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Module 58: Trait Theory (and some Freud)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

This type of test uses true-false or agree-disagree questions determine's a person's personality test.

a)

personality inventories

b)

achievement tests

c)

aptitude tests

d)

projective tests

2.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory is used to detemrine

a)

emotional disorders

b)

job possiblities

c)

the unconscious

d)

IQ

3.

This BIG 5 personality trait focuses on how sociable or unsociable someone is.

a)

extraversion

b)

openness

c)

neuroticism

d)

conscientiousness

4.

This BIG 5 personality trait focuses on how CALM or ANXIOUS someone is.

a)

extraversion

b)

openness

c)

neuroticism

d)

conscientiousness

5.

This BIG 5 personality trait focuses on how TRUSTING/HELPFUL or SUSPICIOUS/UNCOOPERATIVE someone is.

a)

extraversion

b)

openness

c)

agreeableness

d)

conscientiousness

6.

To help you remember the "BIG 5" personality traits, you can remember which acronyms? (choose two)

a)

CANOE

b)

OCEAN

c)

WATER

d)

PSYCH

7.

Trait theories focus only on ____________ personalities.

a)

describing

b)

explaining

c)

strengthening

8.

Trait theories can predict

a)

your average behavior.

b)

how you will behave in all situations.

9.

Hans EYSENCK believed that our personality really comes down to two dimensions.  They are 

a)

extraversion and emotional stability

b)

extroversion and introversion

c)

neuroticism and openness

d)

rigidness and restlessness

10.

Personality inventories are

a)

subjective.

b)

objective.

11.

In general, over time our personalities ____________.

a)

greatly change

b)

change very little.

12.

According to Freud, the id is driven by the

a)

pleasure principle

b)

reality principle

c)

ideal self

13.

According to Freud, the EGO is operating on the

a)

reality principle.

b)

pleasure principle.

c)

ideal self.

14.

Freud believed that our personality forms in our first few years. This idea is best represented with his

a)

psychosexual stages

b)

hierarchy of needs

c)

collective unconscious

15.

The superego is our

a)

moral compass

b)

true self

c)

aggression trying to satisfy basic needs.

16.

The Rorschach test and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) are forms of

a)

projective tests

b)

aptitude tests

c)

achievement tests

d)

IQ tests

17.

People who regularly cheat in relationships tend to assume most other people do as well. This overestimation is called

a)

false consensus effect

b)

terror-management theory

c)

mere exposure

d)

self-fulfilling prophecy

18.

Which neo-Freudian believed in the COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS ?

a)

Carl Jung

b)

Alfred Adler

c)

Karen Horney