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AP Psychology Personality Theories

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the Psychological Approach: Emphasizes the importance of motives hidden in the unconscious mind that shapes our personalities

a)

Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic

b)

Behavioral

c)

Cognitive

d)

Humanistic

2.

Name the Psychological Approach: Rewards and punishments shape our actions, which shapes our personalities

a)

Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic

b)

Behavioral

c)

Humanistic

d)

Trait Theory

3.

Name the Psychological Approach: Our personal potential for growth: creativity, and spontaneity drives our personality

a)

Behavioral

b)

Social Learning Theory

c)

Cognitive

d)

Humanistic

4.

Name the Approach: Basic personality characteristics, such as friendliness, and aggression hold the essential components of our personality

a)

Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic

b)

Social Learning Theory

c)

Cognitive

d)

Trait Theory

5.

The part of the unconscious mind that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed urges.

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super Ego

d)

Preconscious

6.

The part of the personality that is the source of our morals and ethics. It counteracts the socially unacceptable impulses of our unconscious.

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super Ego

d)

Preconscious

7.

This part of our personality acts as our "true self," it is in touch with reality and strives to meet urges in a socially acceptable way.

a)

Id

b)

Ego

c)

Super Ego

d)

Preconscious

8.

Which Defense Mechanism: You fail a test and say “Those test questions were bad, they didn’t make any sense” even though you didn’t spend any time studying

a)

Rationalization

b)

Repression

c)

Projection

d)

Reaction Formation

9.

Defense Mechanism: Pushing any disturbing thoughts or memories out of awareness.

a)

Rationalization

b)

Repression

c)

Denial

d)

Projection

10.

Defense Mechanism: Refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious.

a)

Rationalization

b)

Repression

c)

Denial

d)

Projection

11.

Defense Mechanism: A cheating husband continually accuses his wife of cheating.

a)

Rationalization

b)

Denial

c)

Repression

d)

Projection

12.

Defense Mechanism: A boy likes a girl in his class and he teases her to hide his true feelings

a)

Denial

b)

Projection

c)

Reaction Formation

d)

Sublimation

13.

Defense Mechanism: Your boss yells at you and since you can't yell at your boss without losing your job, you yell at your administrative assistant.

a)

Denial

b)

Projection

c)

Displacement

d)

Regression

14.

Defense Mechanism: Regina George plays lacrosse so that she has an outlet for her aggression that is socially acceptable.

a)

Projection

b)

Displacement

c)

Reaction Formation

d)

Sublimation

15.

Carl Jung believed that our ___________ ___________ inherits instincts, urges, and memories common to all people.

a)

Agreeableness

b)

collective unconscious

c)

Ideal Self

d)

Self-Actualization

16.

Which of the following terms refers to the tendency in childhood were we learn to avoid feelings of inadequacy instead of trying to overcome them.

a)

Neuroticism

b)

Humanism

c)

Inferiority Complex

d)

Regression

17.

Humanistic psychologist who introduced “self-actualization”

a)

Alfred Adler

b)

Gordon Allport

c)

Carl Jung

d)

Abraham Maslow

18.

Humanistic psychologist who developed the concept of the “self” and “unconditional positive regard”

a)

Alfred Adler

b)

Carl Rogers

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Abraham Maslow

19.

Carl Rogers defines this as "one's experience or image of oneself, developed through interaction with others"

a)

The Self

b)

Self-Actualization

c)

Incongruence

d)

Rogerian Therapy

20.

When parental figures teach children that they must act a certain way in order to be loved this create which term related to personality?

a)

Unconditional Positive Regard

b)

Conditions of Worth

c)

Ideal Self

d)

Self-Actualization