Ch. 11: Personality

A(an) ________ complex refers to the feeling that one lacks worth and doesn't measure up to the standards of others or of society

inferiority

Karen Horney suggested ways in which people typically cope with day-to-day problems. According to Horney, these strategies could ________ if used rigidly and compulsively.

become neurotic strategies

The ________ refers to the common psychological tendencies that have been passed down from one generation to the next.

collective unconscious

________ is a state of being in which our thoughts about our real and ideal selves are very similar.

congruence

Temperament refers to ________.

inborn, genetically based personality differences

Who believed that our personality traits are influenced by our genetic inheritance?

Hans and Sybil Eysenck

Who suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth?

Karen Horney

Self-efficacy is ________.

our level of confidence can determine ones behavior

Carl Jung referred to the ________ as the mask we adopt.

persona

Self-regulation is also known as ________.

will power

The way a person reacts to the world, starting when they are very young, including the person's activity level is known as ________.

temperament

The United States is considered a ________ culture.

individualistic

Who developed social-cognitive theory?

Albert Bandura

Which personality assessment employs a series of true/false questions?

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Carl Jung's view of extroverted and introverted types serves as a basis of the ________.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

In Albert Bandura's social-cognitive theory, behavior refers to ________.

anything an individual does that can be punished or rewarded

An early science that tried to correlate personality with measurements of parts of a person's skull is known as ________.

phrenology

The id operates on the ________ principle

pleasure

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

projective test

The concept of ________ suggests that people choose to move to places that are compatible with their personalities and needs.

selective migration

Your level of confidence in your own abilities is known as ________.

self-efficacy