AP Psych Personality

People who score high in ____ are characterized as anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and vulnerable.

• neuroticism
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• openness to experience

People who score high in ____ tend to be sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, and modest.

• neuroticism
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• agreeableness

Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week, he struck out on an easy pitch. When this happened, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. According to Freud, Jose may be using the defense mechanism of

• projection
• reaction formation
• regression
• displacement

Charles has an anger problem, so he joins athletics so he can have a positive outlet for his anger.

• regression
• sublimation
• rationalization
• compensation

Vanessa bites her nails so badly that they bleed, but she can't seem to stop herself from doing this. According to Freud, Vanessa's nail biting may be evidence of fixation at the

• oral stage of development
• phallic stage of development
• anal stage of development
• latency stage of development

The idea that a male child desires his mother and fears his father illustrates the

• genital complex
• latency complex
• Oedipal complex
• Electra complex

The Freudian stage for elementary school when sexual desires are hidden.

• anal stage
• genital stage
• phallic stage
• latency stage

Ned is generally uptight and very neat.  Freud would say Ned is

• orally fixated
• fixated at the anal stage
• fixated at the phallic stage
• fixated at the genital stage

According to Alfred Adler, overcompensation may be found in those who

• have a superiority complex
• have an inferiority complex
• are fixated at one of the psychosexual stages
• have not sucessfully used defense mechanisms

Alan is failing his math class.  He blames the teacher and the fact that he has to work at night.  Alan

• Has high self efficacy
• Has external locus of control
• Has internal locus of control
• is engaging in sublimation