PSYCH 504 – Brian believes that he intensely dislikes Alicia

27 Jun PSYCH 504 – Brian believes that he intensely dislikes Alicia

Question
I – THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

_____ 1. Brian believes that he intensely dislikes Alicia because his true feelings of love of her are unacceptable to him. Brian is using a defense mechanism called: a. sublimation c. reaction formation b. projection d. fixation

_____ 2. Divine is partying too much to get his studying done. She tells herself that she needs a lot of relaxation in order to handle the pressure of school. Divine is using ______________as defense mechanism. a. sublimation c. projection b. reaction formation d. rationalization

_____ 3. Rob is a sculptor who loves to take a piece of stone and carefully chisel it into a smooth, curving form. Rob is using ______________ as defense mechanism. a. sublimation c. projection b. reaction formation d. rationalization

_____ 4. Freud saw personality as emerging from the interaction of children’s wish-fulfillment behaviors and the reactions those behaviors bring from parents and other people. He described the development of personality in terms of a series of ______________. a. psychosexual stages c. defense mechanisms b. levels of personality d. provinces of the mind

_____ 5. Freud believed that people are essentially ______________, being held together in society only because of their needs. a. social c. asocial b. typical d. atypical

_____ 6. As an adult, Mina is clingy and extremely possessive, often wanting everything for herself. At which stage is she fixated? a. Oral c. Phallic b. Anal d. Genital

_____ 7. Freud believed that the best clues to the contents of a person’s unconscious are those elements of thought and behavior: a. that are least logical c. for which the person can offer no explanation b. that are most logical d. that mostly clearly signal a lack of self-esteem

_____ 8. What was the claim of Freud’s abandoned “seduction theory”? a. That seduction was a case of neurotic displacement of sexual desire for one’s mother or father. b. That sexual intercourse was always the result of a man seducing a woman. c. That neurosis was caused by early sexual abuse (“seduction”) by parents or older siblings. d. That dreams were the expression of the desire to seduce one’s father or mother.

_____ 9. During grade school, Nico was encouraged by his parents to join and participate in different academic clubs in his school. Towards high school, he was already representing their school different quiz bees that earned him medals both locally and nationally. According to Erickson’s theory, this is a success in ______________ stage. a. industry vs. inferiority c. initiative vs. guilt b. identity vs. role confusion d. autonomy vs. shame and doubt

_____ 10. One of the main elements of Erikson’s psychosocial stage theory is the development of ______________. a. social interest c. interpersonal relationships b. ego identity d. character strengths

_____ 11. Which of the following not true of Erickson’s life? a. Born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1902 and son of Jewish mother and unknown father. b. As a child, he was well accepted by both Jewish or Gentile community. c. Leaves home at 18 to live as itinerant artist, wandering Europe for 7 years.

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d. Lacking an academic degree, accepts research position at Harvard Medical School in 1933.

_____ 12. The word personality comes from “persona” which originally meant? a. Theatrical mask c. The animal side of human nature b. Soul d. That which one truly is

_____ 13. A pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to human behavior is called ______________. a. Personality c. A specific trait b. A general trait d. A genetic predisposition

_____ 14. A theory can be defined as ______________. a. An unverified hypothesis b. An educated guess c. A group of philosophical speculations concerning the nature of reality d. A set of related assumptions that generates testable hypothesis

_____ 15. A hypothesis is best defined as ______________. a. A classification system c. An unproved theory b. Armchair speculation d. An educate guess or prediction

_____ 16. The ultimate value of a theory is its ______________. a. Truthfulness c. Simplicity b. Usefulness d. Logic

_____ 17. One of the theories of personality that tends to believe that the answers to the important questions lie somewhere behind the surface, hidden, in the unconscious. a. Behavioristic c. Psychoanalytic b. Humanistic d. Learning

_____ 18. A perspective that answers are felt to lie in careful observation of behavior and environment and their relations. a. Behavioristic c. Psychoanalytic b. Humanistic d. Learning

_____ 19. A perspective that the answers are to be found in consciousness or experience. a. Behavioristic c. Psychoanalytic b. Humanistic d. Learning

_____ 20. The Id serves the ______________ principle. a. Pleasure c. Moralistic b. Reality d. Idealistic

_____ 21. Freud called the mouth, anus and genitals. a. Oedipal striving c. The aim of the sexual instinct b. Erogenous zones d. The aim of the aggressive instict

_____ 22. Who was Jung’s mentor? a. Alfred Adler c. Karen Horney b. Heinz Hartman d. Sigmund Freud

_____ 23. Carl Gustav Jung was born in which European city and country? a. Kesswill, Switzerland c. Leszno, Poland b. Wurzburg, Germany d. Neudorf, Austria

_____ 24. What are Jung’s four functions of the mind? a. Sensing, thinking, feeling, intuiting b. Compounding, processing, feeling, repressing c. Thinking, processing, filtering, expressing d. Sensing processing, filtering, expressing

