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.

Mark typically responds to stress in a calm and thoughtful manner. Tom, on the other hand, usually becomes agitated. The reaction of Mark and tom indicate that each has a distinctive

• reaction formation.

• collective unconscious.

• personality.

• Oedipus Complex.

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

• the collective unconscious.

• the ego.

• the superego.

• the id.

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

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

• empirical

• projective

• aptitude

• really hard

According to Maslow, the psychological need that arises after all other needs have been met is the need for

• personal control,

• food, water, and shelter.

• self actualization.

• safety.

Carl Rogers

• behavior theory

• social cognitive theory

• humanistic theory

• psychoanalytic theory

Hierarchy of needs

• Humanistic Theory

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Trait theory

• Behavioral/Learning theory

Real self vs. ideal self

• Social Cognitive Theory

• Trait theory

• Psychoanalytic Theory

• Humanistic Theory