Chapter 14: Personality

Question 1

An individual’s characteristic patterns of through to, feelings, and behaviors persisting over time.

Answer 1

Personality

Question 2

Who created the psychodynamic theory?

Answer 2

Sigmund Freud

Question 3

Sigmund Freud believed that personality is motivated by subconscious inner forces.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the 3 subconscious inner forced and conflicts?

Answer 4

Conscience, pre-conscience, unconscious

Question 5

Describe pre-conscious

Answer 5

Pre-conscious is the info outside our attention, but readily available if needed. Such as our cell phone number, address, birth dates of friends and family members.

Question 6

According to Freud, what are the 3 personality structure components?

Answer 6

The id, superego, ego

Question 7

The pleasure principle that wants instant gratification.

Answer 7

The id

Question 8

Our moral and ethical restraints, based on the rights and wrongs of society handed down by a person’s parents.

Answer 8

The Superego

Question 9

The reality principle

Answer 9

The Ego

Question 10

What are our 7 defense mechanisms?

Answer 10

Repression, regression, reaction formation, projection, rationalization, displacement, and denial.

Question 11

The push back of an unpleasant memory in the unconscious.

Answer 11

Repression

Question 12

Reversion to an earlier state of development.

Answer 12

Regression

Question 13

Converting unwanted thoughts into their opposites.

Answer 13

Reaction formation

Question 14

Misattribution of a person’s undesired thoughts onto another person.

Answer 14

Projection

Question 15

Putting a different light in the face of a changing reality.

Answer 15

Rationalization

Question 16

Redirection of thoughts/feelings directed at one person, but taken out upon another person or object.

Answer 16

Displacement

Question 17

Refusal to accept reality.

Answer 17

Denial

Question 18

Who invented the humanistic theory?

Answer 18

Abraham Maslow

Question 19

What are the 5 humanistic needs?

Answer 19

Self-actualization, esteem needs, belongingness & love needs, safety needs, biological & physiological needs.

Question 20

Who invented the Person-centered theory?

Answer 20

Carl Rogers

Question 21

What are the 3 components in the Person-centered theory?

Answer 21

Genuineness, acceptance, empathy.

Question 22

Learning occurs within a social context.

Answer 22

Social Cognitive Theory

Question 23

Which psychologist focused on how we interact with our environment?

Answer 23

Albert Bandura

Question 24

Who created the 5 personality theory? Think Ocean

Answer 24

D.W. Fiske

Question 25

Social leaders, talkative and high amounts of emotional expression is what type of personality?

Answer 25

Extroversion

Question 26

High levels of thoughtfulness, good impulses control, goal-directed behaviors is what type of personality?

Answer 26

Conscientious

Question 27

Care about others, feels empathy, enjoys helping others is what type of personality?

Answer 27

Agreeable

Question 28

Creative, open to trying new thing, tacking new challenges is what type of personality?

Answer 28

Open

Question 29

Feels anxious, gets upset easily, struggles to bounce back after stressful events is what type of personality?

Answer 29

Neuroticism

Question 30

What does the word “Ocean” remind you of?

Answer 30

Open, conscientious, extroversion, agreeable, neuroticism.