Chapter 14 Quiz

Question 1

Theory of personality developed by Freud (pronounced Froyd) that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions.

Answer 1

Psychoanalysis

Question 2

In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.

Answer 2

Free association

Question 3

According to Feud’s view of personality structure, the “executive” system - the _______________ - seeks to gratify the impulses of the _______________ in more executive ways.

Answer 3

ego; id

Question 4

The childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) during which, according to Freud, the id’s pleasure-seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.

Answer 4

psychosexual stages

Question 5

Which is NOT one of the Big Five personality factors.

Answer 5

anxiety

Question 6

Carl Jung’s concept of a shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species’ history.

Answer 6

Collective Unconcious

Question 7

The ______________________________ is a projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interests through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes, while the ______________________________ , another projective test, consists of a set of 10 inkblots that seeks to identify people’s inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of the blots.

Answer 7

Thematic Apperception Test; Rorschach

Question 8

TRUE or FALSE: The Rorschach inkblot test has been criticized because only a few of the many derived scores have demonstrated reliability and validity.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Our scores on personality tests best predict…

Answer 9

our average behavior across many situations

Question 10

The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment.

Answer 10

reciprocal determinism