Exam 14: Theories of Personality

Match the examples with the appropriate defence mechanisms. -John is angry at his mom for punishing him. Later, when his sister asks him for help with her homework, he yells at her.

A student describes herself as liking The Simpsons, the music of Britney Spears, and fast food. According to Gordon Allport's approach, she is describing some of her ________ traits.

Match the definitions with the appropriate terms. -the two-way interaction between aspects of the environment and aspects of the individual in the shaping of personality traits

Janine had always worried that people did not really like her. She found it very difficult to relax in social situations, as she was so concerned about self-perception. Janine would score high on the following personality trait:

According to the object-relations school, men have the most secure identities.

What is the "third force" in psychology?

Rollo May would have agreed that:

A distinctive pattern of behaviours, thoughts, motives, and emotions that characterizes a person over time is defined as ________, whereas habitual ways of behaving, thinking, and feeling are considered ________.

What are the key components in the structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud?

Reciprocal determinism is defined as:

Most parents have a single child-rearing style that is consistent over time.

To object-relations theorists, the central problem in life is to find a balance between the instinctual drives of the id and the need to live in harmony with those around us.

According to Freud, the psychosexual stage that occurs during the grade-school years until puberty is called the:

Match the names with concepts related to their theories. -collective unconscious

Rana is eager to begin a semester of university in an overseas exchange program because she has wanted to immerse herself in a culture where time is organized along parallel lines. It is most likely that Rana will be studying in:

Rollo May would be most likely to agree that:

The aspect of personality that is partly conscious, but mostly unconscious, is the:

Behavioural geneticists are finding that within a group of people, about ________ of the variation in happiness is attributable to genetic differences.

________ describes the extent to which people are outgoing or shy.

Our chapter opens with the story of Madonna. Compare how Madonna's personality would be explained by a behavioural psychologist and by a psychodynamic psychologist.