Exam 13: Personality

Ashworth is interested in the pattern of enduring characteristics of people that produce consistency and individuality in them.Ashworth is interested in people's _____.

Because of federal legislation,race norming on tests such as the General Aptitude Test Battery:

Studies of the potential genetic basis of personality have identified a gene that may contribute to differences between people in the trait of:

_____ refers to the pattern of enduring characteristics that produce consistency and individuality in a given person.

Dr.Cavanaugh examines the relationship between the trait of hardiness and senior citizens' compliance with medication regimes; however,the hardiness measure he uses was based on college students.Based on this information,which of the following is the most apparent weakness of Dr.Cavanaugh's study?

Which of the following Freudian notions appears to have been supported in current research?

Describe in detail the id,ego,and superego in Freud's theory of personality.Be sure to mention the guiding principles of the id and the ego,the extent to which each of the three processes is conscious,and the point at which each of the three develops during infancy or childhood.

_____ is the belief that we have the personal capabilities to master a situation and produce positive outcomes.

The ego operates according to the _____ principle in which instinctual energy is restrained to maintain the individual's safety and to help integrate the person into society.

According to Carl Jung,_____ are universal symbolic representations of a particular person,object,or experience (such as good and evil).

Behavioral assessment relies most heavily on:

Which of the following alternatives best expresses the relationship between the preconscious and the unconscious in Freud's theory?

Developmental periods that children pass through during which they encounter conflicts between the demands of society and their own sexual urges are known as _____ stages.

What do the id and the superego have in common?

Learning approaches to personality suggest that much of behavior is shaped primarily by forces beyond the individual's control-that is,they are_____ .

The _____ is the raw,unorganized,inborn part of personality whose sole purpose is to reduce tension created by primitive drives related to hunger,sex,aggression,and irrational impulses.

The study of defense mechanisms is associated not only with Sigmund Freud but also with:

_____ approaches to personality emphasize people's inherent goodness and their tendency to move toward higher levels of functioning.

_____is a statistical method of identifying patterns among a large number of variables.

Dr.Montgomery,a personality theorist,seeks to identify the basic attributes necessary to describe personality and consistencies in individuals' behavior.Dr.Montgomery is a(n)_____ theorist.