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AP Psychology: Chapter 10- Personality Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
People who score high in ____ are characterized as anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and vulnerable.
a)
neuroticism
b)
extraversion
c)
conscientiousness
d)
openness to experience
2.
People who score high in ____ tend to be sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, and modest.
a)
neuroticism
b)
extraversion
c)
conscientiousness
d)
agreeableness
3.
Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week, he struck out on an easy pitch. When this happened, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. According to Freud, Jose may be using the defense mechanism of
a)
projection
b)
reaction formation
c)
regression
d)
displacement
4.
Charles has an anger problem, so he joins athletics so he can have a positive outlet for his anger.
a)
regression
b)
sublimation
c)
rationalization
d)
compensation
5.
Vanessa bites her nails so badly that they bleed, but she can't seem to stop herself from doing this. According to Freud, Vanessa's nail biting may be evidence of fixation at the
a)
oral stage of development
b)
phallic stage of development
c)
anal stage of development
d)
latency stage of development
6.
The Freudian stage for elementary school when sexual desires are hidden.
a)
anal stage
b)
genital stage
c)
phallic stage
d)
latency stage
7.
Ned is generally uptight and very neat.  Freud would say Ned is
a)
orally fixated
b)
fixated at the anal stage
c)
fixated at the phallic stage
d)
fixated at the genital stage
8.
According to Alfred Adler, overcompensation may be found in those who
a)
have a superiority complex
b)
have an inferiority complex
c)
are fixated at one of the psychosexual stages
d)
have not sucessfully used defense mechanisms
9.
Alan is failing his math class.  He blames the teacher and the fact that he has to work at night.  Alan
a)
Has high self efficacy
b)
Has external locus of control
c)
Has internal locus of control
d)
is engaging in sublimation
10.
A personality measure that asks you to respond freely to an ambiguous stimulus such as a picture or an inkblot is called a
a)
self report personality inventory
b)
projective test
c)
behavior rating
d)
deceptive test
11.
Daryl is taking a personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supposed to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Daryl is taking is the
a)
Thematic Apperception Test
b)
Rorschach test
c)
Myers Briggs
d)
MMPI
12.
Psychodynamic personality theories focus on
a)
an individual's freedom and potential for growth
b)
genetic factors
c)
unconscious mental forces
d)
learning
13.
The id is
a)
a developmental period that leaves its mark on adult personality
b)
the moral component of personality
c)
the decision-making component of personality
d)
the primitive, animalistic component of personality
14.
Archetypes are found here, according to Jung.
a)
Unconscious
b)
Ego
c)
Complexes
d)
Collective unconscious
15.
The best personality inventory for assessing mental illness symptoms as well as traits.
a)
TAT
b)
Rorschach
c)
Myers-Briggs
d)
MMPI
16.
Id is to ego as __________ is to ______________.
a)
pleasure principle; reality principle
b)
reality principle; morality principle
c)
pleasure principle; morality principle
d)
Identification; Oedipus Complex
17.
The ______conflict is for boys while the _______is for girls
a)
Kooty, yucky
b)
Oedipus, Electra
c)
vanity, lowliness
d)
Electra, Daredevil
18.

He suggested that empathy, acceptance, and genuineness are needed to have a healthy personality.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Carl Jung

c)

Carl Rogers

d)

Believed children's feelings of inferiority fueled personality development. Martin Seligman

19.

Bandura discussed this as the back and forth influences between traits, behaviors, and environment.

a)

social-cognition

b)

reciprocal determinism

c)

terror management

d)

self-efficacy

20.
Statistical technique used to group together items such as words describing traits.
a)
factor analysis
b)
MMPI
c)
projective test
d)
personality inventory
21.
A careless disorganized person is likely to be low on this Big Five trait.
a)
Extraversion
b)
Conscientiousness
c)
Openness
d)
Neuroticism
22.

This is the primary requirement for becoming a healthy, fully functioning person, according to Carl Rogers

a)

Unconditional positive regard

b)

Genuineness

c)

Empathy

d)

Secure self-esteem

23.
Which one is NOT a neo-Freudian?
a)
Carl Jung
b)
Alfred Adler
c)
Hans Eysenck
d)
Karen Horney
24.
He is most associated with the social cognitive perspective and reciprocal determinism.
a)
Albert Bandura
b)
Abraham Maslow
c)
Gordon Allport
d)
Abraham Bandura
25.
Someone quiet, reserved, moody, and anxious would be classified as ____ by the Eysencks.
a)
Stable-Introverted
b)
Unstable-Introverted
c)
Stable-Extraverted
d)
Unstable-Extraverted
26.
Excessive optimism & over-confidence might be partly caused by the inability to recognize one's
a)
Self-efficacy
b)
Reciprocal determinism
c)
Own incompetence
d)
Unconditional positive regard
27.
Correct order of Freud's stages of psychosexual development.
a)
Anal, Oral, Phallic, Genital, Latency
b)
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Genital, Latency
c)
Latency, Anal, Oral, Phallic, Genital
d)
Oral, Anal, Phallic, Latency, Genital
28.

Abraham Maslow studied the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Eleanor Roosevelt in order to understand the nature of

a)

reciprocal determinism

b)

incongruence

c)

self-actualization

d)

defense mechanisms

29.

Sigmund Freud is to the psychoanalytic perspective as Gordon Allport is to the ________ perspective.

a)

trait

b)

behavioral

c)

humanistic

d)

social-cognitive

30.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by

a)

Alfred Adler

b)

Gordon Allport

c)

Carl Rogers

d)

Carl Jung

31.

Research on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) suggests that it may have limited value as a predictor of future job performance. Such criticisms question this assessment's

a)

popularity

b)

reliability

c)

validity

d)

empericism