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WorksheetsPersonality
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following best applies to the definition personality?
It exists only if everyone acted and thought alike
It is mostly unstable.
It is relatively consistent.
It is not enduring, or it changes over time.
Which of the following is true of personality traits?
They are the result of a person's demographic background.
They are not connected to behavior directly.
They are quite synonymous with an individual's personality.
They are normally distributed in the population.
Bima has a high behavioral threshold for anger. Based on this statement, which of the following is most likely true about Bima?
Bima has a quick temper.
It takes a lot to make Bima angry.
Bima becomes extremely violent when angry.
It is in Bima's nature to react strongly to the slightest provocation.
The ________ layer of consciousness contains all the drives, urges, or instincts that are outside awareness but nonetheless motivate most of one's speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions.
unconscious
preconscious
conscious
subconscious
According to Freud's provinces of the human mind, which of the following is true about the id?
It operates on the "moralistic principle" and gives us a sense of what we should or should not do.
It monitors and controls behavior and evaluates our actions in terms of right and wrong.
It is the only part of our mind that is in direct contact with the outside world, and it operates on the "reality principle."
It is the part of our personality that we do not yet own; it owns or controls us.
According to Freudian psychoanalytic theory, which of the following is true about the ego?
The ego is the part of our personality that we do not yet own; it owns or controls us.
If the id wants pleasure, the ego makes a realistic attempt to obtain it.
The sole function of the ego is to seek pleasure.
The ego "stands over us" and evaluates actions in terms of right and wrong; hence, it is our conscience.
According to Sigmund and Anna Freud, which of the following is true about psychological defense mechanisms?
They operate on the "moralistic principle" and give us a sense of what we should and should not do.
They deny and distort reality in some way.
They motivate most of our speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions.
They are compulsive feelings and behaviors.
Identify the theorist whose signature idea was that the unconscious has two distinct forms, namely personal and collective.
Karen Horney
Carl Jung
Alfred Adler
Sigmund Freud
According to Karen Horney, which of the following is true of basic anxiety?
Basic anxiety in itself is not neurotic.
Basic anxiety may not give rise to normal behaviors.
Basic anxiety is suppressed during an individual's formative years.
Basic hostility is the result of inward basic anxiety during an individual's childhood.
Karen Horney's psychological social theory suggests that neurotically ________ involves developing a detached and "cool" demeanor—not responding emotionally, not caring, and being "above it all."
moving against others
moving toward others
moving away from others
moving with others
