Exam 9: Personality and Individual Differences

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 is called the __________.

Explain the social cognitive approaches to personality.

The basic,innate disposition that emerges early in life and encompasses several dimensions,including general activity level and mood,is known as a person's _________.

Anxiety,according to Freud,can occur in realistic forms as well as neurotic forms.

Freud created the first stage theory of development,and called it the Psychosocial Stages of Development.

Intelligence that reflects information-processing capabilities,reasoning,and memory is known as _____________ intelligence.

The _________,according to Freudian theory,represents the rights and wrongs of society as taught and modeled by a person's parents,teachers,and other significant individuals.

A measure of the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic,inherited factors is known as _____________.

Explain the humanistic approach to personality.

The Rorschach Ink Blot Test is an example of projective personality tests.

The _________,according to Freudian theory,represents the rights and wrongs of society as taught and modeled by a person's parents,teachers,and other significant individuals.

Emotional intelligence is the set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment,evaluation,expression,and regulation of emotions.

The part of the personality,according to Freud,that contains the memories,knowledge,beliefs,feelings,urges,drives,and instincts of which the individual is not aware is called the ______________.

Biological and evolutionary approachesto ____________ suggest that important components of personality are inherited.

The capacity to understand the world,think rationally,and use resources effectively is known as ____________.

The _______________ processing approach asserts that the way people store material in memory and use the material to solve intellectual tasks provides the most accurate measures of intelligence.

Psychodynamic theories of personality emphasize the importance of the conscious.

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,is called the __________.

A(n)__________________ is a direct measure of an individual's behavior designed to describe characteristics indicative of personality.

Explain what considerations you should take into account when analyzing personality assessments.