Exam 10: Personality

Freud's personality theory has ________.

For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is the ________.

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

Which personality test relies on the interpretation of inkblots to understand personality?

In Freud's view, a partial or complete halt in an individual's psychosexual development is called ________.

Katie sees beyond obvious solutions and facts to consider future possibilities. According to Jung, she is a(n) ________ person.

According to Freud, the stage of psychosexual development in which the child's erotic feelings center on the bowels and the process of elimination is the ________ stage.

Jung's concept of the "persona" is most similar to our ________.

Jenny is 15 years old. She is capable of mature sexuality, is able to postpone gratification, and handle responsibility. According to Freud, she is in the ________ stage.

One theory suggests that people differ on a number of dimensions, such as dependency, aggressiveness, anxiety, and sociability. These characteristics are known as ________.

For Freud, the energy from the sexual instinct is referred to as libido.

Trait theories are primarily descriptive views of personality.

According to Freud, selfish, clever criminals who do not care who they hurt to get what they want, as long as they can safely get away with it and not be caught and punished, are being completely controlled by the ________.

Describe Rogers's theory of personality in terms of what Rogers believed were the driving forces of personality and the factors that assisted or prevented people from fully developing their potential.

Cognitive-social theories have been particularly useful in treating ________.

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

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

At puberty, Freud believed we enter the genital stage.

Explain what psychologists mean by "personality." Also, identify the four major types of personality theories discussed in this chapter and briefly explain how each theory views personality.

Adler suggested that people constantly work to overcome feelings of inferiority.