Exam 12: D: Personality

Which option best exemplifies the P.T.Barnum effect?

The old adage "Everyone is queer but me and thee" illustrates the defence mechanism of _______.

What did Freud call the part of the personality that begins to develop in early childhood?

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

Freud developed his theory of personality on the basis of

The Oedipus complex occurs during the _______ stage.

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

The view that personality results from struggles between opposites within each of us is an assumption of which of the following?

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

That part of the personality which operates on the reality principle is the _______.

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

Four-year-old Kevin is in love with his mother and wants very much to get rid of his father so that he can have his mother all to himself.According to Freud,Kevin is undergoing

Which type of standardized test presents ambiguous stimuli?

An orally fixated person would most likely

Picasso's paintings often contained exaggerated sexual symbolism.This way of expressing a basic impulse in a socially praiseworthy fashion illustrates the use of _______.

Which component of personality mediates between the forces of desire and reality on a moral basis?

The Electra complex is to ____________ as the Oedipus complex is to ____________.

According to Freud,an inadequate resolution of the Oedipus complex leads to

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

According to Bill's psychoanalyst,he was traumatized during the anal stage of his psychosexual development,which accounts for Bill's tightwad habits.Which of the following would be Freud's term for Bill's behaviour?