AP Psych Mod 55-56

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 Freudian stage for elementary school when sexual desires are hidden.

• anal stage
• genital stage
• phallic stage
• latency 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

A personality measure that asks you to respond freely to an ambiguous stimulus such as a picture or an inkblot is called a

• self report personality inventory
• projective test
• behavior rating
• deceptive test

Daryl is taking a personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supposed to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Daryl is taking is the

• Thematic Apperception Test
• Rorschach test
• Myers Briggs
• MMPI

Psychodynamic personality theories focus on

• an individual's freedom and potential for growth
• genetic factors
• unconscious mental forces
• learning

The id is

• a developmental period that leaves its mark on adult personality
• the moral component of personality
• the decision-making component of personality
• the primitive, animalistic component of personality

While cleaning up after her party last night, Angela forgot to put the leftover crab dip in the refrigerator. When she discovered the now-spoiled dip in the morning, Angela said she didn't mind having to throw it out because it wasn't that good anyway. MOST likely, Angela is using

• projection
• repression
• rationalization
• regression