Exam 13: Theories of Personality

You are about to undergo delicate brain surgery that requires great skill on the part of the surgeon.As the surgical team wheels you into the operating room,you hope the surgeon has a high level of _______.

Jessie becomes furious when her favorite hockey player is intentionally hurt by an opponent.According to Freud's model of the mind,her id would unconsciously say _________.

Tony has devised a test in which people look at clouds and talk about what they see.What type of test would psychologists call this?

In the classic sitcom The Odd Couple,it was amazing that Oscar and Felix got along because Oscar was such a slob and Felix was so obsessively neat.From a Freudian perspective,what could be said about the way these two men made it through the anal stage of development?

Why does Freudian theory garner so much criticism? What are some positive qualities of Freud's theory that might describe behavior in the twenty-first century?

If Sylvia is described as trustworthy,altruistic and tender-minded,then she probably is fairly high on the Big Five superfactor known as ________.

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

Cheri went to see a psychologist,who showed her several detailed black and white pictures and asked her to explain what was going on in them.The psychologist was using the ________.

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

Your teacher organizes a debate on Freudian theory.You are assigned to be on the anti-Freud side and,therefore,must point out problems in the theory.Which of the following would be a reasonable argument for you to make?

Which of Freud's levels of consciousness consists of thoughts and feelings that can be easily brought into immediate awareness?

Dan plays the trumpet,is on the debate team,bites his nails,and chews gum.Freud might say Dan was fixated in the ________ stage.

According to Freud,a boy's sexual attachment to his mother and jealousy of his father is called _______.

Frank and Gina are looking at an abstract painting in a museum.Gina describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting.Frank says,"It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Gina responds,"No,there is so much here that you just don't see." During lunch they agree that their experience reminds them of what concept they learned in introductory psychology?

What did Freud perceive as the outcome of successful resolution of the Oedipus complex?

The ego operates according to the ______.

Freud's theories about how early childhood experiences impact later life personality came from his direct observation of children in his clinical practice.

The field of _____________ is devoted to the study of just how much of personality is due to inherited traits.

Self-efficacy refers to the ability of a person to give unconditional positive regard.

One of the dangers of taking online personality tests is ____________.