Exam 10: Personality

Over the long term, optimists tend to be healthier than pessimists.

According to Bandura, the attitude that one's efforts will be successful is called ________.

Which of the following is not one of the three personality structures postulated by Freud?

Research has provided some confirmation of Freud's theory of personality.

The validity and reliability of projective tests are questionable.

The NEO-PI-R was developed to assess ________.

As a child, Ivan threw temper tantrums and was openly rebellious. As an adult, he is messy, unorganized, sloppy, and destructive. In Freud's view, he is fixated in the ________ stage.

Joe is pessimistic, sarcastic, argumentative, hostile, and lacks confidence. In Freud's view, he is probably fixated in the ________ stage.

According to Freud, the energy generated by the sexual instinct is known as the ________.

Trait theories are primarily explanatory views of personality.

A personality that consisted of only the ego and the id would be completely ________.

Jung stressed the importance of the sexual instincts.

A famous psychologist argues that personality theories should emphasize people's potential for growth and change, not just the resolution of unconscious conflicts, as well as the ways they subjectively experience their lives right now. In addition, each individual is personally responsible for his or her own behavior. This psychologist's views are typical of ________ psychology.

For Freud, the term "sexual instinct" refers to ________.

Freud believed that young children are essentially ________ and will do whatever is pleasurable.

Interviews in which the interviewer asks questions about any material that comes up, and asks follow-up questions whenever appropriate are known as ________ interviews.

Adler called the individual's attempts to overcome physical weaknesses ________.

The TAT is probably the best known of the projective personality tests.

Horney disagreed with many of Freud's ideas, but particularly those regarding ________.

Describe the strengths and criticisms of humanistic theories of personality.