Unit 6 Quiz: Personality

A ​​_____ is a relatively stable characteristic. A _____, however, by definition, is short-lived.

• trait, state

• state, trait

Twins separated at birth and raised in different families and cultures provide psychologists a way to compare the effects of _____ vs. _____.

• genes vs. parenting

• pollution vs. environment

• nature vs. nurture

____ are enduring and consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors.

• Traits

• Quirks

• Habits

• Elements

____ is generally defined as the relatively stable pattern of psychological characteristics called traits.

• Temperament

• Archetype

• The Big Five

• Personality

The ____ is the most popular self-report personality inventory in use today. The results combined into one of 16 possible type descriptions, such as ENTJ or ISFP.

• MMPI

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• The Big Five

• Rorschach Test

Freud believed that personality develops through ______.

• conscious, preconscious, and unconscious

• continuous development

• discontinuous development

• psychosexual stages

_____ refers to seeing our own unpleasant/unacceptable impulses in others.

• Denial

• Rationalization

• Projection

• Displacement

The _____ operates like a judge or supervisor of personality and insists that we behave according to the highest ideals taught by society, religion, and most importantly, our parents.

• Ego

• Id

• Superego

People who have an _____ locus of control believe they are able to control the rewards and punishments they experience with high probability. 

People with an _____ locus of control, on the other hand, believe it is hard for them to predict which behaviors will lead to rewards and punishments. 

• external, internal

• internal, external

_____ is responsible for the Bobo Doll Experiment, which shows that people learn from observing other people being rewarded or punished.

• Albert Bandura

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• Alfred Adler