Deck 8: Section 4: Personality Theories and Assessment

Question 1

According to Bandura, people with _____ tend to be confident and have a positive outlook.

A) high self-efficacy
B) low self-efficacy
C) conditional positive regard
D) unconditional positive regard

Answer 1

high self-efficacy

Question 2

Which of the following lists Freud's psychosexual stages of personality development in the correct chronological order?

A) oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
B) latency, oral, anal, phallic, genital
C) oral, phallic, anal, genital, latency
D) anal, oral, phallic, genital, latency

Answer 2

oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

Question 3

After failing a difficult math exam, a student thought, "Next time I will study harder." This student has _____.

A) an external locus of control
B) learned helplessness
C) situational attribution
D) an internal locus of control

Answer 3

an internal locus of control

Question 4

Which personality assessment has high predictive validity when used by trained professionals in a clinical setting?

A) MMPI-2
B) TAT
C) Rorschach Inkblot Test
D) None of the answers is correct.

Question 5

According to Freud, which part of our minds contains biological drives and unresolved childhood conflicts?

A) conscious mind
B) preconscious mind
C) unconscious mind
D) All the answers are correct.

Question 6

According to Eysenck, personality traits are determined by _____.

A) unconscious motivations
B) reinforcement of traits
C) social modeling
D) heredity

Question 7

The commonly used Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment is based on the ideas of which neo-Freudian theorist?

A) Alfred Adler
B) Karen Horney
C) Erik Erikson
D) Carl Jung

Question 8

A person who is calm, secure, and relaxed would score low on which "Big Five" personality dimension?

A) agreeableness
B) neuroticism
C) conscientiousness
D) openness

Question 9

According to Maslow, the strongest motivator of human behavior is (are) _____.

A) self-actualization
B) safety
C) physiological needs
D) love

Question 10

According to Freud, which personality structure are we born with?

A) superego
B) id
C) ego
D) None of the answers is correct.