GNPY115 Topic 6

What is the smallest aspect of our personality according to Freud?

• Preconscious

• Superego

• Conscious

• Unconscious

Which part of Freud's personality structure is responsible for moral codes?

• Id

• Ego

• Conscious

• Superego

According to Skinner, personality is acquired through which process?

• Psychoanalysis

• Genetic inheritance

• Cognitive development

• Operant conditioning

Cattell's trait theory distinguishes between which two types of traits?

• Behavioral traits and emotional traits

• Primary traits and secondary traits

• Innate traits and learned traits

• Source traits and surface traits

What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs emphasize?

• The satisfaction of lower needs before higher needs

• The role of unconscious drives

• The development of personality through traits

• The importance of social learning

According to Kelly's cognitive perspective, what governs people's behavior?

• Social norms

• Innate instincts

• Personal constructs

• External rewards

What is the primary focus of humanistic psychology?

• Cognitive processes

• Human experience and potential

• Behavioral conditioning

• Unconscious drives

Which of the following is NOT one of Cattell's 16 source traits?

• Emotional stability

• Social boldness

• Intelligence

• Warmth

What is the role of the ego in Freud's theory?

• To satisfy the id's desires immediately

• To store repressed memories

• To mediate between the id, superego, and reality

• To represent moral standards

What does Bandura's social learning theory emphasize?

• Cognitive dissonance

• Operant conditioning

• Observational learning

• Innate personality traits