Exam 12: Personality

Which of the following is an objective test that describes personality and can be used to help diagnose emotional problems?

What did Freud call the part of the personality that had to be socialized by parents?

In the context of social psychology, the acronym WEIRD stands for

Creative, fair-minded, and impulsive are examples of ____________.

Assortative mating is a phenomenon in which humans and animals:

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop at about age five?

Which of the following is NOT a key assumption shared by psychodynamic theories?

The main conflict of the anal stage comes from:

What are the four general aspects of situations that are most likely to influence our behavior? Provide an example for each.

In Carl Rogers's theory, our perception of our abilities, behaviors, and characteristics is known as

Jung's theory suggests that the __________ is a collection of archetypes that represent concepts or figures common to all cultures.

According to Jung, our repressed thoughts, undeveloped ideas, and forgotten experiences are contained in the ____________________.

Maria takes good notes in class. Whenever someone who has missed class due to illness asks her if he can copy her notes, she grips them tightly and says "No! They're mine, and I don't wish to share them." A psychoanalytic theorist would probably contend that Maria has a(n) _______ fixation.

Ryan tends to spend much more of his time focusing on what he wishes he was good at than he spends thinking about his actual abilities. For example, Ryan is very good at math, but he spends much more time thinking about how he wishes he could write like his favorite author. Carl Rogers would have likely described Ryan as having:

Jung believed that there were two levels to the unconscious mind, the personal and the __________.

What technique do trait theorists use to identify groups or clusters of related personality traits?

Sally has a desire to eat a steak with a baked potato smothered with butter and sour cream. One component of her personality tells her, because she is overweight, that instead of eating the meal, she should fast and direct her efforts to ending world hunger. Another component suggests that it would be better to eat a salad and a bran muffin, then run two miles. The fasting suggestion most likely was made by which component of personality?

According to research discussed in your textbook, inheriting short copies of the ______________ transporter gene predisposes people to anxiety, shyness, and negative emotional reactions in interpersonal situations.

Which of the following is not a point of emphasis for psychodynamic theories of personality?

One of the most well-known humanistic theorists was ____________.