Exam 12: Personality

Four-year-old Kevin is in love with his mother,and wants very much to get rid of his father so that he can have his mother all to himself.According to Freud,Kevin is undergoing:

According to Freud,the ego is the __________ of personality

Which of the following is true about personality and nonhuman animals?

According to Freud,defense mechanisms are unconscious attempts to reduce our feelings of ___________.

An outdated approach claiming that behavior and personality were based on the sizes of various regions of the skull surface was called:

Which of the following is a limitation of the psychodynamic perspective that stems from the fact that Freud based much of his original theory a handful of patients?

What did Freud call the part of the personality that had to be socialized by parents?

Mahmoud was just told that his father has cancer.Mahmoud's first response is that there must be a mistake and he demands that the doctor repeat his tests.Which defense mechanism is at work here?

Which of the following best describes the personality of individuals as they age?

The Rorschach inkblot test and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)are both examples of ________________,a controversial category of personality tests.

A Freudian psychotherapist would assert that an alcoholic or a chain-smoker is stuck in what stage of development?

Alexandra's older sister is praised for being good at math,but Alexandra struggles with the subject.What would the resulting feelings of being "not good enough" be called?

Which statement about the id is most accurate?

Nancy is a three month old infant.Compared to other infants her age,she is fussy and cries easily.Nancy's behaviors would most accurately be described as the result of her _____________.

In old cartoons,characters were sometimes shown with a devil on one shoulder telling them to do something selfish or immoral,such as stealing or lying.On the other shoulder,the animators would draw an angel,which would tell the character not to listen to the devil and to act morally instead.In Freudian terms,the angel represents which part of the character's psyche?

The theory that our personalities consist of a stable set of traits is very useful to psychologists,but there are some notable problems with trait theories.Which of the following is not a problem?

When using the ___________________ technique,a psychologist will create a personality profile by observing an individual in a specific context or situation.

Which motto would best fit the id?

__________ is the personality theorist whose work is now reflected in the psychodynamic schools of thought.

Which of the following statements is true about personality traits over the life span?