PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY LATEST VERIFIED
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
(2026)
●● free association
Answer: In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in
which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter
how trivial or embarrassing.
●● psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in
treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions.
●● unconscious
Answer: According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary
psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
●● id
Answer: A reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to
Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id
operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
, ●● ego
Answer: The largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that,
according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego,
and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's
desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
●● superego
Answer: The part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience)
and for future aspirations.
●● psychosexual stages
Answer: The childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic,
latency, genital) during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure-
seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.
●● Oedipus Complex
Answer: According to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother
and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
●● identification
Answer: The process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate
their parent's values into their developing superegos.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
(2026)
●● free association
Answer: In psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious in
which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter
how trivial or embarrassing.
●● psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality that attributes thoughts and
actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in
treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret
unconscious tensions.
●● unconscious
Answer: According to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary
psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
●● id
Answer: A reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to
Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id
operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
, ●● ego
Answer: The largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that,
according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego,
and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id's
desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
●● superego
Answer: The part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience)
and for future aspirations.
●● psychosexual stages
Answer: The childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic,
latency, genital) during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure-
seeking energies focus on distinct erogenous zones.
●● Oedipus Complex
Answer: According to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother
and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
●● identification
Answer: The process by which, according to Freud, children incorporate
their parent's values into their developing superegos.
