U7 P2 Test Review Flashcards
Which trait from the Big Five refers to emotional instability?
Neuroticism
Which personality test was intended to test for mental disorders?
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
What was Carl Jung’s theory related to memory?
Collective unconscious
Which principle does id operate on?
Pleasure principle
What area of psychology are projective personality tests from?
Psychoanalytic theory
What is being confident in our abilities?
Self-efficacy
What is the “16 Personalities” personality test looking for?
Traits
Who applied humanistic psychology to therapy?
Carl Rogers
What did Carl Rogers advocate for when it comes to clients?
Unconditional positive regard
What does a growth promoting environment include according to Carl Rogers?
genuineness, acceptance, empathy
What are some concerns with humanist theory?
You cannot always keep Unconditional Positive Regard (accountability issues)
What personality exam is “16 Personalities” based on?
Meyers-Briggs personality test
What did Karen Horney think?
Womb envy, women do not have weak superegos
What did Alfred Adler think people’s driving force is instead of sex?
Inferiority complex
What theory by Albert Bandura describes the interaction of people’s personality and their environment?
Reciprocal determinism
What theories by Freud states that children fall in love with the parent of the opposite of sex?
Oedipus, Electra complex (Greek mythology)
What fixation do people who always have things in their mouth have?
Oral fixation
How did Neo-Freudians differ from Freud?
A. Not interested in fixation on sex
B. agree with experiences of childhood and unconscious
Where does the id focus its pleasure-seeking energies?
Erogenous zones
What are Freud’s psychosexual stages?
Oral, anal, phallic, latent, genital
What are the Big Five?
CANOE (conscientious, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion)
What is the therapy method where people talk about whatever comes to mind?
Free association
What was Bandura’s theory about personality?
Social-cognitive theory
Which theory doesn’t like to address that some behaviors are evil or antisocial?
Humanist
Why would somebody yell at their kids after getting fired from their job?
Displacement
What are the parts of dreams?
Manifest (content), latent (meaning)
Why would somebody forget a traumatic experience?
Repression
Why would somebody gossip about how someone is a gossiper?
Projection
What fixation do orderly people have?
Anal fixation
What are the parts of personality?
a. Id: pleasure, limbic system
b. Ego: executive
c. Superego: moral, frontal cortex
How do nature and nurture affect personality?
Genes give traits and environments effect what is expressed?
What was the highest goal on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
Self-actualization
What’s an archetype?
General symbol and story line because of collective unconscious
Why would someone flunk out of college and then live in their mom’s basement and play video games?
Regression
Why would someone say, “I drink because my family and life are stressful.”?
Rationalization
Why would someone channel a socially unacceptable fascination into a socially acceptable thing?
Sublimation
Who identified introversion vs. extroversion?
Carl Jung
Why would someone say they are not a bad person even if they are?
Denial
Why would a mother who hates her child and feels uncomfortable about it become an overindulgent mother?
Reaction formation
What are the problems projective personality exams (inkblot)?
a. Valid: is it testing what is says it is testing?
b. Reliable: Does it get consistent results?
What is the projective technique where people look at ambiguous drawings and describe what they think it means?
a. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
