Unit 7 AP Psych - Personality

Personality is best defined as an individual's

• characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.

• most noticeable characteristics.

• biologically inherited temperament.

• hidden thoughts and emotions.

According to Freud's theory, the behavior of a newborn baby is controlled by

• the collective unconscious.

• the ego.

• the superego.

• the id.

George often acts on impulse, without taking time to consider the consequences. A psychoanalyst would suggest that George shows signs of a

• weak ego.

• strong ego.

• strong superego.

• weak id.

According to Freud, children develop unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex during the ___________ stage.

• oral

• genital

• phallic

• latency

Freud emphasized that unresolved childhood conflicts often lead to

• fixation

• reciprocal determinism

• a diminished collective unconscious.

• unconditional positive regard.

The defense mechanism that underlies all others is

• regression

• reaction formation

• projection

• repression

Coping with anxiety by retreating to behavior patterns characteristic of an earlier, more infantile stage of development is called

• regression

• repression

• reaction formation

• sublimation

Displacement refers to the process by which people

• redirect aggressive or sexual impulses towards less threatening targets.

• offerring self-justifying explanations in place of real, but unacceptable unconscious reasons for action.

• consciously express feelings that are opposite of unacceptable, unconscious impulses.

• all of the above.

Tests that present ambiguous stimuli designed to uncover hidden personality dynamics are called ____________ tests.

• empirical

• projective

• aptitude

• really hard

Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized that personality is strongly influenced by feelings of inferiority?

• Adler

• Maslow

• Jung

• Spongebob Squarepants, Ph.D, MD