Exam 13: Personality Theory and Assessment

The age at which a baby was weaned would have most impact on the __________ stage.

Personality assessments conducted by behaviorists sometimes make use of __________

According to Jung, each person's own repressed thoughts, undeveloped ideas, and forgotten experiences are contained in the __________

For Freud, the only personality structure present at birth is the __________

When Anna looks at some modern artwork at the museum, she often thinks she sees human figures or faces and likes to make up stories about them. When she tells the stories to her friend, her friend says that the stories reflect Anna's unconscious thoughts. In psychological terms, what Anna does is most similar to __________

Brittany drinks, parties, and often has casual sex with people she hardly knows. Freud would say that Brittany is dominated by her __________

According to Freud, the stage in which children develop a marked attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and become jealous of the same-sex parent is the phallic stage.

This personality test is unique in that it is focused on normal behavior, as opposed to abnormal behavior.

Cory has put very little effort into his Philosophy class. However, he states that his poor performance is due to the fact that his professor is "boring" and "uninspiring." This is an example of __________

Using any two of the different perspectives of personality theory, discuss your own personality. What are your positive and not-so-positive attributes? Have you ever stopped to wonder how you became the person you are? What do you think contributes to the personality you have developed? Are there ways you'd like to change your personality? Do you think those changes are possible?

According to Freud, the reality principle is __________

For Freud, ideas, thoughts, and feelings of which we are currently aware are in the __________ mind.

The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the __________

According to Cattell, people differ in the degree to which they possess each source trait.

DeVonn feels guilty over having broken his mom's DVD player. His feeling is being driven by which component of the personality?

Ron often sees the shapes of animals in the clouds, and he tells his children stories about what the animals are doing. In psychological terms, what Ron is doing is most similar to __________

According to Freud, the most frequently used defense mechanism is __________

Which of the following is NOT true of self-actualizers?

"If it feels good do it" best describes the __________

Many have compared Freud's idea of the mind to an iceberg. If that were the case and you were standing on the deck of a ship in Alaska, what part of the mind would you see above the water?