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
