Exam 13: Personality

Meghan completes her chores on time and minds her manners because she likes to be helpful.Whenever her parents thank her for what she does,Meghan feels good about herself.Her parents' praises have become part of her ____.

At about age four,Bart begins to find his mother Marge quite sexually attractive.He feels the urge to kill his father Homer,so that he doesn't have to share his mother.However,Bart fears that Homer might get angry and retaliate against him.According to Freud,Bart is experiencing the ____ complex,which occurs during the ____ stage of development.

Pedro tells his father that he wants to quit school and try his hand at acting.His father responds that he will be very disappointed in Pedro if he does not reconsider his decision.Pedro's father has just created ____.

Which of the following is not an assumption of the trait approach to personality?

Which statement is true regarding the use of personality tests for employee selection?

When describing your best friend,you first note that she is honest.How would this characteristic be explained from three different theoretical perspectives?

The humanistic psychology approach to personality has been criticized for ____.

The results of a personality test indicate to Ben that he is aggressive,alienated,negative,and hostile.According to research on temperament and personality,Ben can be best described as having a(n)____ temperament.

Five-year-old Tauja says she wants to be a stockbroker just like her mother and marry a man just like her father when she grows up.A Freudian would say that Tauja is showing evidence of ____.

Which statement about personality would Freud most likely agree with?

Cameron is under a great deal of stress at work because of several upcoming deadlines.He is worried that he might be fired if he cannot meet the deadlines.He has reacted to his anxiety by smoking constantly and overeating.According to Freud,Cameron is fixated at the ____ stage of psychosexual development.

Dr.Evil is assessing whether a prospective henchman is evil enough to help conquer the world.He asks the prospective henchman in how many countries he's wanted,the number of heists he's pulled,and his rank in the Society of Villainy.Dr.Evil is using ____ to assess the henchman's personality.

Josh loves to sing country songs in the shower,his car,and the psychology building.However,when Josh attends a funeral,he is quiet and somber just like everyone else.According to Mischel's cognitive-affective theory of personality,Josh behaves differently in different places due to ____.

According to psychologist Jeffrey Gray,the brain's ____ system affects sensitivity to rewards,whereas the ____ system affects sensitivity to punishment and the motivation to avoid punishment.

Freudian theory has been criticized for which reason?

After reading the Henry Potter books,Dawn describes Henry Potter as insightful,original,curious,and intellectual,as well as generous,kind,considerate,and forgiving.According to the five-factor personality model,Henry is high in ____ and high in ____.

Glinda the Good Witch does not worry about what is wrong with her life,like the Wicked Witch of the West does.Instead,Glinda is happy with what she already has.According to Maslow's theory,Glinda has a(n)____.

Juno the Emperor Penguin was criticized in the Glacier Times as being untrusting,inconsiderate,and unforgiving of others.The Emperor's psychologist tells him that according to the five-factor personality model,he will likely score low on what dimension?

Yaveen is writing a paper criticizing the humanistic approach to personality.What is the best title for his paper?

Roger is an extroverted showman,sensitive to rewards,and motivated to obtain exciting and sometimes dangerous video footage of his encounters with crocodiles.He does not worry about whether he might embarrass himself or get injured in front of his television viewers.Roger appears to have a sensitive ____.