Exam 14: Personality

Which of the following is a recent and novel approach to assessing personality?

The _______ mind consists of mental events in current awareness, whereas the _______ mind contains a dynamic realm of wishes, feelings, and impulses beyond our awareness.

All of the following were mentioned as characteristics of the behaviours typically associated with personality EXCEPT behaviours that are viewed as

A person is sometimes described as intelligent because he speaks only when he has something important to say. The "few words" spoken are often considered more important than the many words spoken by others. Among the trait theorists, the belief that personality can be understood in terms of only two dimensions would be held by ____________________.

Of the alternatives below, the one that Albert Bandura did NOT claim affects self-efficacy beliefs is

You are really cold, but do not have a coat. Suddenly you see a coat lying on a chair and you steal it to keep warm. However, you instantly feel guilty about doing this. According to Freud, this guilt reflects the action of the

Research by Zayas and Shoda examining the relationship between attachment style and abusive romantic relationships indicates

Khanh sets a goal of getting 80% in her history class while Ed, who is in the same class, sets a goal of studying two hours per night for the course. Which of the following accurately describes these goals?

Which of the following techniques did Freud NOT use to access the unconscious mind?

According to the text, much of the modern research on the self-concept owes its roots to the work of

Because it must juggle and balance moral imperatives, unconscious desires, and the realities of life, the ego is sometimes called the "______________ of the personality."

The superego incorporates ___________ into personality.

Steph does not like her friend Julie. But she has been punished for expressing this attitude. So she claims that it is not she who hates Julie, but Julie hates her. According to Freud, this reflects the defence mechanism of

A student thinks they are not very good at academics. The student thinks they are often more confused than others, and has to work very hard to understand the simplest of concepts. The student hopes to be able to complete coursework for a program but often reminds themselves not to expect much of their intellectual abilities. In the last term, the student received an 'A+' grade in a difficult course and her instructor commented that paper was excellent and insightful. If The student gives a congruent explanation for this outcome, they might say ________.

After being fired from her work, a mom goes home and yells at the husband, the husband gets angry and yells at the child. The child becomes frustrated and kicks the dog, the dog runs out of the house and bites the neighbour who was mowing the lawn. The mom is exhibiting which type of defense mechanism?

Sarah wants to have a career in law and to that end her first goal is to score well enough on the LSAT so that she will be accepted into a prestigious law school. According to research on effective goal setting, in setting her goal, Sarah should do which of the following?

Hans Eysenck was one of the first researchers to propose a psychodynamic basis for personality.

Research studies on the stability of personality traits such as introversion-extraversion and emotionality have revealed that these traits are _________ across time.

Carl Rogers asserted that well-adjusted individuals respond to the threat created by experiences that are inconsistent with the self by

The study of personality has been guided by many different perspectives. One perspective views personality as an energy system. This inspiration comes from