Exam 11: Theories of Personality and Intelligence

Many items on a "culture fair" test require the use of ___________.

In which psychosexual stage do sexual interests reawaken and become stronger?

In Freud's personality theory,the ________ are in conflict and the _______ must mediate between them.

An 8-year-old child who scored like an average 10-year-old on an intelligence test would have a mental age of _________ and an IQ of _________.

What was the basis for Freud's development of his theory of the Oedipus conflict?

Sally has a desire to eat a steak with a baked potato smothered with butter and sour cream.One component of her personality tells her,because she is overweight,that instead of eating the meal,she should fast and direct her efforts to ending world hunger.Another component suggests that it would be better to eat a salad and a bran muffin,then run two miles.The fasting suggestion most likely was made by which component of personality?

Rochelle is 38 years old,but her mental ability is measured as that of a second-grade child.Rochelle would be classified as _______ developmentally delayed.

Pleasure principle is to _______ as reality principle is to _______.

A male has a thin,frail-looking area on the X chromosome of his 23rd pair,leading to a deficiency in a protein needed for brain development.This is known as _________.

Beliefs that being gifted or a genius lead to being weird,socially awkward,or more likely to suffer from mental illnesses were put to rest by __________.

An orally fixated person would most likely:

Which of the following is a desirable characteristic of culture fair tests?

Measuring intelligence by testing is a rather new concept in the history of the world.The idea of such testing came from (the)___________.

According to Freud,the result of conflict between the id and superego is ___________.

One of the most serious criticisms of psychoanalytic theory is its:

Sheila was upset by her boss,so she goes home and beats her children,who,in turn,kick the dog.This episode is an example of _______.

For Bandura,one of the most important person variables in determining personality is __________.

Which of the following gives the stages of development outlined by Freud in the order in which they occur?

Travis is a participant in the X-games every year,which features events that are high flying and exhilarating to watch or participate in,but also very dangerous to the competitors.Because Travis is willing to take chances with his health to get the adrenaline rush from these sorts of events,Costa and McCrae would argue that he ranks high on which of the five factors?

Many have compared Freud's idea of the mind to an iceberg.If that were the case and you were standing on the deck of a ship in Alaska,what part of the mind would you see above the water?