PSY 255 QUIZ 1 CHAPTERS 1-3 AND 4-6 GRAND CANYON
UNIVERSITY LATEST REVIEWED STUDY GUIDE 2026
Quiz 1 covers Chapters 1-3 & 4-6. There are 40 questions that will need to be answered in an
hour and a half. There are 80 points possible on this quiz.
Chapter 1: What Is Personality?
Chapter 2: Personality Research Methods
Chapter 3: The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment
Chapter 4: The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research
Chapter 5: The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment
Chapter 6: The Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research
• Define Structuralism. What is it? How is it applied to therapy?
• Match each theorist with their school
o Psychodynamic-Freud (for example)
• Who is Hugo Munsterberg what did he do and what is he known for?
• What is personality and how do we study/research this?
• What approaches are there to personality when it comes to schools of thoughts? Define
o Trait, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, Behavioral
• Define and know differences in the following
o Collectivist Culture
o Individualistic Culture
o Male-Dominate Family
o Non-traditional Family
• Know the difference and be able to define the following
o Independent Variable
o Dependent Variable
o Theory
o Hypothesis.
• Define and be familiar with the different types of research (i.e. case study)
• What is a correlation coefficient? What is the strong correlation between two measures?
• Know what a reliable test is
• Know the different stages within consciousness (Including Freud’s Id, Ego Superego..)
• Know And define the following
o Displacement
o Projections
o Sublimation
o Repression
UNIVERSITY LATEST REVIEWED STUDY GUIDE 2026
Quiz 1 covers Chapters 1-3 & 4-6. There are 40 questions that will need to be answered in an
hour and a half. There are 80 points possible on this quiz.
Chapter 1: What Is Personality?
Chapter 2: Personality Research Methods
Chapter 3: The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment
Chapter 4: The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research
Chapter 5: The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment
Chapter 6: The Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research
• Define Structuralism. What is it? How is it applied to therapy?
• Match each theorist with their school
o Psychodynamic-Freud (for example)
• Who is Hugo Munsterberg what did he do and what is he known for?
• What is personality and how do we study/research this?
• What approaches are there to personality when it comes to schools of thoughts? Define
o Trait, Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, Behavioral
• Define and know differences in the following
o Collectivist Culture
o Individualistic Culture
o Male-Dominate Family
o Non-traditional Family
• Know the difference and be able to define the following
o Independent Variable
o Dependent Variable
o Theory
o Hypothesis.
• Define and be familiar with the different types of research (i.e. case study)
• What is a correlation coefficient? What is the strong correlation between two measures?
• Know what a reliable test is
• Know the different stages within consciousness (Including Freud’s Id, Ego Superego..)
• Know And define the following
o Displacement
o Projections
o Sublimation
o Repression
