Exam 10: Personality

In Freud's view, fixation can lead to ________.

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

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 ________.

Joe is overly optimistic, gullible, and dependent on others to meet his needs. In Freud's view, he is probably fixated in the ________ stage.

Freud stressed ________.

The id's link to reality is called the ________.

According to Jung, people who base their actions on their perceptions, senses, and intuition are ________.

According to Freud, during the period from 18 months until 3½ years of age, the dominant source of sensual pleasure is the ________.

Each of the following is true of trait theories except ________.

Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt corresponds approximately with Freud's ________ stage.

Erikson's stage of autonomy versus shame and doubt corresponds approximately with Freud's ________ stage.

Freud's theories form the basis of ________.

Traits can be directly observed.

Summarize the strengths and criticisms of psychodynamic theories of personality.

The genital stage begins at ________.

Eysenck's basic personality dimension that describes the degree to which someone is inwardly or outwardly oriented is ________.

Adler's ideas still form the basis of psychoanalysis.

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 ________.

Summarize the strengths and criticisms of cognitive social-learning theories of personality.

The Oedipus complex develops in the genital stage.