Exam 12: Personality

Four-year-old Kevin is in love with his mother, and wants very much to get rid of his father so that he can have his mother all to himself. According to Freud, Kevin is undergoing:

According to Freud, the _______ makes up the largest part of our personality.

According to Eysenck, who would have the LEAST reactive reticular activating system?

Why have psychologists questioned the practice of using projective tests to measure personality?

A commonly held belief when it comes to romance is that "opposites attract." Which of the following is true about this folk wisdom?

Describe two different techniques researchers use to investigate the relationship between genes and personality.

Which theorist emphasized the importance of the collective unconscious in personality development?

The Rorschach inkblot test and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) are both examples of ________________, a controversial category of personality tests.

Which of the following is a potential issue associated with using standard tests for the Big Five in cross-cultural personality research?

In contrast to psychodynamic theory, humanistic theory emphasizes:

According to Bill's psychoanalyst, he was traumatized during the anal stage of his psychosexual development, which accounts for Bill's tightwad habits. Which of the following would be Freud's term for Bill's behavior?

As a response to both behaviorism and psychodynamic theory, Abraham Maslow (among others) initiated a movement called _____, which emphasized the unique and positive qualities of human experience and potential.

What is Albert Bandura's term for the relationship among the three factors that influence personality?

Freud developed his theory of personality on the basis of:

Sandra is a fairly quiet and conscientious person who enjoys foreign films. The people she chooses to associate with and interact with on a daily basis would most likely:

Four of the most famous tools for assessing personality are the NEO PI-R, the MMPI-2, the inkblot test, and the test involving story telling after viewing images. Explain in general how each of these tests works and what they are designed primarily to do. How do projective tests differ conceptually from the NEO and MMPI?

Carl Jung suggested the existence of a collective unconscious that contains images shared by all people called ________.

Alexandra's older sister is praised for being good at math, but Alexandra struggles with the subject. What would the resulting feelings of being "not good enough" be called?

For several decades the U.S. Army used the slogan "Be all you can be" for recruiting. Using the language of humanistic psychology, the army could have rephrased their slogan as:

Of the following, which is the oldest theory of personality?