Exam 13: Theories of Personality

The age at which a baby was weaned would have most impact on the __________ stage.

Personality assessments conducted by behaviorists sometimes make use of __________.

Max is an executive with a large financial firm. Anytime his investments do poorly, he throws temper tantrums and breaks things. Then he starts barking orders at his secretary. Which personality structure would Freud say is exerting control?

Which perspective of psychology focuses on the role of each person's conscious life experiences and choices in personality development?

Using Hofstede's terms, how would you describe a cultural personality in which the majority of the members of the culture accept that power is in the hands of the few?

A baseball player's son is quite talented; he has received lots of awards over the years. When he gets up to bat, he expects to get a hit, and when he is in the field, he expects to make every catch. According to Bandura, what characteristic does this young man seem to have?

As part of the initial screening for possible employment, a nuclear power company administers a psychological test that yields scores on tendencies toward depression and schizophrenia. What is the name of this psychological test?

There were three friends. Maybe you've heard of them! Harry was rational, logical, and cunning. Hermione was rule-oriented, moral, and always ethical. Ron was pleasure-seeking, found it hard to delay gratification, and usually just did what he wanted. According to Freud, Harry was mostly __________.

Cattell's research and use of factor analysis essentially scaled down many, many different ways of describing aspects of personality into __________ source traits.

Frequency counts and rating scales are especially helpful in assessing __________.

Which of the following gives the stages of development outlined by Freud in the order in which they occur?

According to Freud, thoughts and feelings that are well below the surface of awareness and cannot normally be recalled are in the __________ mind.

Karen Horney viewed personality disturbances as resulting from the basic anxiety all people share.

The MMPI-2-RF and the TAT are both well-known projective tests.

According to Freud, a boy's sexual attachment to his mother and jealousy of his father is called __________.

Which of the following is an objective test that describes personality and can be used to help diagnose emotional problems?

What is a trait?

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

Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in indiscriminate sex?

Esme and Chloe are having a conversation about men. "You know," Chloe says, "I think my husband tries to annoy me! Even though he tries to do what I ask, I think that subconsciously he really enjoys ticking me off to see the reactions he'll get. Freud must have been right!" Esme, who has just studied personality psychology in school, corrects Chloe by saying which of the following?