Personality Quiz

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.

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

• Fighting

• Defense mechanisms

• Thinking

• Creative solutions

Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.

• Alfred Kinsey
• Masters & Johnson
• Abraham Maslow
• Paul Ekman

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

Sarah knew that she could steal the supplies from work and no one would know about it. However, she knew that stealing was wrong, so she decided not to take anything even though she would probably never get caught.

What is this an example of?

• Superego

• Ego

• Dishonesty

• Id

The order of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, from bottom to top, is...

• Safety, Belonging-Love, Self-Actualization, Self-Esteem, and Physiological
• Psychological, Security, Happiness, Ego, and Self-Realization 
• Physiological, Safety, Belonging-Love, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualization
• Physiological, Love, Self-Actualization, Esteem, Safety

What is the most important stage in the hierarchy of needs according to Maslow?

• Self-Esteem

• Love and Belonging

• Self-Actualization

• Safety and Security

This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "Smiling all day even when you know you have a wake/funeral to attend at night."

• Reaction Formation
• Compensation
• Rationalization
• Projection

Putting someone down and making them feel awful, when you really feel bad about yourself is an example of which defense mechanism?

• Compensation

• Projection

• Rationalization

• Undoing

Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats.

• Mary Ainsworth

• Solomon Asch

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner