Exam 12: Personality

The approach to personality development based on the ideas of Freud, which holds that much behavior is governed by unconscious forces, is called the:

When Leigh was 7, she witnessed a terrible traffic accident on her way to school.Today, at the age of 32, she has no memory of the traffic accident.Even when she saw pictures of the accident in a recent news flashback, she didn't remember witnessing the accident 25 years ago.According to Freud, it appears that Leigh's memory of the accident is contained in her:

Each of Freud's stages of personality development is based on the:

Which of the following stages in Freud's psychosexual development occurs last?

Who of the following is a humanistic psychologist?

According to Gordon Allport:

According to Maslow, an individual's personality characteristics:

The social-cognitive approach to personality is sometimes criticized for:

Recent research indicates that when today's American college students are compared to college students from the early 1960s, current students tend to have:

Explain what is meant by self-monitoring.Discuss differences in the behavioral consistency of high and low self-monitors.

Which of the following psychologists believed a link exists between the irrational beliefs that people hold about themselves and their psychological problems?

Bernard is a chain smoker and can't seem to quit smoking, no matter what he tries.According to Freud, Bernard's excessive smoking may be evidence of fixation at:

Noelle believes that she can control the occurrence of rewards and punishers.Noelle appears to have:

Which of the psychologists proposed the concept of fixation?

According to Maslow, human needs can be represented:

Bert has been very unsuccessful at job interviews.He doesn't seem to be able to gauge how people are reacting to him, and he always seems to present himself in the same way.Consequently, he usually appears disinterested and detached, and he seldom makes a good impression.Bert appears to have:

According to Gordon Allport, ____________________ are the ruling passions that dominate an individual's life.

According to Freud, thoughts that occupy the focus of current attention are contained in the:

A person who scores high on the conscientiousness dimension of the Big Five model of personality would tend to be:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a person who scores high on the neuroticism dimension of the Big Five model of personality?