Exam 10: Personality

Each of the following is one of the Big Five dimensions of personality except ________.

People with an internal locus of control believe that they can control their own fate.

The Big Five model was proposed by ________ theorists.

According to Freud, the Oedipus complex (for boys) or Electra complex (for girls) develops during the ________ stage.

Jung saw the unconscious as ________.

Research by Rogers found that people whose real selves differed considerably from their ideal selves were ________.

According to Freud, the pleasure principle is the way in which ________.

Henry is impulsive and emotional. His behavior is illogical and he feels little guilt for what he does. Freud would say Henry's ________ is the dominant part of his personality.

In a radical departure from personality theories of his time, Freud stressed ________.

Trait theories are primarily ________.

A famous psychologist argues that people internally organize their expectancies and values to guide their own behavior, developing unique standards based on each person's life history. This psychologist is most likely a ________ psychologist.

Humanistic psychologists believe that personality grows out of the resolution of unconscious conflicts and developmental crises.

Barney believes that he does not have control over his own fate. He believes that chance, luck, and the behavior of others control his life. According to Rotter, Barney has a(n) ________ locus of control.

Most children eventually resolve the Oedipus complex by identifying with the parent of the opposite sex.

The unique pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persists over time and situations is called ________.

According to Jung, the blending of all parts of the personality into a harmonious whole is ________.

For Horney, ________ is a stronger motivating force than is sex.

For Freud, the personality structure that is completely unconscious is the ________.

Summarize the research on and current status of trait theories and the Big Five.

We infer a trait from how a person ________.