Exam 13: Theories of Personality

Your teacher organizes a debate on Freudian theory. You are assigned to be on the anti-Freud side and therefore must point out problems in the theory. Which of the following will be at the top of your list?

In Sigmund Freud’s theory, the ________ operates according to the pleasure principle.

Which of the following statements concerning the self-concept is false?

In the Big Five theory of personality, "E" stands for

The process of toilet training occurs during the ________ stage.

When Anna looks at some modern artwork at the museum, she often thinks she sees human figures or faces and likes to make up stories about them. When she tells the stories to her friend, her friend says that the stories reflect Anna's unconscious thoughts. In psychological terms, what Anna does is most similar to ________.

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have ________.

Sigmund Freud proposed that little boys' fears that their fathers may retaliate against them for forbidden sexual and aggressive impulses may lead to ________.

According to Albert Bandura, a person's expectancy about his or her skills and ability to accomplish a goal is known as ________.

The stage of personality development which lasts from about age 6 until puberty is known as the ________ stage.

Charise and Noreen were having a conversation about men. "You know," Noreen said, "I think my husband tries to annoy me! Even though he tries to do what I ask, I think that subconsciously he really enjoys ticking me off to see the reactions he'll get. Freud must have been right!" Charise, who has just studied personality psychology in school, corrects Noreen by saying which of the following?

What did Raymond Cattell call the traits that underlie surface traits?

If you are completing a paper/pencil test that requires you to read statements and indicate "true" or "false" as to whether or not they apply to you, then you are likely taking a(n) ________.

The success of an interview depends largely on ________.

Travis, from a small, Midwestern town attends college in the city. He has never eaten sushi, but a group of friends is going out to a sushi restaurant, and they ask Travis to come along. Travis is excited at the prospect of trying sushi. McCrae and Costa would conclude that he ranks high on which of the five factors?

The Oedipus and Electra complexes occur during the ________ stage.

Dan plays the trumpet, is on the debate team, bites his nails, and chews gum. Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

According to Freud, the stage in which children develop a marked attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and become jealous of the same-sex parent is the ________ stage.

The push toward fulfillment of our inborn capacities and potentialities is what Rogers calls the ________.

Your teacher organizes a debate on Freudian theory. You are assigned to be on the anti-Freud side and, therefore, must point out problems in the theory. Which of the following will be at the top of your list?