Personality Theory Practice Quiz

Which part of our personality tries to keep us safe and forms around 3-5 years old?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

Which part of our personality ultimately makes our decisions and forms around 2-3 years old?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

Which theorist believed in the idea of archetypes and that humans should be seen in a more positive light?

• Alfred Adler

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

Sigmund Freud is responsible for the following ideas except for...

• inferiority complex

• defense mechisms

• levels of conscioussness

• id, ego, superego

_____ is located just below the surface and contains information we can retrieve when needed.

• Preconscious

• Conscious

• Unconscious

To push a painful thought from the conscious to the unconscious means you are using _____.

• repression

• regression

• displacement

• denial

After failing your drivers test, you go home and run 10 miles to feel better. Which defense mechanism does this desribe?

• compensation

• displacement

• repression

• reaction formation

Which drug did Carvel want to sell after shooting his friend that laughed at him?

• crack

• marijuana

• heroin

• LSD

In which defense mechanism do you attribute your own thoughts, feelings or motives on to someone else?

• projection

• sublimation

• denial

• compensation

After getting pulled over, Chad starts crying uncontrollably and stomps his feet on the steering wheel. What defense mechanism does this best describe?

• regression

• repression

• displacement

• rationalization