Psy Unit 8 Test Review (Personality and Psychological Testing)

What is a personality?

• The unique traits that make an individual think certain ways

• Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving

• A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle(s) offered to explain a phenomena

• The skills you learn over time that you eventually use at work

A ________ is an aspect of one's personality that is reasonably stable.

The trait approach supports the idea that personality traits are fixed (meaning that they don't change) at a young age and account for consistent behavior in different situations

• True

• False

Eysenck believed personality had two distinct dimensions: extroversion and _____________.

• emotional stability

• introversion

• humors

• agreeableness

"Methods used to avoid recognizing ideas or emotions that may cause personal anxiety" is the definition for...

• Fighting

• Defense mechanisms

• Thinking

• Creative solutions

Socialization is the process by which people learn socially desirable behaviors of their culture and adopt them to their personalities.

• True

• False

This man came up with the Social Learning Theory that said personalities are developed through observation and imitation of others’ behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions...

• Sigmund Freud

• Albert Bandura

• John Watson

• B.F. Skinner

The Humanistic Approach said people are not free to do as they choose and are not responsible for their choices.

• True

• False

This personality type tries  to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world. It deals with the reality.

• Selfie
• Id
• Superego
• Ego

The "Id" is defined as which part of your human personality?

• Based on morals and judgments about  right and wrong 
• Dealing with reality
• Needing to look good
• Meeting basic needs