front 1 the distinctive patterns of behavior, emotions, and thoughts that characterizer's an individual's adaptions to his or her life is known as? | back 1 personality |
front 2 key aspects of most definitions of personality include? | back 2 emphasis on the individual |
front 3 the two main approaches to personality theories are? | back 3 attempt to identify specific characteristics that are associated with different personalities
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front 4 Allport believed that the generalized and enduring traits that form the building blocks of our personalities are which traits? | back 4 cardinal trait, central trait, secondary trait |
front 5 trait theories of personality provide psychologists with? | back 5 the behavioral traits that are building blocks of personality |
front 6 Psychoanalytic theory of personality depicts people as being shaped by? | back 6 ongoing conflicts between primary drives and the social pressures of civilized society |
front 7 according to Freud, the only psychic structure present at birth is the? | back 7 ego |
front 8 Freud believed that the governing principle of the ID was which principle? | back 8 reality principle |
front 9 the Freudian psychic structure which seeks immediate gratification of the instincts is the? | back 9 pleasure principle |
front 10 in the popular analogy of the human moral dilemma in which the angle stands on one shoulder and the devil on the other, Freud would say the angle represents ___ and the devi represents ___? | back 10 angle represents the ego-ideal
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front 11 according to Freud, the dynamics of personality arise from | back 11 Superwgo |
front 12 Freud believed that the ego used ___ to protect the personality from anxiety-producing thoughts and images? | back 12 a defense mechanism |
front 13 the correct order of Freud's stages of psychosexual development is? | back 13 oral
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front 14 the oral stage of Freud's theory covers | back 14 birth through the first 12-18 months |
front 15 Fixation is? | back 15 theory of psychosexual development, arrested development that results from exposure to either too little or too much gratification |
front 16 an important advantage of the interview method of study personality is its? | back 16 flexibility (ex. if question is confusing, interviewer can clarify them) |
front 17 tests that have ambiguous stimuli that allow respondents to place their own thoughts or feelings into their responses are called? | back 17 projective tests |
front 18 a commonly used projective test in which the subject is asked to examine inkblots and state what they look like or what thy bring to mind is the? | back 18 Rorschach inkblot test |
front 19 if a psychologist asks you to tell a story concerning a scene on a card he or she shows you the psychologist is giving you the | back 19 Thematic apperception test (TAT) |
front 20 a common theme in definitions of personality is that? | back 20 the emphasis on the individual |
front 21 the most basic defense mechanism that underlies all the other defense mechanisms is? | back 21 repression |
front 22 inadequate or excessive gratification during any psychosexual stage may cause | back 22 fixation |