Exam 11: Theories of Personality

Jeff has to get up early to go to school, but he wants to stay up late and watch television. His parents disapprove of him staying up late, but when they go out for the evening, he disregards their wishes and stays up late anyway. The next day he feels extremely guilty. How would Carl Rogers explain Jeff's guilt?

Tad seems to thrive when faced with difficult challenges and usually feels in control of his life. He would probably be labeled a ________ personality.

According to Freud, the ___________________ works off of the pleasure principle while the ___________________ is often perceived as the executive director of your personality.

For the behaviorist, personality is a set of learned responses or _______.

The pleasure principle is to the reality principle as the _______ is to the _______.

According to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality, cultures that are __________ are assertive and competitive.

List and explain the three qualities that make up a hardy personality.

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of a successful resolution of the Oedipus or Electra complex?

According to Freud, an inadequate resolution of the Oedipus Complex leads to:

Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

Explain why Psychodynamic theorists believe that objective tests are of little use because _______.

Which type of assessment would be the most reliable?

Behaving in ways that are the opposite of what one would unconsciously like to do defines _______.

Identifying with one's opposite-sex parent occurs in which psychosexual stage?

Which of the following are the three terms used to describe the way in which hardy people differ from many other Type A people and others who suffer more ill effects due to stress?

Four-year-old Larry squeezes between his Mommy and Daddy as they sit together on the couch. He cuddles with Mommy and pushes Daddy away. This illustrates which Freudian concept?

Which theory of personality was a direct reaction against the psychoanalytic and behaviorist perspectives?

Studies of the hereditability of personality traits have found

What is Freud's term for the primitive side of personality?

A famous psychologist argues that there are three factors that influence personality: environment, person, and behavior. This psychologist is most likely a ______ psychologist.