Exam 13: Theories of Personality

Gordon Allport thought traits were wired into the brain.

Four-year-old Atticus 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?

The unique and relatively stable ways in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels is called __________.

What did Freud call the part of the personality that learns that we will be happier if we postpone gratification?

Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized social relationships as the key to understanding personality?

According to Karen Horney, what causes us to develop a neurotic personality?

Trevor 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 Trevor's guilt?

Cassidy took home some printer paper from the office. Later, she felt guilty for stealing it, so she brought some paper to work to replace what she took. Freud would suggest that Cassidy's __________ was influencing her motives and behavior.

Ebony and Austin are looking at an abstract painting in a museum. Ebony describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting. Austin says, "It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Ebony responds, "No, there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch, they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in introductory psychology?

Discuss the similarities between Carl Jung and Carl Rogers. How do their theories explain the self?

Which of the following statements is a claim often made by critics of projective testing?

Sigmund Freud proposed that his patients' disorders resulted most often from psychological conflicts related to sex.

The Minnesota twin studies have determined, as a result of years of research, that personality is entirely genetic and is NOT influenced by our surroundings or environment.

Sara was upset by her boss, so she goes home and beats her children, who in turn kick the dog. This example illustrates the concept of __________.

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States, according to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality?

The __________ perspective is called the "third force" in personality theory.

Which structure of personality houses one's instincts, according to Freud?

What did Sigmund Freud believe could happen if our needs were delayed at a particular psychosexual stage?

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have __________.

In Freud's theory, the id is to fun as the superego is to __________.