Exam 13: Theories of Personality

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?

Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly. According to Freudian theory, he became fixated at the oral stage of psychosexual development.

Mia's parents told her that they expected her to become a doctor, like her father and grandfather before her. They told her that if she chose any other career, they would no longer support her or respect her choice. According to Rogers, Mia's parents were giving her

"I didn't get the job even though I was the most qualified applicant because the company has to hire a minority worker." This probably illustrates which defense mechanism?

Anna is a morally rigorous person who demands that her daughter remain a virgin until she is married. Anna cannot remember her own premarital sexual encounters. Which defense mechanism would likely account for this memory lapse?

Jeromy has been having an affair with another woman. One afternoon, his wife came home later than usual and Jeromy became angry-accusing his wife of infidelity. Which defense mechanism is behind Jeromy's accusation?

In Carl Rogers's theory, our perception of our abilities, traits, and characteristics is known as ________.

According to Freud, the second part of the personality is the ego, which gets its name from the Latin word for ________.

Mei is Chinese American. She is very loyal to her family. Her sister lives with her, and she mails money back to China to her father and younger brother. Mei's way of life is typical of someone who comes from a culture that is ________.

Many of Johnathon's friends like to dress up on Halloween as devils, vampires, and zombies. According to Carl Jung's theory, what archetype is being expressed?

Which of the following choices describes the cultural personality of the United States, according to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality?

A colleague at work is asked to describe you to the new manager. Most likely, the traits they will use in their description are examples of

In the metaphor of the angel, the devil, and me, the devil is the ________.

A person's responses to a projective test are thought to reflect ________.

Carolyn took home some printer paper from the office. Later, she felt guilty for stealing it, so she brought some paper to work to replace what she took. Freud would suggest that Carolyn's ________ was influencing her motives and behavior.

Which psychological test asks the subject to tell a story based on a picture of one or more people in which it is unclear what is going on?

What is Albert Bandura's term for the relationship among the three factors that influence personality?

According to Freud, personality develops through a series of psychosexual stages. The last stage is called the ________ stage.

What did Freud call the part of the personality that learns that we will be happier if we postpone gratification?

You have walked in late to class, and your psychology professor is explaining how one personality theorist sees personality as a relatively stable set of potential responses to various situations. You know immediately that your professor is talking about the theories of