Deck 12: B: Personality

Question 1

Which structure of personality houses one's instincts,according to Freud?

A)ego-ideal
B)ego
C)id
D)superego

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The process of toilet training occurs during the _______ stage.

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Collective personality characteristics are to ______________ as individual personality characteristics are to _______________.

A)an idiographic approach;a nomothetic approach
B)a nomothetic approach;an idiographic approach
C)Freudian theories;humanistic theories
D)humanistic theories;Freudian theories

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Joe seems to be constantly condemning himself for being bad and "sinful." In psychoanalytic terms,we would say that Joe has an overdeveloped _______.

A)libido
B)id
C)ego
D)superego

Question 5

Which statement about the id is most accurate?

A)It is in close contact with bodily needs.
B)It follows the reality principle.
C)It houses the conscience.
D)It drives us to live up to our ideals.

Question 6

An orally fixated person would most likely

A)be an only child.
B)dislike his or her father.
C)be a sloppy dresser.
D)eat and smoke a great deal.

Question 7

Pleasure principle is to _______ as reality principle is to _______.

A)id;superego
B)superego;id
C)id;ego
D)ego;id

Question 8

Which of the following Freudian concepts motivates us to better ourselves and live up to our ideals?

A)id
B)ego
C)reality principle
D)superego

Question 9

Which option best exemplifies the P.T.Barnum effect?

A)inkblots
B)horoscopes
C)graphology
D)physiognomy

Question 10

Identifying with one's opposite-sex parent occurs in which psychosexual stage?

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

Question 11

Six-year-old Suzie sees her younger brother approaching with the new toy he received for his birthday.Suzie suddenly decides she wants the toy,so she pushes her brother to the ground,grabs his toy,and rushes into the next room to play with it.During this situation,the part of Suzie's personality which is most likely in control is her _______.

A)conscious
B)superego
C)ego
D)id

Question 12

Behaving in ways that are the opposite of what one would unconsciously like to do defines

A)sublimation.
B)displacement.
C)reaction formation.
D)projection.

Question 13

According to Jung,our repressed thoughts,undeveloped ideas,and forgotten experiences are contained in the ____________________.

A)persona
B)archetype
C)personal unconscious
D)collective unconscious

Question 14

The superego is that part of the personality which represents the

A)pleasure principle.
B)reality principle.
C)thanatos.
D)conscience.

Question 15

According to Jung's psychoanalytic theory,each of us has ________,which are inherited predispositions to respond to certain concepts.

A)drive
B)instincts
C)archetypes
D)archegos

Question 16

The stage of personality development which lasts from about age 6 until puberty is known as the _______ stage.

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