Exam 12: Personality

Professor Stephenson argues that personality is the result of reciprocal determinism,that is that internal mental events,external environmental events and overt behavior all influence one another and determine an individuals personality.Whose theory of personality is she presenting?

Janelle is suspicious and uncooperative.Her friends think she is a boastful person who is seldom sympathetic.Based on the five-factor model of personality,Janelle would probably score

According to psychoanalytic theory,a person who is conservative,strict,and moralistic is strongly influenced by her

A personality measure that asks you to respond freely to an ambiguous stimulus such as a picture or an inkblot is called a

Which of Freud's personality components is suggested to engage in secondary-process thinking?

Humanistic theorists,in contrast to behavioral and psychoanalytic theorists,take an optimistic view of human nature and emphasize the potential of humans for personal growth.

The thoughts,memories,and desires you have that you do not realize you have are in your ____ awareness.

Briefly discuss how Skinner's principles of operant conditioning can be applied to the structure and development of personality and compare them to Bandura's social cognitive theory viewpoint.

Primary process thinking is associated with the ____,and secondary process thinking is associated with the ____.

Janine has extremely strong moral standards.However,whenever she fails to live up to the high standards she sets for herself,she becomes overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.Freud would most likely suggest that Janine's personality is dominated by her ____________________.

The Freudian period that begins with puberty is the

Recent research suggests that levels of narcissim in college students have _________ over the past few decades.

Which of the following personality theorists did not emphasize the influence of childhood experiences on adult personality?

The NEO Personality Inventory is a measure of psychological pathology.

Raymond Cattell used factor analysis to reduce a huge list of personality traits compiled by Gordon Allport to ____ basic dimensions of personality.

According to Rogers,children who experience ____ love or affection tend to develop an incongruent self-concept as a result of blocking from their self-concept those experiences that did not receive parental affection.

Michael is an executive for a major corporation.He constantly needs to find ways to meet the corporation's goals and objectives while taking into consideration factors such as laws and financial resources.In making these decisions,Michael is acting most like the portion of the personality that Freud referred to as

Freud believed that smoking,overeating,and habitual gum chewing could result from fixation in the ____ stage.

How,according to Terror Management Theory,does culture solve the existential crisis created by awareness of death?

If she is using the defense mechanism of projection,a mother who actually hates her son would MOST likely be both unaware of her hatred and