Exam 10: Extension: Personality

Barney believes that he does not have control over his own fate. He believes that chance, luck, and the behavior of others control his life. According to Rotter, Barney has a(n) ________ locus of control.

Which of the following statements is true?

Psychodynamic theorists believe that objective tests are of little use because ________.

Jung saw the unconscious as ________.

When Anna looks at some modern artwork at the museum, she often thinks she sees human figures or faces, and likes to make up stories about them. When she tells the stories to her friend, the friend says that the stories are like Anna's real personality. In psychological terms, what Anna has done is most similar to ________.

All psychodynamic theorists share the sense that personality is primarily determined by ________.

In assessing personality, we are most interested in a person's ________ behavior.

Jerry has a very immature attitude about sex and sucks his thumb even though he is 32 years old. Freud would say these behaviors result from ________.

A study of 1939 to 1944 Harvard graduates found that by age 65, optimists were ________ than pessimists.

Adler felt that the main shaper of personality was the individual's efforts to overcome ________.