Exam 2: Theories of Personality

Research on aggressiveness has shown that

Lou has very little regard for other people's feelings or property when he steals from them.A Freudian is likely to consider which part of Lou's personality to be underdeveloped?

At the age of four months,Zach was excitable and fearful.His dad taped a colorful picture beside the changing table to entertain Zach during diaper changes.Zach overreacted to the picture and became agitated and nervous.Zach is most likely to be classified as a(n)___________ child.

Carson comes from a culture of honor and tends to get quite riled up when he is insulted.Carson is most likely from

During a grade school field trip,Ryan and his friends were running down a hill when he stepped on a snake.He was unharmed but shaken by the experience.When one of his friends mentioned the incident months later,Ryan could not remember running down the hill that day.Freud would say that this is an example of

The shared environment of the home has a strong influence on a child's personality development.

An orally fixated person would most likely

Abraham Maslow suggested that personality theorists study healthy,strong,creative individuals.

Raymond Cattell advanced the study of personality by

Explain the differences between central traits and secondary traits,as defined by Gordon Allport.

Which statement reflects the relative influence of parent and peer influences on academic achievement?

Peter was raised in the southern United States.When he feels that he has been insulted,it is likely that

Professor Hirth takes a humanist approach to personality.She would most likely agree that the most influential aspect of human personality is

In Freud's structure of personality there are five major systems that influence a person's actions.

During a mildly stressful task,reactive children are more likely than nonreactive to show

What does the empirical evidence show about the Myers-Briggs test's ability to predict a person's behavior on the job or in relationships?

_______________ cultures value group harmony,duty,obligation,and security.

According to Freud,the major components of personality do not develop at the same time.The _______________ is present at birth,then the _______________ develops,and finally the _______________.

If parents accept Carl Rogers's approach to personality development,then they are likely to respond in which of the following ways when their daughter kicks her little brother?

_______________ is a statistical estimate of the proportion of the total variance in some trait that is attributable to genetic differences among individuals within a group.