_____ 25. What are the two major attitudes according to Jung? a. Aggression and passivity c. Introversion and extroversion b. Pessimism and optimism d. Logic and emotion

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_____ 26. Which of the following psychological test is derived from Jung’s theories of personality? a. Cattell 16 Factor c. Myers – Briggs Type indicator b. Keirsey Temparament Sorter d. Rotter Locus of Control

_____ 27. Which of Jung’s belief differed from Freud’s theories? a. Everyone has a collective unconscious b. The unconscious is important in shaping personality c. The main motivation for behavior is a striving for superiority d. Behavior depends on the consequences that follow it

_____ 28. Jung divided the unconscious psyche into two parts: the personal and the ______________. a. Preconscious c. Collective b. Social d. Universal

_____ 29. Nathan may know that he is attracted to a woman but may not fully understand all the reasons for the attraction, some of which may even seem irrational. This example best described ______________. a. Unconscious c. Conscious b. Preconscious d. Collective

_____ 30. A young girl may permanently repress her hostility for a younger sister because her hateful feelings create too much anxiety. Best described what kind of defense mechanism? a. Projection c. Repression b. Regression d. Reaction Formation

_____ 31. Josephine deeply resents and hates her mother. Because she knows that society demands affection toward parents, such conscious hatred for her mother would produce too much anxiety. To avoid painful anxiety, the young woman concentrates on the opposite impulse love. Her “love” for her mother, however, is not genuine. It is showy, exaggerated, and overdone. This example best described ______________. a. Projection c. Repression b. Regression d. Reaction Formation

_____ 32. Ana, is a completely weaned child may regress to demanding a bottle or nipple when a baby brother or sister is born. The attention given to the new baby poses a threat to Ana as the older child. This example best described. a. Projection c. Repression b. Regression d. Reaction Formation

_____ 33. A man may consistently interpret the actions of older women as attempted seductions. Consciously, the thought of sexual intercourse with older women may be intensely repugnant to him, but buried in his unconscious is a strong erotic attraction to these women. This best described ______________. a. Projection c. Repression b. Regression d. Reaction Formation

_____ 34. Chad has a great admiration for his teacher. He attempts to imitate this teacher’s lifestyle and mannerisms. This is an example of ______________. a. Displacement c. Projection b. Sublimation d. Introjection

_____ 35. Which is not one of the four levels of hierarchy behavior organization recognized by Eysenck? a. Spontaneous c. Habitual acts b. Specific acts d. Types

_____ 36. Which one of the following is not one of Eysenck’s superfactors ? a. Extraversion c. Introversion b. Neuroticism d. Psychotism

_____ 37. A college student practices his literary piece to earn a medal. What kind of motive is this? a. affiliation motive c. achievement motive b. incentive motive d. altruistic motive

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_____ 38. According to Abraham Maslow only when the basic needs are met can one think of fulfilling the higher order needs are met can one think of fulfilling the higher order needs. Which needs should be fully satisfied before going to higher level? a. self-actualization c. safety needs b. physiological needs d. love and belonging _____ 39. A good example of the instinct of self-preservation is ______________. a. running away from an approaching fierce barking dog b. getting out of trouble c. turning away from an impending danger d. avoiding getting near a cage with poisonous snake

_____ 40. Which of the following are in correct grouping? a. food, air temperature, hunger c. affiliation, altruism, thirst, pain b. air temperature, food, oxygen d. drive, need motive, warmth _____ 41. Which of these is in instinctive behavior? a. smiling at a friend c. helping an old woman cross the street b. running away at the sight of a snake d. hugging a cute baby _____ 42. A young man helps an old woman cross the street because doing a good deed makes him feel good. What type of motivation is at work? a. intrinsic c. homeostasis b. extrinsic d. love and belonging _____ 43. A person who experiences a lowering of glucose level in the blood may suffer. a. thirst c. hunger b. pain d. anorexia

_____ 44. According to Erickson, which of these is the most important aspect of the ego? a. self-concious ego c. ego identity b. perceived ego d. realistic ego

_____ 45. Erickson believed that ______________ is the basic strength of infancy. a. hope c. will b. faith d. love

_____ 46. The psychosocial crisis of the school age is______________. a. autonomy verses c. identity versus identity confusion b. trust versus mistrust d. industry versus inferiority _____ 47. Will is the basic strength of ______________. a. infancy c. the play age b. early childhood d. adolescence

_____ 48. To Erickson, the ego develops ______________. a. within a social structure c. most rapidly during adulthood b. independent of historical factors d. only after the id stops developing

_____ 49. To In contrast to Freud, Erickson ______________. a. placed more emphasis on unconscious motivation b. placed more emphasis on the ego c. de-emphasized social and historical influences on personality d. all of these

_____ 50. To During childhood, Erickson said, the ego ______________. a. develops from the superego c. is dormant b. is weak and flexible d. does not exist