Personality Review Reeves

Question 1

According to Freud, the ________ contains childhood memories and desires, and controls behavior

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unconscious

Question 2

This psychoanalyst argued that personalities evolve from fighting our feelings of inadequacy

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Adler

Question 3

The belief that the unconscious exists but that it's dominated by social concerns is argued by

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social psychoanalysts

Question 4

The ______________ theory of personality emphasizes the importance of the choices we make.

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Humanistic

Question 5

Carol is the neighborhood gossip; no one can understand it when she calls out others as gossipy

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Projection

Question 6

Trait theorists argue that every trait is

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universal

Question 7

Erikson believed that personalities result from the type of _________ people have in stages.

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relationships

Question 8

Freud was known to use _____________ when treating his patients.

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All of these

Question 9

Although she had cold feet right before her wedding, she concentrated on the final details!

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Intellectualization

Question 10

Personalities develop from a series of ___________________, according to behaviorists.

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rewards & punishments

Question 11

This trait psychologist argued that our traits will be consistent, even in different situations

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Allport

Question 12

This psychologist argued that our personalities evolve in a series of psychosocial stages

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Erikson

Question 13

In Freud's "map of the mind", this causes guilt for bad behavior & wants to do the right thing

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Superego

Question 14

An accident totaled my car and left me with a concussion; I lost all memories of the accident.

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Repression

Question 15

Allport suggested that some of us have a trait that is so pervasive that it forms our identity

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Cardinal Trait

Question 16

Rather than deal with unpleasant realities, Freud argued that we often resort to

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defense mechanisms

Question 17

In Freud's "map of the mind", this contains all of our basic desires and needs

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Id

Question 18

The extra-expensive wedding dress was worth it, she told herself; you only get married once!

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Rationalization

Question 19

Which of the following is the foundation of all later personality theories?

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Psychoanalysis

Question 20

In Freud's "map of the mind", this is the referee that balances our desires with our realities

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Ego

Question 21

Freud argued that our _________ can appear in dreams.

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unconscious

Question 22

One of Freud's greatest contributions to psychology is the idea that people are not always

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rational

Question 23

After experimenting with dogs, he came up with the ideas of ____________________.

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classical conditioning

Question 24

According to Allport, minor traits such as preferences in music & food are called

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secondary traits

Question 25

Freud argued that our personalities are generally fixed by age

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6

Question 26

This psychologist argued that our unconscious contains fears about not getting enough love

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Horney

Question 27

The more or less permanent personality characteristics we have are often called our

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traits

Question 28

The hierarchy of needs must be met before self-actualization can happen, according to

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Maslow

Question 29

The two basic dimensions of personality are ___________ and __________, according to Eysenck.

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Introversion/Extraversion v. Stability/Instability

Question 30

Critics of humanism say it is too

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simple and vague

Question 31

When his girlfriend dumped him, he went home, slammed his bedroom door, and punched the wall.

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Displacement

Question 32

He developed the social cognitive theory: personality is cognitive, behavioral, environmental

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Bandura

Question 33

A _____________ trait makes us predictable in most situations, according to Gordon Allport

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Central

Question 34

Five basic personality traits that appear in all personality studies are known as

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"the Big Five"

Question 35

The preconscious contains thoughts and memories that are

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easily accessed

Question 36

The two leading humanists were

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Maslow & Rogers

Question 37

Skinner conducted experiments to demonstrate operant conditioning, which is the idea that

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we learn through rewards and punishments

Question 38

This psychologist is remembered for his research on learned fears.

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Watson

Question 39

The argument that our personalities evolve as we journey toward self-actualization comes from

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Humanists

Question 40

Although Joey was potty-trained for many years, he began wetting the bed when his family moved

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Regression

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