Exam 13: Theories of Personality

The pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persists over time and situations and distinguishes one person from another is called ________.

Probably the biggest problem with personality assessments by behaviorists is the ________.

Which component of a person's personality is responsible for the continuing desire to engage in indiscriminate sex?

Sigmund Freud proposed that his patients' disorders resulted most often from psychological conflicts related to ________.

Freud believed that the ________ was the most important determining factor in human behavior and personality, and this theory was a shock to the Victorian era in which Freud lived.

Ellen has been described as creative, imaginative, curious, artistic, and nonconforming. She is likely to obtain an elevated score on a questionnaire designed to measure ________.

What major conclusion about personality traits emerged from the Minnesota twin study?

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

A personality that consisted of only the ego and the id would be completely ________.

As part of an application for a job, Dan is asked to complete some psychological tests including one in which he responds true or false to items such as "I feel sad most of the time," or "I had a good childhood." What type of psychological test is Dan taking?

What did Raymond Cattell call the underlying traits that direct surface traits?

According to Hofstede's dimensions of cultural personality, cultures that are ________ are assertive and competitive.

The Freudian stage during which girls must resolve the Electra complex is the ______ stage.

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

Which of the following personality assessments might be best suited for objectively identifying abnormal patterns of behavior or thinking?

Personality assessments conducted by behaviorists sometimes make use of ________.

Which of these is an acronym that could help you remember the Big Five traits?

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop at about age five?

Which of the following is CORRECT concerning cross-cultural studies on trait theories?

The age at which a baby was weaned would have the most impact on the ________ stage.