Personality Psychology

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.

Trait theorists have been most criticized for

• underestimating the potential influence of biological factors on personality development.

• underestimating the extent to by which people differ from one another.

• overestimating the consistency of behavior from one situation to another.

• overestimating the importance of childhood experiences on adult personality traits.

Carl Rogers emphasized the importance of __________ in regards to healthy personality development.

• the collective unconscious

• unconditional positive regard

• reciprocal determinism.

• the primary care giver

The Big 5 Personality traits include:

• Openness & Conscientiousness

• Extraversion & Agreeableness

• Assertiveness & Integrity

• Neuroticism

Abraham Maslow

• Behavior theory

• Social cognitive therapy

• Humanistic theory

• Psychoanalytic theory

Big 5 characteristics

• Trait Theory

• Humanistic

• Psychoanalytic

• Behavioral

Humanistic psychologist who developed the concept of the “self” and “unconditional positive regard”

• Alfred Adler

• Carl Rogers

• Sigmund Freud

• Abraham Maslow

If you identify as ENFP, you most likely have taken which test?

• Myers Briggs

• Thematic Apperception Test

• Rorschach Test

• Big Five/Five factor model

Critics of the humanistic theory of personality would agree with which of the following statements?

• theory promotes self love and narcissism

• theory is pessimistic about human nature

• theory ignores nuances of personality

• theory promotes unconscious behavior

Which of the following statements would critics of personality assessments NOT say?

• they aren't supported by data

• they are difficult to interpret objectively

• they assess a person too early in life