AP Psychology Theories of Personality QUIZ

.) Abraham Maslow’s theory focuses on a lifelong process of striving to realize one’s potential that is known as:

• HUMANISM

• SELF ACTUALIZATION

• SUBLIMATION

• PSYCHIC DETERMINISM

Which of the following places the greatest emphasis on the unconscious mind?

• humanistic perspective

• socio cognitive perspective

• trait perspective

• psychoanalytic perspective

In high school, Britta and Debbie were best friends. They thought they were a lot alike, as did everyone else who knew them. After high school, they went on to very different colleges, careers, and life courses. Now, at their twenty-fifth reunion, they are shocked at how little they have in common. Albert Bandura would suggest that their differences reflect the interactive effects of environment, personality, and behavior, which he refers to as:

• reciprocal determinism

• self serving bias

• personal control

• identification

Which of the following personality theorists is most closely based on three dimensions: introversion vs. extroversion, neuroticism vs. stability, and psychoticism vs. socialization.

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• Hans Eysenck

• Karen Horney

According to Freud, defense mechanisms are methods of reducing:

• fear

• anxiety

• lust

• poor eating habits

Id is to ego as _____ is to __________

• reality principle ; pleasure principle

• Pleasure principle; reality principle

• Conscious forces; unconscious forces

• Conscience; personal executive

Andrew's grandfather, who has lived a rich and productive life, is a spontaneous, loving, and self-accepting person. Abraham Maslow might say that he:

• has an internal locus of control.

• is an extravert.

• has resolved all the

  conflicts of the psychosexual stages.

• is a self-actualizing

  person.

Trait theory attempts to:

• show how development of personality is a lifelong process.

• determine which traits are most conducive to individual self-actualization.

• describe and classify people in terms of their predispositions to behave in certain ways.

• explain how behavior is shaped by the interaction between traits, behavior, and the environment.

Which perspective on personality emphasizes the interaction between the individual and the environment in shaping personality?

• psychoanalytic

• trait

• behavioral

• social-cognitive

Neo-Freudians such as Adler and Horney believed that:

• Freud placed too great an emphasis on the conscious mind.

• Freud placed too great an emphasis on sexual and aggressive instincts.

• the years of childhood were more important in the formation of personality than Freud had indicate

• Freud's ideas about the id, ego, and superego as personality structures were incorrect.