Understanding Psychology: Chapter 10

An angry parent imagines hitting a child for misbehaving, but decide instead to discuss the misbehavior with the child and to point out why the behavior was wrong. After hearing the child's explanation for the behavior, the parent feels guilty for having been so angry. The parent's anger and fantasy are the result of the _____; the decision to discuss the problem is the result of the _____; and the guilt derives from the _____ .

Lorenzo is a young adult. According to Erikson, the major challenge he faces is _____, which will be followed in middle adulthood by the crisis of _____ .

Compensation and inferiority complex are central concepts to the theory of personality proposed by:

It has been argued that Karen Horney's most significant contribution to contemporary psychology was her view that:

According to Jung, a typical mental image or mythical representation is referred to as a(n):

Bria was brought up with unconditional positive regard. According to Rogers, she is likely to:

Your friend has always known that she wants to be a doctor. When you ask her how she knows that, she says, "That's just who I am. It's what I want to do with my life." Rogers calls the push toward fulfilling this sense of who she is:

Rogers' believed the goal of life was to fulfill our genetic blueprint. He called our biological push to accomplish this goal:

Pietro is competent, self-disciplined, responsible and well organized. In terms of the Big Five model of personality, he is high in:

Sofia is warm, assertive, energetic and enthusiastic. According to the Big Five model of personality, she is high in:

Which of the following statements has been confirmed by research?

Based on what you have read here, The Big Five personality trait structure:

Rey Rmos grew up in the South Bronx, an urban ghetto where young males are more likely to go to jail than they are to graduate from high school. He said, "My father always said you can't change anything; destiny has everything written for you. But, I rebelled against that, and I told him I was going to make my own destiny." According to cognitive-social learning theories of personality, which of the following is most descriptive of Rey?

You introduce a friend to a new video game. On her first try, she doesn't do well but she says, "This is fun. I have to climb that ladder more quickly to escape the bombs. Let me try again!" According to Bandura, her optimism reflects:

Cognitive-social learning theories of personality:

You are consulting a psychologist who asks you to take a personality test. She shows you pictures of people and asks you to write a complete story about each picture. The test is most likely the:

"They are often not administered in a standard fashion, they are seldom scored objectively, but when interpreted by a skilled examiner, they can provide insight into a person." To what does this quotation most likely refer?

If a psychologist suspects a person to be "malingering" or faking a psychiatric disorder she may decide to employ which personality test to evaluate their personality?

If you are conducting research on The Big Five, which personality test are you most likely to employ?

Personality is the pattern of:

According to Freud, the attempt to obtain immediate gratification for urges and desires is known as the:

Your uncle Paolo is a legend in the family - hoarding everything he can lay his hands on and never (absolutely never) sharing any of his bounty with anyone. After reading the personality chapter, you may suspect that according to Freud, he is fixated at the:

According to Freud, a successful outcome of the Oedipus Complex is:

In Jung's theory, people who regulate their actions through thinking and feeling are called _____ whereas people who regulate their actions through intuition and sensation are called _____ .

Carl Jung and Alfred Adler differ from Freud in de-emphasizing:

According to Jung, the collective unconscious but not the personal unconsciousness contains:

Horney's different types of personality are similar in that:

One similarity between the personality theories of Karen Horney and Erik Erikson is their emphasis on:

According to Rogers, the goal of life is to:

Which of the following dimensions of personality is not part of the "Big 5" personality traits?

According to Rotter, believing that you can control your own fate is characteristic of a(n):

Structured interviews are better than other interviews in what way?

You are conducting research and want to assess the Big 5 personality traits of each of your participants. Which test are you most likely to use?

A psychologist is interested in diagnosing a person she believes has a mental disorder. The psychologist also suspects the person she intends to diagnose may attempt to fake having a mental disorder. Which personality test is she most likely to use?