Exam 13: Personality

The _____ is a widely used self-report test that identifies people with psychological difficulties and is employed to predict some everyday behaviors.

Which of Freud's personality structures is correctly described?

_____ is the process of wanting to be like another person as much as possible,imitating that person's behavior and adopting similar beliefs and values.

The _____ theory seeks to explain in a straightforward way the consistencies in individuals' behavior.

_____ traits are characteristics that affect behavior in fewer situations and are less influential than other traits.

From around age 12 to 18 months until 3 years of age-a period when the emphasis in Western cultures is on toilet training-a child enters the _____ stage.

Davina cannot bear to be late for anything.She is particular about how people have to do things "just right" for her to be satisfied.A psychodynamic theorist might suggest that Davina is fixated at the _____stage of development.

_____is a sense of success in forming close bonds with other people.

Which defense mechanism is correctly matched with a definition?

Carlos is emotionally unstable,insecure,anxious,and moody.Quinn is disorganized,careless,and impulsive.Johann is quiet,serious,and rather timid.Finally,Kristy is imaginative,independent,and fond of variety.Which of these individuals is correctly matched with a Big Five personality description?

Describe trait approaches to personality.Briefly describe one of Gordon Allport's,Raymond Cattell's,or Hans Eysenck's trait theories of personality.Identify the Big Five personality dimensions central to contemporary trait approaches.Outline several ways in which the validity of the Big Five theory is supported.

Albert Bandura is one of the leading proponents of the _____approach to personality.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about self-esteem?

Which of the following stages of psychosexual development is correctly matched with an age range?

According to Freud,much of our behavior is motivated by:

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Big Five" personality dimensions?

The id is to the pleasure principle what the ego is to the_____ principle.

The notion that behavior is motivated by unconscious inner forces and conflicts about which people have little awareness and over which they have no control is the _____approach to personality.

Barry is trying to come up with an interpretation of an abstract collage of colors,lines,and shapes he is looking at.Barry is most probably taking some sort of_____ personality test.

The _____ is the part of the personality that contains the memories,knowledge,beliefs,feelings,urges,drives,and instincts of which the individual is not aware.