Exam 11: Personality, Theory and Assessment

Karen Horney agreed with Freud that

Where does self-actualization fit into Maslow's theory of personality?

Tamera is ambitious to the point of evaluating everything she does in terms of how it will help her achieve her goals. Since ambition controls her personality, Allport would call this a

According to Freud, what are the two primary sources of influence on the personality?

Repression can either remove unwanted thoughts from consciousness or it can keep aggressive and sexual impulses from ever becoming conscious.

According to Freud, the part of the personality that corresponds roughly to the word "reason" is the

Resolution of the Oedipus complex ends in the identification by children with the parent of the same sex.

Which of the following is not one of the criticisms of the humanist approach?

People with an external locus of control believe all of the following, except

Which of the following concepts did Jung use to account for the similarity of certain myths, dreams, symbols, and religious beliefs in cultures widely separated by distance and time?

Trait theories are attempts to explain personality and differences between people in terms of their personal characteristics.

The anal stage is to ________ as the phallic stage is to ________.

Karen Horney agreed fully with Freud's concept of penis envy, and expanded his definition of the concept.

The three levels of awareness in Freud's theory are the conscious, the preconscious, and the unconscious.

The text suggests that, according to a growing consensus among trait theorists, there are ________ central dimensions of personality.

Roxanne eats, drinks, and smokes excessively. According to Freud, she may have a fixation at the

Which part of Freud's theory did Karen Horney not reject?

Creating a work of art in moments of severe personal crisis may be an expression of the defence mechanism of

The defence mechanism in which the energy from an unacceptable impulse is redirected into a socially desirable form is called

In the five-factor theory, the dimension that differentiates people who are good-natured, warm, and sympathetic from people who are aggressive, argumentative, and cold is called