Exam 14: Theories of Personality

Winnie is attracted to her best friend's boyfriend. Despite her friendship, when her friend isn't around, Winnie tries to steal him away. According to Sigmund Freud, which part of the personality would be responsible for this behavior?

Hika comes from a small island culture where resources are abundant and there are no serious hazards or enemies to worry about. The men in her society are likely to be:

Which defense mechanism involves reversion to an earlier phase of psychological development?

_______________ cultures are those in which the self is regarded as autonomous, and a person's goals are prized above duty to the group.

Which of the following is the scientific failing in which a researcher concludes from a few cases that something is true for all?

Freud's theory is called psychodynamic because it emphasizes the:

Researchers announce that their study of identical twins has revealed a high heritability for divorce (McGue & Lykken, 1992). Given that our prehistoric ancestors hadn't yet invented marriage, let alone divorce, what on earth could this finding mean?

Which of the following statements most closely reflects the current view of Freudian theory?

Three crucial aspects of the environment are parents, peers, and particular situations. How much, and in what ways, do each of these aspects contribute to personality?

Why, according to one theory, do men in the American South and West respond more aggressively to perceived insults than other American men do?

According to Sigmund Freud, which of the following occurs in the phallic stage?

Even traits that are highly heritable are not rigidly fixed.

_______________ said that there is a collective unconscious shared by all human beings, containing universal memories, symbols, and images that are the legacy of human history.

Early philosophers suggested that human personality is based on:

_______________ is a fundamental personality dimension that describes whether people are steadfast and persevering, or fickle and careless.

_______________ occurs when people refuse to admit to an event, feeling, or memory that causes them anxiety or distress.

In psychoanalysis, which component of personality represents morality and parental authority?

In psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that represents reason, good sense, and rational self-control is called:

Male aggression is likely high in a culture:

It was over a century ago that Sigmund Freud published his theory. How has his work stood the test of time? How is psychoanalytic theory regarded by psychologists and other scholars of the twenty-first century?