Personality Vocab Quiz

Free association is

• a method of exploring the unconscious.

• another name for hypnosis.

• the major function of the superego.

• an ego defense mechanism.

• a method of dream analysis.

According to Freud, which is true of the ego?

• It focuses on how we ought to behave.

• It is the source of guilt.

• It is part of the personality present at birth.

• It strives to satisfy basic needs.

• It operates under the reality principle.

What did Carl Jung call the shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history?

• Neurosis

• Archetypes

• Collective unconscious

• Inferiority complex

• Terror management

Many research psychologists think of _________ as an information processor that works without our awareness. Freud believed it was a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memory.

• the TAT

• the id

• repression

• defense mechanisms

• the unconscious

What do we call the process of fulfilling our potential?

• Free association

• Self-transcendence

• Unconditional positive regard

• Self-concept

• Self-actualization

Which of the following is the best term or phrase for a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act?

• Myers-Briggs Indicator

• Factor analysis

• Introversion

• Extroversion

• Trait

Which of the following is an example of self-efficacy?

• Manuela believes others are always watching her.

• Abraham believes he is a good person.

• Rasheed believes he is a competent skater.

• Saundra believes it rained because she's been wishing for rain for days.

• Igor maintains his optimism despite doing poorly in math class.

Which of the following is most likely to be true of a person from an individualistic culture?

• His behavior would be a reflection of his personality and attitudes.

• He would cope by accommodating to reality.

• He would view his life task as fitting in and maintaining connections.

• He would strive to develop a few close and enduring relationships.

• He would focus on his duty to his family.

According to Freud, which of the following defense mechanisms buries threatening or upsetting events in the unconscious?

• Regression

• Displacement

• Repression

• Projection

• Rationalization

Which term is defined as all the thoughts and feelings we have in response to the question, "Who am I?"

• Self-concept

• Self-esteem

• Ideal self

• Self-acceptance

• Empathy