AP Psychology Unit 10: Personality

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Jaydon doesn't realize that his alcohol abuse and neglect of his family is leading to the destruction of both his family and career. A psychoanalyst would suggest that Jaydon shows signs of a

weak ego

Freud suggested that there are three interacting systems that can explain the dynamics of the human mind. These three systems refer to

id, ego, superego

The proper order of Freud's psychosexual stages is

Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

According to Freud, the part of the personality contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy the basic sexual and aggressive drives

The id

Sigmund Freud emphasized the importance of

unconscious processes

According to Carl Jung, humans have a reservoir of images that are derived from our universal experiences. This is known as our

collective unconscious

In 1921, Hermann Rorschach introduced what has become the most widely used _________________ test

Projective

Bruce has been smoking since he was 15-years-old. His doctor tells him that he needs to quit for his health. Bruce tells the doctor, "Look, smoking is the only bad thing I do, and besides, you have to die of something." This best illustrates the use of a defense mechanism known as _____.

rationalization

This Neo-Freudian proposed the popular idea of the inferiority complex and believed that much of our behavior is driven by efforts to conquer childhood feelings of inferiority.

Alfred Adler

Jaibeeb is experiencing some psychological issues, so he is sent to a clinician for therapy. The clinician asks him to perform a test that requires him to describe an ambiguous stimulus or tell a story about it. Identify the test used by the clinician to study Jaibeeb's personality.

Projective test

Freud's psychoanalytic theory includes ideas about

An unconscious region of the mind, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms

The role of repressed childhood conflicts in personality disorders is most clearly emphasized by the ____________ perspective

psychoanalytic

Abraham Maslow suggested that individuals who are open, spontaneous, and not paralyzed by others opinions illustrate

self-actualization

Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated with an emphasis on the importance of

A positive self concept

Which technique would psychologists use to assess whether a cluster of characteristics that includes ambition, determination, persistence, and self-reliance reflects a single personality trait?

factor analysis

Sarah's optimism is both a contributor to and a product of her successful career accomplishments. This best illustrates

Reciprocal determinism

Kelly feels that she will be successful in her AP Psychology class because she has done well in her other honors and AP classes in her high school career. It would be fair to say that she has a strong sense of

Self efficacy

When Vanessa noticed that she was wearing mismatched socks, she overestimated the extent to which others would also notice. Her reaction best illustrates

spotlight effect

Who emphasized the importance of unconditional positive regard in healthy personality development?

Carl Rogers

The MMPI was originally developed to identify

emotional disorders

Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality traits?

Self efficacy

The social-cognitive perspective highlights the importance of personal traits and environment, a process that Albert Bandura called

reciprocal determinism

Card players who attribute their wins to their own skill and their losses to bad luck best illustrate

self-serving bias

Defining one's identity in terms of personal attributes, such as atheletic ability, is most closely associated with...

individualism