology in school,corrects Noreen by saying which of the following?

What do humanistic and psychoanalytic theories have in common?

According to Freud's theory of personality development,there are ________ stages that each person must pass through.

Monozygotic twins are __________,while dizygotic twins are __________.