Personality Review

A psychotherapist instructs David to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd.  The therapist is using a technique known as:

• fixation

• free association

• reaction formation

• projection

According to psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of basic drives is the:

• id

• ego

• superego

• collective unconscious

Mrs. Hall was asked by her psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each.  She was likely taking the:

• TAT

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• MMPI-2

• Rorschach test

Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized the influence of the collective unconscious in personality development?

• Adler

• Horney

• Jung

• Maslow

Parents who disguise hostility toward their children by becoming overly protective of them are very likely using the defense mechanism of:

• projection

• regression

• rationalization

• reaction formation

Carl Rogers suggested that the ____ is a central feature of personality

• collective unconscious

• self-concept

• inferiority complex

• Oedipus complex

The humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of:

• self-determination

• personality inventories

• projective tests

• free association

Humanistic theorists have been criticized for:

• overestimating the impact of childhood experiences on adult personality

• underestimating the inconsistency of behavior from one situation to another

• overestimating the degree of similarity among people

• underestimating the inherent human capacity for destructive and evil behaviors

Self-actualized people, as described by Maslow, are least likely to be highly:

• compassionate

• religious

• conforming

• self-accepting

In order to assess a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between _____ and _____.

• locus of control; self-actualization

• ideal self; actual self

• the client’s values; the therapist’s values

• self-esteem; locus of control