Unit 15 Reading Quiz

Freud crafted his theory of psychoanalysis when:

He could find no physiological reason for his patients nervous disorders.

People given little control over their world in prisons, factories, schools, and nursing homes are said to experience:

Learned Helplessness

Which of the following psychologists proposed the social-cognitive perspective on personality?

Albert Bandura

Gene spends a good deal of time bragging about his numerous sexual exploits. Freud would have suggested that Gene is fixated in the _____ stage.

Genital

Our personality help create situations to which we react.

True

The social-cognitive approach to personality to partially rooted in behaviorism.

True

There appear to be a correlation between self-control and social success.

True

True or False? Learned helplessness generally occurs after one's failure to avoid repeated aversive events.

True

Coretta is quiet, pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In terms of the Eysencks' basic personality dimensions she would be classified as:

Unstable-Introverted

Brad Sushnman and Roy Baumeister found that when criticized, people with unrealistically high self-esteem:

Became exceptionally aggressive.

Attribute the following statement to the humanistic psychologist below. "People are basically good, and have an enormous capacity to grow and achieve their potential."

Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Albert Bandura proposed the social cognitive perspective, which:

Emphasizes the interaction of our traits with our situation.

Cari often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can't have her way. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can't have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud's view of the personality, Cari's personality appears to be dominated by:

Her Id

Freud would categorize the strong desire to go out and party with friends as a natural function of the:

Id

A boy's sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called:

Oedipus complex

Juan has a huge crush on Sally, but he never admits it. Instead, he tells who will listen that Sally is really "into him." Psychoanalysts would Juan's bragging as an example of:

Projection

Your boyfriend, in the throes of a major meltdown, accuses you of being angry all the time. What defense mechanism is he using?

Projection

In order to keep ourselves from becoming anxious as a result of the ongoing conflict between the id and superego, Freud theorized that the ego employs.

Protective defense mechanisms

Callie just gave birth to her sixth daughter. Unconsciously, she resents the baby's birth and wishes the infant would have died during delivery. However, when she cares for her infant she showers her with exaggerated daughter by using which of the following defense mechanisms?

Reaction formation

The belief that personality is created by the interaction between a person, his or her behavior, and the environment is known as:

Reciprocal Determinism

The interacting influence between personality and environmental factors is known as:

Reciprocal Determinism

The humanistic perspective on personality:

Regards self-concept-- how we respond to the question "Who am I?" -- as an essential component of personality.

Which of the following did Alfred Adler stress in his theory of personality:

Striving for superiority

Dr. Li asks her clients to interpret ambiguous pictures of people in various settings. The method she is using is called:

The TAT

A student who is generally quite honest turns in the paper of another student and passes it off as his own. When accused of dishonest, he says, "nowadays everybody cheats in school, but I'm always honest." This student is using which of the following Freudian defense mechanisms?

projection and Displacement