Exam 12: Personality-Part A

Which approach focuses on personality as arising from needs,strivings,and desires largely operating outside awareness?

Imagine Eysenck's two factors expressed in two-dimensional space.On the vertical axis is insecurity at the top and security at the bottom.Bisecting this axis is the second factor,with introversion on the left and extroversion on the right.Using this model,a person who is quiet,reserved,and comfortable in her own skin would be placed in which quadrant?

After earning a low grade on an exam,Barbara came back to the dorm room and watched cartoons for three hours to relieve her stress.Which defense mechanism did Barbara use?

Behavioral and physiological research on the brain and personality traits has tended to support Hans Eysenck's theory of _____ in extraverts and in introverts.

A person's explicit knowledge of his or her own behaviors,traits,and other personal characteristics is called:

Which theoretical approach states that people occasionally ask themselves profound questions such as "Why am I here?" and "What is the meaning of my life?"

Which function is NOT an aspect of personality?

The id operates on the _____ principle.

When traits are organized in a hierarchy,_____ are at the _____ level.

Breanne is ambitious and Susan is laid back.These personality traits represent:

Teenagers who score low on _____ are more likely than average to be juvenile delinquents.

Which factor is an anticipated event that may,in part,determine personality?

To help remember the Big Five dimensions of personality,use the acronym _____ as a mnemonic device.

Allport believed that traits are preexisting dispositions that:

Social-cognitive psychologists disagree on the question of whether our behavior is caused more by our personalities or by situations we encounter,a quandary known as the:

As a science matures,research tends to shift from _____ to _____.

Critics of the psychodynamic approach to personality argue that psychodynamic theorists' theories of personality:

Michael and Andrew are siblings who grew up in the same home environment,played together on the same little-league baseball team,and went to the same school.During early adolescence,their parents divorced and both boys went to live with their mother.The fact that Michael and Andrew have similar personalities is MOST likely due to:

Personality differences are MOST likely to be revealed at a:

Jeremy,who as a child loved to pull the wings off dead moths and was fascinated by blood and guts,grew up to be a surgeon.His career choice likely represents: