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AP Psych Psychoanalytic Personality Theory

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the psychoanalytic theory which involved the id, ego and superego?

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Lev Vygotsky

d)

Sigmund Freud

2.

A hungry baby crying until he was fed is an example of what?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

d)

Superid

3.

Which plays the reality principle?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

d)

Superid

4.

Which personality plays the morality principle?

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

d)

Superid

5.

This personality type tries  to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world.

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Superego

d)

Self

6.

The "Id" is described as which part of your human personality?

a)

Based on morals and judgments about  right and wrong

b)

Needing to look good

c)

Dealing with reality

d)

Instant gratification

7.

This is the part of the mind that holds what you are aware of.

a)

conscious

b)

preconscious

c)

unconscious

d)

anconscious

8.

According to Freud, this part of the mind was not directly accessible to awareness and was considered as the dump box.

a)

conscious

b)

preconscious

c)

unconscious

d)

anconscious

9.

Refusal to accept reality is what?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Denial

d)

Regression

10.

Much of Freud's psychoanalytic theory on personality is criticized for lacking empirical support. What is one exception?

a)

The psychosexual stages of development

b)

The concept of defense mechanisms

c)

The three levels of consciousness

d)

The three personality structures

11.
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
12.
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
13.

Freud and Jung BOTH believed that these were essential to understanding our selves:

a)

dreams

b)

parents

c)

environment

d)

Oedipus complex

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.
Lucas really hates his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, but when he sees him at the basketball court he pretends they are bros. 
a)
reaction formation
b)
denial
c)
displacement
d)
projection
18.
Reverting back to immature behavior from an earlier stage of development
a)
Repression
b)
Regression
c)
Sublimation
d)
Displacement
19.
The expression of an emotion that is the opposite of what you truly feel.
a)
Reaction formation
b)
Regression
c)
Sublimation
d)
Displacement
20.
Mrs. Scott can’t understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn’t her fault that he didn’t get to play in last weeks basketball game. 
a)
denial
b)
displacement 
c)
sublimatin
d)
reaction formation