WorksheetsAP Psych Psychoanalytic Personality Theory
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Who developed the psychoanalytic theory which involved the id, ego and superego?
BF Skinner
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
Sigmund Freud
A hungry baby crying until he was fed is an example of what?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
Which plays the reality principle?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
Which personality plays the morality principle?
Id
Ego
Superego
Superid
This personality type tries to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world.
Id
Ego
Superego
Self
The "Id" is described as which part of your human personality?
Based on morals and judgments about right and wrong
Needing to look good
Dealing with reality
Instant gratification
This is the part of the mind that holds what you are aware of.
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
anconscious
According to Freud, this part of the mind was not directly accessible to awareness and was considered as the dump box.
conscious
preconscious
unconscious
anconscious
Refusal to accept reality is what?
Projection
Compensation
Denial
Regression
Much of Freud's psychoanalytic theory on personality is criticized for lacking empirical support. What is one exception?
The psychosexual stages of development
The concept of defense mechanisms
The three levels of consciousness
The three personality structures
When you use this defense mechanism, you may kick your dog because you are angry at your parents.
Freud and Jung BOTH believed that these were essential to understanding our selves:
dreams
parents
environment
Oedipus complex
A person shifts the blame and/or responsibility for his/her actions or thoughts to another person?
Projection
Compensation
Regression
Repression
An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse rather than by admitting one’s failure or mistake?
Denial
Repression
Regression
Rationalization
Retreating to an earlier time that seems less threatening and requires less responsibility?
Regression
Rationalization
Repression
Compensation
