Personality Theory AP Psychology Unit X Baxer

Which of the following best applies to our current understanding of personality?

• It exists only if everyone acted and thought alike

• It is mostly unstable.

• It is relatively stable over time.

• It is not enduring, or it changes over time.

Identify the theorist whose signature idea was that the unconscious has two distinct forms, namely personal and collective.

• Karen Horney

• Carl Jung

• Alfred Adler

• Sigmund Freud

Karen Horney's psychological social theory suggests that ________ involves developing a detached demeanor—not responding emotionally, and avoiding close relationships.

• moving against others

• moving toward others

• moving away from others

• moving with others

The modern view of temperament asserts that it __________.

• is biologically based
• is a mixture of the four humors
• first emerges during adolescence
• changes radically at adolescence

A __________ is a relatively stable personality tendency that guides one’s thoughts and actions across various conditions.

• trait
• cluster
• dimension
• behavioral constant

__________ theorists have determined five major characteristics of personality.

• Trait
• Cognitive
• Humanistic
• Psychodynamic

The factor of __________ is NOT one of the "Big Five" dimensions underlying personality.

• politeness
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• openness to experience

One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much __________.

• control
• research
• description
• explanation

People who score high in _________ are characterized as outgoing, sociable, upbeat, and assertive.

• neuroticism
• extraversion
• concientousness
• openness to experience

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

• neuroticism
• extraversion
• conscientiousness
• agreeableness