Exam 13: Theories of Personality

Harry goes to a psychologist because he is continually depressed. When he gets to the psychologist's office, he realizes that while he wants to end his depression it will take him far too long to tell the doctor his life story. The psychologist senses Harry's reluctance and decides to administer an objective test to reveal Harry's attitudes and feelings. The doctor administers which of the following tests?

What is Freud's term for the primitive side of personality that is motivated primarily by biological drives?

Which of the following statements describes the relationship between temperament and personality?

If Sylvia is described as good-natured, trusting, and helpful then she probably is fairly high on the Big Five factor known as ________.

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

Which neo-Freudian viewed personality disturbances as resulting from the feelings of inferiority that all people share?

Karesh is from India and really cares about others' welfare. His wife is Chinese and he is known for the fact that he does not adhere to strict rules and regulations. He is tolerant of others and plans to become a social worker. According to Hofstede, what type of cultural personality would Karesh be?

What do humanistic and psychoanalytic theories have in common?

When one thinks of "value judgment" in relation to moral or ethical behavior, one is thinking about ________.

According to Freud and his followers, what is the most significant event that occurs during the anal stage of psychosexual development?

Sigmund Freud's theory came at a time in history when the predominant attitude toward sex was ________.

What do Abraham Maslow's and Carl Rogers's theories have in common?

When assessing personality, many psychologists take the eclectic view, which means they ________.

Personality trait theorist Raymond Cattell used the statistical technique called ________.

The tendency to form a favorable or unfavorable impression of someone at the first meeting is called the ________.

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have ________.

What is one criticism of projective tests?

According to Freud, which part of the personality is totally buried within each individual?

Joe seems to be constantly condemning himself for being bad and "sinful." In psychoanalytic terms, we would say that Joe has an overdeveloped ________.

Adler believed that people often are motivated by ________.