Question 1

Gordon Allport thought traits were wired into the brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized social relationships as the key to understanding personality?

Accepted Answer

A)   Carl Jung
B)   Alfred Adler
C)   Carl Rogers
D)   Erik EriksonE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which structure of personality houses one's instincts, according to Freud?

Accepted Answer

A)   ego-ideal
B)   ego
C)   id
D)   superegoE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

The Minnesota twin studies have determined, as a result of years of research, that personality is entirely genetic and is NOT influenced by our surroundings or environment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following statements is a claim often made by critics of projective testing?

Accepted Answer

A)   The interpretation of projective tests is too subjective.
B)   These tests are effective in predicting job performance.
C)   People try to answer questions in ways that make them look better than they are.
D)   These tests create anxiety in those being tested.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

What did Sigmund Freud believe could happen if our needs were delayed at a particular psychosexual stage?

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A)   We could become fixated at that stage.
B)   We would revert to our biological predispositions.
C)   We would be more capable of overcoming the obstacle in adulthood.
D)   We could become overly dependent on the superego for future guidance.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

Four-year-old Atticus squeezes between his mommy and daddy as they sit together on the couch. He cuddles with Mommy and pushes Daddy away. This illustrates which Freudian concept?

Accepted Answer

A)   superego
B)   Oedipus complex
C)   sublimation
D)   regressionE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

According to Karen Horney, what causes us to develop a neurotic personality?

Accepted Answer

A)   getting fixated at the oral stage of development
B)   being raised without love, affection, and security
C)   failing to adequately resolve the Oedipus complex
D)   conflict between the anima and the animusE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Trevor has to get up early to go to school, but he wants to stay up late and watch television. His parents disapprove of him staying up late, but when they go out for the evening, he disregards their wishes and stays up late anyway. The next day he feels extremely guilty. How would Carl Rogers explain Trevor's guilt?

Accepted Answer

A)   It results from Trevor's inferiority complex, which has been enlarged by Trevor's adoption of his parents' value judgments.
B)   It results from the conflict between Trevor's need to seek pleasure and his desire to do well in school.
C)   It results from a psychological conflict between Trevor's personal desire to stay up late and the opinion adopted from his parents that it is wrong to stay up late.
D)   It results from an overactive superego, which is punishing Trevor's id for gratifying his desires.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 11

The unique and relatively stable ways in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   personality
B)   nurture
C)   a trait
D)   natureE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Adoption studies focusing on the heritability of traits have __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   disputed the findings of twin studies
B)   been attacked for ethical reasons
C)   confirmed what twin studies have shown
D)   shown that twin studies have methods that need to be reexaminedE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Discuss the similarities between Carl Jung and Carl Rogers. How do their theories explain the self?

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Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)   individualistic
B)   high in power distance
C)   low in individualism
D)   high in uncertainty avoidanceE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

The __________ perspective is called the "third force" in personality theory.

Accepted Answer

A)   psychoanalytic
B)   behaviorist
C)   cognitive
D)   humanisticE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Sara was upset by her boss, so she goes home and beats her children, who in turn kick the dog. This example illustrates the concept of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   displacement
B)   undoing
C)   projection
D)   reaction formationE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Cassidy took home some printer paper from the office. Later, she felt guilty for stealing it, so she brought some paper to work to replace what she took. Freud would suggest that Cassidy's __________ was influencing her motives and behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)   id
B)   unconscious mind
C)   ego
D)   superegoE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Ebony and Austin are looking at an abstract painting in a museum. Ebony describes objects and people she thinks she sees in the painting. Austin says, "It's a bunch of paint thrown on a canvas." Ebony 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?

Accepted Answer

A)   social cognition
B)   trait theory
C)   projective testing
D)   the Big FiveE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

In Freud's theory, the id is to fun as the superego is to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   guilt
B)   pride
C)   rules
D)   freedomE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

What did Freud call the part of the personality that learns that we will be happier if we postpone gratification?

Accepted Answer

A)   id
B)   ego
C)   authentic self
D)   superegoE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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