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AP Psychology Personality

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The id
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
2.
Jason just sat down to work on his term paper when his friends called and invited him to a party. If Jason decides he will only go to the party after he finishes outlining the term paper, his decision reflects the functioning of his
a)
id
b)
superego
c)
ego
d)
preconscious
3.

You replace socially unacceptable feelings with emotions that are acceptable.

a)

rationalization

b)

intellectualization

c)

reaction formation

d)

repression

4.

refusal to accept an obvious situation

a)

displacement

b)

denial

c)

sublimation

d)

repression

5.

Making logical excuses for illogical behavior

a)

intellectualization

b)

reaction formation

c)

rationalization

d)

sublimation

6.

Taking out one's anger on an object that is not the source of the anger

a)

projection

b)

displacement

c)

reaction formation

d)

repression

7.

acting in a childlike way to get attention

a)

repression

b)

regression

c)

displacement

d)

projection

8.
Which neo-Freudian theorist emphasized the influence of the collective unconscious in personality development?
a)
Adler
b)
Rogers
c)
Jung
d)
Erickson
9.
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)
10.
"Locus" of Control means
a)
the "location" of your self-control
b)
the "method" of your self-control
c)
the "person" connected to self-control
d)
the "reward" of your self-control
11.
Internal Locus of Control means that
a)
you take responsibility for your actions
b)
you take responsibility for others' actions
c)
other people take responsibility for your actions
d)
no one takes responsibility for your actions
12.
External Locus of Control means that
a)
you blame others
b)
you support others
c)
you care for others
d)
you provide for others
13.
Each of the three factors Bandura believes influence personality affect the other two in a give-and-take relationship. This relationship is called _____.
a)
Reciprocal Determinism
b)
Temperament
c)
Self-Efficacy
d)
Locus of Control
14.
___________ is love, affection, and respect with no string attached, but _________ is love, affection, respect, and warmth that depend, or seem to depend, on doing what those people want.
a)
Unconditional Positive Regard; Conditional Positive Regard
b)
Conditional Positive Regard; Unconditional Positive Regard
15.
Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.
a)
Alfred Kinsey
b)
Masters & Johnson
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Paul Ekman
16.
Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.
a)
Alfred Kinsey
b)
Masters & Johnson
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Paul Ekman
17.
Stimulation of this area would cause a rat to begin eating.
a)
lateral hypothalamus
b)
ventromedial hypothalamus
c)
hippocampus
d)
prefrontal cortex
18.
Damage this and you won't form new memories
a)
Hypothalamus
b)
Hippocampus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Thalamus
19.
This is a person’s expectancy of how effective his or her efforts to accomplish a goal will be in any particular circumstance.
a)
Self-Efficacy
b)
Reciprocal Determinism
c)
Temperament
d)
Locus of Control
20.
Jason just sat down to work on his term paper when his friends called and invited him to a party. If Jason decides he will only go to the party after he finishes outlining the term paper, his decision reflects the functioning of his
a)
id
b)
superego
c)
ego
d)
preconscious
21.
Self-concept is how you _____________ yourself. 
a)
view
b)
feel about
22.

The trait theory of personality can best be defined as:

a)

The analysis of how much personality or behavioral traits are

influenced by genetics

b)

The analysis of the structure of personality by classifying similarities

and differences in personality characteristics

c)

A factor analysis that studies common personality characteristics

d)

The organization of personality traits using specific categories to

describe all characteristics

e)

Grouping individual behaviors based on interactions between

particular personality characteristics

23.

The “Big Five” personality characteristics are:

a)

Emotionality, extroversion, openness, neuroticism, and agreeableness

b)

Anxiety, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and sociability

c)

Outgoing, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and

neuroticism

d)

Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and

neuroticism

e)

Extroversion, neuroticism, anxiety, agreeableness, and openness

24.

Jennifer has aggressive tendencies and, feeling guilty about her propensity for violence, has decided to pursue a career as an MMA fighter

a)

Denial

b)

Repression

c)

Rationalization

d)

Sublimation

25.

Believed that culture is the driver in the formation of personality, not anatomy; and, emphasized a child’s need for love and security

a)

Karen Horney

b)

Alfred Adler

c)

Karl Jung

d)

Sigmund Freud

26.

Neo-Freudian. Believed navigating social interactions as a child are important in personality development. Identified concept of INFERIORITY COMPLEX.

a)

Albert Bandura

b)

Alfred Adler

27.

transform into an earlier development period in the face of stress (during exam week you start to suck your thumb)

a)

Projection

b)

Regression

c)

Reaction formation

d)

Rationalization

28.
Overestimating other's noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders
a)
superego
b)
Spotlight Effect
c)
Barnum Effect
d)
individualism
29.
The interacting influences between personality and environmental factors
a)
Self-serving Bias
b)
Self actualization
c)
Reciprocal Determinism
30.
overestimation of how much other people share our beliefs and behaviors
a)
free association
b)
Ignorance of one incompetence phenomenon
c)
inferiority complex
d)
false consensus effect
31.
type of statistical procedure that is conducted to identify clusters or groups of related items (called factors) on a test
a)
fixation
b)
factor analysis
c)
false consensus effect
32.
the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
a)
Ego
b)
Defense Mechanisms
c)
psychodynamic
33.
Which theory suggests that we inherit our personalities from our parents? 
a)
Trait
b)
Social learning theory 
c)
Interactional theory 
d)
Psychodynamic approach 
34.
Dr. Hewlett believes that early childhood experiences have a strong influence on adult personality and that our personality is largely shaped by unconscious forces. Dr. Hewlett's views MOST closely mirror those of the
a)
behavioral perspective
b)
humanistic perspective
c)
psychodynamic perspective
d)
biological perspective
35.
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
36.
According to Freud, the part of the psyche that prevents a person from stealing is the
a)
Ego
b)
Superego
c)
Id
d)
Collective Unconscious
37.

Nate is constantly trying to hide his bad breath. When he encounters someone else whom he thinks might have bad breath, he is very quick to point it out. Which defence mechanism is Nate using?

a)

Projection

b)

Reaction-Formation

c)

Regression

d)

Sublimation

38.

Someone who believes they got a promotion at their job because of 'luck' probably has a/an

a)

external locus of control

b)

internal locus of control

c)

a super-serious psychological problem

d)

revolving locus of control

39.

Mr. Dutoit was asked by his psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each. Mr. Dutoit was most likely taking the:

a)

Thematic Appreception Test (TAT)

b)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

c)

MMPI2

d)

Rorschach test

40.

Carl Rogers referred to an attitude of total acceptance toward another person as

a)

the spotlight effect

b)

unconditional positive regard

c)

self-actualization

d)

free association

41.

The tendency to accept favorable descriptions of one's personality that could really be applied to almost anyone is known as

a)

the halo effect

b)

the Barnum effect

c)

projection

d)

unconditional positive regard

42.

According

to Maslow, our need for

a)

love must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for food

b)

adequate clothing must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for self-esteem.

c)

religious fulfillment must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for adequate housing

d)

self-actualization must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for friendship

43.

The perception that one can strongly influence the outcome and destiny of one's own life exemplifies

a)

the self-reference phenomenon

b)

the spotlight effect

c)

an internal locus of control

d)

reciprocal determinism

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