Module 5A Personality

Question 1

personality

Answer 1

long-standing traits and patterns that propel individuals to consistently think, feel, and behave in
specific ways

Question 2

unconscious

Answer 2

mental activity of which we are unaware and unable to access

Question 3

id

Answer 3

aspect of personality that consists of our most primitive drives or urges, including impulses for hunger,
thirst, and sex

Question 4

ego

Answer 4

aspect of personality that represents the self, or the part of one’s personality that is visible to others

Question 5

superego

Answer 5

aspect of the personality that serves as one’s moral compass, or conscience

Question 6

psychosexual stages of development

Answer 6

stages of child development in which a child’s pleasure-seeking urges
are focused on specific areas of the body called erogenous zones

Question 7

oral stage

Answer 7

psychosexual stage in which an infant’s pleasure is focused on the mouth

Question 8

phallic stage

Answer 8

psychosexual stage in which the focus is on the genitals

Question 9

genital stage

Answer 9

psychosexual stage in which the focus is on mature sexual interests

Question 10

anal stage

Answer 10

psychosexual stage in which children experience pleasure in their bowel and bladder movements

Question 11

defense mechanism

Answer 11

unconscious protective behaviors designed to reduce ego anxiety

Question 12

repression

Answer 12

ego defense mechanism in which anxiety-related thoughts and memories are kept in the
unconscious

Question 13

collective unconscious

Answer 13

common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation
to the next

Question 14

Projective test

Answer 14

personality assessment in which a person responds to ambiguous stimuli, revealing hidden
feelings, impulses, and desires

Question 15

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Answer 15

projective test in which people are presented with ambiguous images,
and they then make up stories to go with the images in an effort to uncover their unconscious desires,
fears, and struggles

Question 16

Rorschach Inkblot Test

Answer 16

projective test that employs a series of symmetrical inkblot cards that are presented
to a client by a psychologist in an effort to reveal the person’s unconscious desires, fears, and struggles

Question 17

self-concept

Answer 17

our thoughts and feelings about ourselves

Question 18

traits

Answer 18

characteristic ways of behaving

Question 19

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Answer 19

personality test composed of a series of true/false
questions in order to establish a clinical profile of an individual

Question 20

Five Factor Model

Answer 20

theory that personality is composed of five factors, including openness, conscientiousness,
extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

Question 21

reciprocal determinism

Answer 21

belief that one’s environment can determine behavior, but at the same time, people
can influence the environment with both their thoughts and behaviors

Question 22

social-cognitive theory

Answer 22

Bandura’s theory of personality that emphasizes both cognition and learning as
sources of individual differences in personality

Question 23

self-efficacy

Answer 23

someone’s level of confidence in their own abilities

Question 24

neurosis

Answer 24

tendency to experience negative emotions

Question 25

locus of control

Answer 25

beliefs about the power we have over our lives; an external locus of control is the belief that
our outcomes are outside of our control; an internal locus of control is the belief that we control our own
outcomes

Question 26

latency period

Answer 26

psychosexual stage in which sexual feelings are dormant