Exam 11: Personality

According to Freud, which of the following is entirely unconscious?

Cari often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can't have her own way. She behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can't have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud's view of personality, Cari's personality appears to be dominated by ​

The hindsight bias is also known as the _____ effect.

Psychodynamic personality theories focus on ​

Psychoanalytic theory stresses all of the following EXCEPT ​

Defense mechanisms combat feelings of anxiety and guilt

Discuss how hindsight bias affects everyday analyses of personality, as well as some theoretical analyses of personality.

Behavioral geneticists use _____ to look for associations between specific genes and behavior.

As an adult, going back to an earlier way of functioning defines

Terror management theory suggests that self-esteem serves a terror management function by reducing ​

Rashad thinks of himself as an outgoing, sociable person. All his friends would agree; most of them think he is one of the most friendly, upbeat people they have ever met. According to Carl Rogers, Rashad is likely to ​

When people give a false but plausible excuse to justify their unacceptable behavior, they are using ​

Failure to resolve conflict at a particular stage of psychosexual development may lead to failure to move forward psychologically, a phenomenon that Freud called ​

Terror management theory asserts that much of our behavior is motivated by our needs

Discuss ways in which each of the major perspectives on personality (psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, and biological) has influenced some aspect of everyday life in modern society.

Freud believed that during the phallic stage, children develop erotically tinged desires for ​

John worries about his tendency toward abusing animals, so he joins the Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. John's behavior can be viewed as an example of ​

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the _____ needs are considered to be the most basic and the first priority.

On first learning about the different theoretical perspectives on personality, many people like the views of the humanistic theorists best. Why do you think this is? Are these reasons sound, scientific criteria for evaluating a theoretical perspective on personality?

According to the five-factor model of personality, people who score high in _____ are characterized as outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, and assertive.