Exam 10: Personality

The id's link to reality is the superego.

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

Henry is very shy and withdrawn. He rarely acts on impulse, feels guilty about any display of desire, and is emotionally restricted. Freud would say Henry's ________ is the dominant part of his personality.

Jung believed that psychic development comes to fruition during ________.

Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of tools used by psychologists to measure personality?

Adler's emphasis on people's positive social strivings has caused him to be labeled by many psychologists as the "father" of ________ psychology.

According to Jung, people who regulate actions by thinking and feeling are ________.

Bandura speculated that a person evaluates a situation according to certain ________.

Ralph is a private person. He keeps other people at a distance by putting on a public "face" that is nearly the opposite of his inner, true self. Jung called this public "face" worn by Ralph the ________.

According to humanistic theorists, when people lose sight of ________, they become constricted, rigid, defensive, and feel threatened and anxious.

Contemporary trait theorists have demonstrated that personality traits can be reduced to ________ basic dimensions.

For Horney, anxiety is a stronger motivating force than sexual drive.

Cattell identified groups of traits by using a statistical technique called ________.

According to Freud, the standard of perfection by which the superego judges the ego's actions is known as the ________.

Interviews in which the interviewer asks questions about any material that comes up, and asks follow-up questions whenever appropriate are known as ________ interviews.

Eysenck argued that personality can be reduced to ________ basic dimensions.

According to Jung, libido represents ________.

For Freud, the term "sexual instinct" refers to ________.

Describe the strengths and criticisms of humanistic theories of personality.

Erikson outlined ________ stages of human development.