Exam 13: Personality

Which of the following is FALSE about humanistic psychology?

Harmony just learned that her brother cross dresses, and wants him to know that she cares about him.She compliments him before he leaves for school by saying, "I really like your skirt...I mean shirt." This could be an example of ________.

According to your text, the BEST definition of factor analysis is ________.

Bessie is gentle, cooperative, trusting, and helpful; Obadiah is outgoing, talkative, fun-loving, and affectionate.According to the Five-Factor model, it is likely that Bessie scores high on ________ and Obadiah scores high on ________.

Garner is imaginative, curious, and interested in new ideas; Brandy is conventional, down-to-earth, and has limited interests.It is likely that Garner scores high and Brandy scores low on the personality dimension of ________ in the Five-Factor model.

Which of the following is NOT one of the erogenous zones in Freud's psychosexual stages?

According to Horney, adults who were neglected or isolated in a hostile environment as children experience helplessness and insecurity as adults, which she called ________.

The personality theorist who believed in the basic goodness of individuals and their natural tendency toward self-actualization was ________.

Criticisms of the social-cognitive approach to personality include all EXCEPT which of the following?

The ________ approach represents an overlap of the contributions of several different approaches to the study of personality.

________ emphasized the importance of self-concept.He believed our personality and individual self-esteem are heavily influenced by early childhood experiences.

Gisele is in the process of developing successful relationships with her same-sex peers and refining her female gender role.She is also working on her intellectual skills.According to Freud, Gisele is in the ________ stage of development.

When a child learns the rules and values of parents and society and incorporates them into his own psyche, that child has developed his ________.

The most widely researched and clinically used self-report personality test is the ________.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding objective personality tests?

According to your text, one of the major objectives of the MMPI-2 is to ________.

The ________ operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification.The ________ operates on the reality principle, and the ________ contains the conscience, which provide moral guidance for the ego.

Horney believed that Freud's concept of penis envy ________.

Defense mechanisms are strategies employed by the ________ to reduce anxiety and avoid conflict.

To prevent the ________ associated with the ego's failure to satisfy both the id and superego, people develop and use ________.