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Personality Quiz


1. According to Allport, the personality traits that affect every aspect of a person's life but are very rare (for example, altruism being a personality trait of Mother Theresa) are called:


cardinal traits
central traits
peripheral traits
secondary traits


2. According to psychoanalytic theory, the Id is the innate primitive component of personality which contains all of our instincts, is completely on the unconscious level, and operates according to the:

reality principle
primary principle
pleasure principle
sexual principle



3. The behavioral theory of personality that is based on seeking out and processing information about the environment, and then using imitation, in order to maximize favorable outcomes is the:

operant theory
humanistic theory
self-actualization theory
social learning theory



4. During the _____ stage of psychosexual development the sexual energy (libido) is focused in the penis and the vagina, and the individual is directed toward engaging in intercourse.

oral
anal
phallic
genital



5. Freud used the analogy of a horse and rider (the horse is more powerful, but the rider must attempt to steer or guide the horse in a direction that it will find satisfying, but still maintain safety) to describe the relationship between:

id and superego
id and reality
ego and superego
id and ego



6. Which of the following is NOT one of the goals of personality theory?

describe abnormal behavior
organize personality characteristics
explain variability in personalities
identify and describe healthy personalities



7. Although he was at one point Freud's favorite student, Carl Jung eventually broke away from Freud because of Freud's conviction that the _____ urge or drive was the most influential in the development of personality.


life sustaining (Eros)
libido
sex
death instinct (Thanatos)



8. According to Albert Bandura, an individual's sense of self-worth and success in adjusting to the world is called:

unconditional positive self regard
self worth
self-efficacy
self actualization



9. According to Freud, people use _____ (such as projection or displacement) in order to protect themselves from becoming overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety and developing some type of personality disorder.

reaction formations
defense mechanisms
egocentrism
rationalization


10. According to the psychoanalytic perspective, all of the components of personality lack a sense morality except the:

superego
id
ego
consciousness


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