Exam 15: Personality in Perspective

Wars and economic recessions can restrict life choices and influence the formation of

Additional research in personality finds that traits are consistent over the life span.

Horney spoke of the impact of birth order,arguing that personality is influenced by our position in the family relative to our siblings.

____ believed that personality was shaped and fixed by the age of 5.

There is strong evidence that many personality traits or dimensions are

The emotional ____,as Freud envisioned it,remains the least understood factor in personality development.

There is widespread agreement that ____ exists and is an influence on personality.

A review of research between early childhood experiences and adult psychopathology showed that children who became depressed and anxious adults had

The theorist that believed in the influence of siblings,parents,and social situations in shaping personality is

In one study,hostile mothers were found to rear children who did not become hostile.

You are a personality theorist that needs to borrow at least four factors from this text for your personality theory.Which ones would you use? Explain how you would incorporate them into your own theory.Give an example of how your theory would apply in real-life.

The therapist who wrote about his or her own lack of parental warmth and affection was

In the first year of life,trust in the relationship between the mother and child was vital,according to

An accumulation of learned responses is what Skinner used to describe

In Seligman's terms,people who believe they are in control are ____ rather than ____.

Adler argued that personality is influenced greatly by ____.

Social environmental factors were important to the theory of

In child-rearing studies of more than 15,000 children,significant problems with behavior and self-esteem were found when the mothers took a job outside the home.

Parents who were described as more ____ had children who were more competent and mature than children raised by permissive or indifferent parents.

Freud believed that personality was shaped and fixed by the age of 5 and that it was difficult thereafter to alter any aspect of it.