Chapter 11

Question 1

What are distinct patterns of emotional reactions and behaviors observed early in life and are stable but can change by environment?

Answer 1

Temperament

Question 2

Which approach believes personality develops early in life and that we are greatly influenced by processes of which we are unaware?

Answer 2

Psychoanalytic approach

Question 3

Which approach believes personality is shaped by interactions with the environment, specifically through learning?

Answer 3

Behavioral approach

Question 4

Which approach believes people are innately good and control their own destinies and they have a force moving them toward growth?

Answer 4

Humanistic approach

Question 5

Which approach focuses on social influences and mental processes That affect personality and emphasis on the combination of environment, cognitive activity, and individual behavior?

Answer 5

Social-cognitive approach

Question 6

Which approach emphasizes the physiological and genetic influences on personality development?

Answer 6

Biological approach

Question 7

Which approach looks at current traits of the individual to describe and predict personality?

Answer 7

Trait approach

Question 8

What was the three levels of consciousness that Freud proposed?

Answer 8

Conscious
Preconscious
Unconscious

Question 9

What is a unique core set of characteristics that influence the way one thinks, acts, and feels and that are relatively consistent and enduring throughout the life span?

Answer 9

Personality

Question 10

What are the three steps to the structural model of the mind?

Answer 10

Id
ego
Superego