AP Psych Psychoanalytic Personality Theory

Who developed the psychoanalytic theory which involved the id, ego and superego?

• BF Skinner

• Erik Erikson

• Lev Vygotsky

• Sigmund Freud

A hungry baby crying until he was fed is an example of what?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Superid

Which plays the reality principle?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Superid

Which personality plays the morality principle?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Superid

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

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Self

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

• Based on morals and judgments about  right and wrong

• Needing to look good

• Dealing with reality

• Instant gratification

This is the part of the mind that holds what you are aware of.

• conscious

• preconscious

• unconscious

• anconscious

According to Freud, this part of the mind was not directly accessible to awareness and was considered as the dump box.

• conscious

• preconscious

• unconscious

• anconscious

Refusal to accept reality is what?

• Projection

• Compensation

• Denial

• Regression

Much of Freud's psychoanalytic theory on personality is criticized for lacking empirical support. What is one exception?

• The psychosexual stages of development

• The concept of defense mechanisms

• The three levels of consciousness

• The three personality structures