Exam 11: Personality

Angie arrives late for most of her appointments. Only rarely is she on time for anything. Gordon Allport would consider this element of her personality to be a ____.

Pedro has been arguing with his spouse lately, and this arguing has begun to cause Pedro serious problems in his marital relationship. Karen Horney would most likely say that Pedro's argumentative behavior stems from his ____.

Costa and McCrae are associated with ____.

Jet is extremely outgoing to the point that he almost never stays in for an evening-and he does not just go hang out with friends at the coffee shop. He is constantly doing things like skydiving, bungee jumping, and rappelling. If he is with friends, he is usually at the parties that are huge and involve lots of drugs and alcohol. He loves to go out dancing and drinking. Jet is probably a(n) ____.

Which of the following represents the core traits in the five factor trait theory?

The most widely accepted trait theory is ____.

Vladimer has no memory of his year spent in kindergarten. According to Jung, Vladimer's memory of kindergarten resides in his ____.

Freud called the holding place for easily acceptable memories the ____.

Jared and Joshua are both clinical psychologists, but Jared's views have more of a psychoanalytic basis and Joshua's views have more of a trait basis. Which method of personality testing are they most likely to share?

While Freud emphasized ____ motivation, Jung emphasized ____ motivation.

If you believe that your teachers and their demands are causing you to be very tense, you should remember that you chose to take and remain in your classes. This interaction between you and your environment is described by Albert Bandura's concept of ____.

A researcher wanting to determine the common personality traits that can be used to describe all people would most likely use ____.

One contribution of the social cognitive view to our understanding of personality is its emphasis on ____.

Anal-retentiveness is an example of ____.

Which personality perspective most focuses on how the environment influences our behavior?

Having a high sense of self-efficacy would be most consistent with which of the following?

According to Abraham Maslow, if you have had difficulty in achieving a sense of esteem, you will also have difficulty achieving ____.

As an infant, Angela's actions and responses indicate that she likes to be snuggled tightly and to see interesting things. According to Rogers, these things that she likes form the basis for her future self-concept through the ____.

A young child begins to wait patiently for his favorite food while his father prepares it, rather than crying uncontrollably until he gets what he wants. Freud would say the child has now developed his ____.

In psychoanalytic theory, preconscious is to ____ awareness, as unconscious is to ____ awareness.