Exam 13: Personality

_____ approaches to personality are approaches that assume that personality is motivated by inner forces and conflicts about which people have little awareness and over which they have no control.

Young children resolve the Oedipus conflict by wanting to be as much like the same-sex parent as possible,a process termed:

Humanistic psychologists suggest that people are consciously motivated to reach their maximum potential,each in a unique way; that is,people have a fundamental drive toward:

To Freud,much of our personality is determined by the _____.

Which component of the personality uses defense mechanisms,and why?

In Freud's theory of psychosexual development,mature adult sexuality develops during the:

Dr.Chase believes that one's personality largely reflects inner forces over which one has no control.Dr.Chase appears to take a(n)_____ approach to personality.

A researcher develops a questionnaire to assess impulsiveness among adults.In a journal article,she presents evidence that college students tend to get essentially the same score if they take the test twice,two months apart.However,when you look at the sample questionnaire items she included in the article,it seems to you that they relate more to whether a person is sociable,outgoing,and fun than to whether an individual is impulsive.You are specifically questioning the _____ of the researcher's questionnaire.

The ,or MMPI-2-RF,is the most widely used self-report measure of personality.

Adler proposed that the primary human motivation is a striving for _____.

Identify and describe the first three stages of Freud's theory of psychosexual development and be sure to identify the key developmental task associated with each stage and the potential effects on adult personality of fixation at each stage.

After the resolution of the Oedipal conflict,typically around age 5 or 6,children move into the _____ period,which lasts until puberty.

Dr.Plater believes that personality is simply the sum of learned responses that have been reinforced by various situations.Dr.Plater endorses the _____ approach to personality.

Neo-Freudian theorist _____ is often termed the "first feminist psychologist."

One of the best examples of a self-report measure,and one of the most frequently used personality tests,is the:

According to Freud,the _____ stage is a stage from birth to age 12 to 18 months in which an infant's center of pleasure is the mouth.

Which of the following is NOT one of the neo-Freudian psychoanalysts?

Which of the following phrases is correctly labeled with one of Hans Eysenck's major personality dimensions?

John's therapist strives to provide an atmosphere of acceptance and respect no matter what comes up during the sessions.In the context of humanistic approaches to personality,John's therapist is providing_____ .

Which of the following is NOT one of the text's recommended strategies for being an informed consumer of psychological test data?