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Personality

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This personality type tries  to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world. It deals with the reality.
a)
Selfie
b)
Id
c)
Superego
d)
Ego
2.
The "Id" is defined as which part of your human personality?
a)
Based on morals and judgments about  right and wrong 
b)
Dealing with reality
c)
Needing to look good
d)
Meeting basic needs
3.
Sally was thirsty. However, she knew that her server would be back soon to refill her water glass, so she waited until then to get a drink, even though she really just wanted to drink from Mr. Smith’s glass. What is this an example of?
a)
Ego
b)
Id
c)
Latin
d)
Superego
4.
Who developed a  psychoanalytic personality theory which involved the id, ego and superego?
a)
B.F. Skinner
b)
Erik Erikson
c)
Sigmund Freud
d)
William Golding
5.

What stage of needs on the hierarchy are the most basic? Necessary for survival!

a)

Love and Belonging

b)

Safety and Security

c)

Physical

d)

Self-Actualization

6.

What is the first level/bottom level of the hierarchy?

a)

Love and Belonging

b)

Safety and Security

c)

Physical Needs

d)

Self-Esteem

7.

What is the last stage in the hierarchy of needs?

a)

Self-esteem

b)

Self-actualization

c)

Love and belonging

d)

Safety and security

8.

True or False: Maslow said everyone has a need/drive to become self-actualized.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
Maslow's hierarchy has 5 steps?
a)
True
b)
False
10.
True or False: Basic needs must be met before we can fulfill higher needs.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What does it mean to self-actualize?
a)
to find love
b)
to have security
c)
to reach one's full potential
d)
to meet the basic need (optional)
12.

Refusal to accept reality is what?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Denial

d)

Regression

13.

A person transfers the emotions he or she feels from the original situation or object to another situation or object?

a)

Daydreaming

b)

Denial

c)

Projection

d)

Displacement

14.

A person shifts the blame and/or responsibility for his/her actions or thoughts to another person?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Regression

d)

Repression

15.

An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse rather than by admitting one’s failure or mistake?

a)

Denial

b)

Repression

c)

Regression

d)

Rationalization

16.

Retreating to an earlier time that seems less threatening and requires less responsibility?

a)

Regression

b)

Rationalization

c)

Repression

d)

Compensation

17.
 Regina, an aggressive child, had problems in elementary school, as she would frequently fight with other children. Regina found when she entered high school that she could channel this hostility into sports such as lacrosse and soccer.
a)
projection
b)
sublimation
c)
repression
d)
regression
18.
This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "Smiling all day even when you know you have a wake/funeral to attend at night."
a)
Reaction Formation
b)
Compensation
c)
Rationalization
d)
Projection
19.

who developed the "hierarchy of needs"

a)

Atkinson

b)

Freud

c)

Maslow

d)

Horner

20.

what part of Freud's theory stops people from stealing

a)

id

b)

ego

c)

superego

d)

collective unconscious

21.

Maslow was a

a)

humanist

b)

behaviorist

c)

cognitivist

d)

neo-Freudian

22.

freud was the first to suggest what

a)

radical behaviorism works

b)

every personality has an unconscous component

c)

the proper subject matter of psychology is observable behavior

d)

all answers are correct

23.

Which mediate between the unrealistic and the external real world, the decision-making component of personality

a)

id

b)

ego

c)

superego

d)

unconscious

24.

Which component incorporates the values and morals of society

a)

id

b)

ego

c)

superego

d)

preconscious

25.

It shows the behavior from the combination of all the interactions between personality structures.

a)

SUBCONSCIOUS

b)

EGO

c)

SUPEREGO

d)

ID

26.

It is referred as the "little devil" wherein all negative aspects of the personality structure lives.

a)

SUPEREGO

b)

PRECONSCIOUS

c)

ID

d)

EGO IDEAL

27.
Which theorist believed that personality develops, through a series of stages. Experiences in childhood profoundly affect adult life.
a)
Freud
b)
Piaget
c)
Vygotsky
d)
Bronfenbrenner
28.

Defense mechanisms are behaviors that an individual might use to cope with an uncomfortable situation or problem.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Refusal to accept reality is what?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Denial

d)

Regression

30.
Read the following description and select the defense mechanism it describes:

When you use this defense mechanism, you may kick your dog because you are angry at your parents. 
a)
Projection
b)
Repression
c)
Displacement
d)
Rationalization
31.

According to Freud most of our Psyche/Human Mind is...

a)

aware to us.

b)

contained in the Medulla Oblongata.

c)

the tip of the iceberg.

d)

outside of our conscious experience.

32.

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

33.

Behavior is motivated by forces that individuals may not be aware of or understand.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

34.

Psychological science is the study of behavior that is observable and measurable.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Evolutionary

35.

One limitation of our understanding of behavior is that most research has been conducted on subjects from North America.

a)

Behavioral

b)

Biological

c)

Psychoanalytic

d)

Evolutionary

e)

Socio-Cultural

36.

Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Biological

d)

Evolutionary

e)

Socio-Cultural

37.

Behavior is motivated by self-actualization and the promise of human potential.

a)

Humanism

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

38.

Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience.

a)

Humanstic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

39.

Behavior may be the product of unconscious conflict and anxiety.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Behavioral

c)

Biological

d)

Psychoanalytic

e)

Evolutionary

40.

Behavior is powerfully influenced by its consequences, in the form of reinforcement and punishment.

a)

Humanism

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

41.

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

a)

Humanistic

b)

Cognitive

c)

Behavioral

d)

Biological

e)

Psychoanalytic

42.

Which of the following big-time, super famous psychologist rock stars are most closely associated with the Humanist Approach?

a)

Carl Rogers

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Alfred Bandura

d)

Carl Jung

43.
What does this symbol represent?
a)
Standard Deviation
b)
Variance
c)
Mean Absolute Deviation
d)
Sigma
44.
What is the mean?
a)
# happening the most
b)
the number in the middle
c)
biggest-smallest
d)
the average
45.
What is the median?
a)
biggest- smallest
b)
average
c)
the middle #
d)
# that happens the most
46.
What is the mode?
a)
# happening the most
b)
the average
c)
biggest - smallest
d)
the middle #
47.
This data is normally distributed.  What percent of the data is in the shaded region?
a)
68%
b)
95%
c)
99.7%
d)
50%
48.
Which of the following is a measure of variability?
a)
mean
b)
median
c)
mode
d)
standard deviation