Personality And Emotions

Question 0

What do employ control theories of personality development are most often referred?

Answer 0

Ericksons psychosocial theory

Freud’s psychoanalytic theory

Question 1

Define personality

Answer 1

A psychological construct defined as the relatively stable and characteristic set of traits and behaviors of an individual

Question 2

Temperament

Answer 2

Refers to a child’s characteristic mood and activity level

Question 3

Freud referred to the hidden part of our personality as the

Answer 3

Unconscious

Question 4

Freud argued that childhood experiences determine what?

Answer 4

Adult personality, unconscious mental processes influence everyday behavior, and conflict causes most human behavior

Question 5

Defense mechanism

Answer 5

Unconscious methods used by the ego to distort reality and thereby protect us from anxiety

Question 6

True or false

Ericsson did not believe that personality continues to develop over the entire lifespan and not just through childhood

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or false

Erikson, like Freud, did feel that events that occur early in development can leave a permanent marker on ones later social emotional development

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Children’s perception of their strengths and weaknesses come from making social comparisons to whom

Answer 8

Their peers

Question 9

Bandura use the term self efficacy for children’s perception of their…

Answer 9

Ability to succeed at a task

Question 10

True or false

Children with high self efficacy may be very competent but do not believe they are competent

Answer 10

False

Children with low self efficacy maybe very competent but do not believe there Compton

Question 11

List the four statuses of adolescent identity formation that choosing the wrong identity will lead to identity crisis later on and adulthood

Answer 11

1) identity moratorium: identity crisis and no commitment
2) identity diffusion: no identity crisis and no commitment
3) identity foreclosure: no identity crisis and a commitment
4) identity achievement: identity crisis and a commitment

Question 12

Activity theory suggests what?

Answer 12

That adults who remain active and connected with other people were more satisfied

Question 13

Disengagement theory suggests…

Answer 13

That satisfied older adults followed a natural tendency to become less engaged in society and to focus inward

Question 14

List the four adult personality styles that determine preferred lifestyle

Answer 14

1) The integrated type
2) The armored defended type
3) The passive dependent type
4) The on integrated and disorganized type

Question 15

The integrated type is…

Answer 15

An adult who has chosen to be very active and is satisfied, has chosen to engage in a few activities and is satisfied, or has disengage voluntarily and is satisfied

Question 16

The armored defendant type is a…

Answer 16

Older adult who remains active in the hope of maintaining abilities and is satisfied, or disengages after experiencing losses and is satisfied

Question 17

The passive dependent type is an…

Answer 17

Older adult who is very emotionally needy and satisfied if he or she has others to lean on, or disengaged, Rockingchair adults who have low satisfaction

Question 18

The on integrated or disorganized type is an adult who…

Answer 18

Has lost or never had normal psychological functioning