Psychology Ch. 11
According to Galen, the__________ person is passionate, ambitious and bold.
Choleric
What was the primary finding of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart?
Identical twins, whether raised together or apart, have very similar personalities.
During which period are sexual feelings dormant as children focus on other pursuit, such as school, friendships, hobbies, and sports?
Latency
The _____ is composed of a series of true and false questions in order to establish an individuals clinical profile.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
According to Abraham Maslow, the highest need is____________.
Self-Actualization
_________theorists attempt to explain our personality by identifying our stable characteristics and ways of behaving.
Trait
Sigmund Freud suggested that people who are dominated by their _________might be narcissistic and impulsive.
id
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective test_________.
In which people are presented with ambiguous images
Who suggested that men have womb envy because they cannot give birth?
Karen Horney
According to Sigmund Freud, an adult who smokes, drinks, overreacts, or bites her nails is fixated in the _________stage of her psychosexual development.
Oral
Dr. Grimes conducts a _________ by requesting that he patient respond to ambiguous stimuli, this revealing hidden feelings, impulses, and desires.
Projective test
The __________ inkblot test employs a series of symmetrical inkblot cards that are presented to a client by psychologist in an effort to reveal the person's unconscious desires, fears, and struggles.
Rorschach
Who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality?
Sigmund Freud
Because we have developed certain response tendencies, _________believed that we demonstrate consistent behavior patterns.
B. F. Skinner
Ina can no longer read the street signs, but she refuses to admit she needs glasses to drive. Which defense mechanism does this exemplify?
Denial
The __________ personality is anxious, self-conscious, artistic, thoughtful, quiet, and private.
Ectomorph
Hans and Sybil Eysenck viewed people as having two specific personality dimensions:
Extroversion/introversion; neuroticism/stability
The trait openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism are key components of the __________.
Five factor model
In the ______stage, there is a sexual reawakening as the incestuous urges resurface. The young person redirects these urges to other, more socially acceptable partners (who often resemble the other-sex parent)
Genital
_________ describes a proportion of difference among people that is attributed to genetics.
Heritability