Exam 10: Personality

Imaging yourself responding with a rude retort to a boss who has been tormenting you is an example of ________.

Rex did poorly on his biology exam and blames his teacher. He does not feel like she prepared him for the exam, even though he went out the night before the exam to a party, and didn't finish reading the chapters. After taking the test, he complained to his classmate that the test was unfair. Rex believes that chance, luck, and the behavior of others control his life. According to Rotter, Rex has a(n) ________ locus of control.

According to Jung, the memories and behavior patterns inherited from past generations are part of the ________.

Explain the major tenets of cognitive-social learning theories of personality and summarize how cognitive social-learning theorists conceptualize people's interaction with their environment.

The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was developed by ________.

Each of the following is true of trait theories except ________.

According to Freud, children enter the ________ at puberty.

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

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

Describe Carl Jung's personality theory in terms of how Jung viewed development, divided people, the types of unconscious parts of the mind, and the role of archetypes in personality development.

Objective tests involve open-ended questions designed to tap into unconscious processes.

We infer a trait from how a person ________.

When an individual's self-concept is closely matched with his or her inborn capacities, then that person is likely to become what Rogers calls a(n) ________ person.

Explain what the term "psychodynamic" means, and identify the five propositions that are central to all psychodynamic theories and have withstood the test of time.

Claudine's public behavior is very vain, flirtatious, and promiscuous. Privately she feels low self-esteem and an overwhelming sense of worthlessness. In Freud's view, she is probably fixated in the ________ stage.

Jung saw the unconscious as ________.

The anal stage occurs from ________ of age.

A child is completely dependent on other people to satisfy its needs during the ________ stage.

The use of objective personality tests has been favored primarily by ________ theorists.

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