PY101 FINAL EXAM CHAP 11-15
What is personality? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔A person's pattern of
thinking, feeling, and behaving.
What are the 2 main ways to measure personality? (Chapter 11) - correct
answer ✔Personality inventories: (people answer questions about
themselves)
Projective techniques: (people verbally respond to ambiguous stimuli)
What is a personality inventory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔People
answering questions about themselves, tests such as MMPI
What is a projective technique? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔People
verbally responding to ambiguous stimuli, tests such as Rorschach Inkblot
test.
What is the Rorschach test? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔The test involves inkblots shown to test takers and psychologists record
responses of individuals.
What is the MMPI? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔The
test contains 500 all true or false questions. The test measures abnormal
personality styles.
What is the TAT? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔The test
shows pictures of ambiguous situations involving people. Test takers tell story
about characters in picture and psychologist records answers.
, What is psychodynamic theory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Personality
result of clashes between 3 parts of the mind: ID, EGO, and superego.
What are the 3 parts of the mind? (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔Idenfication, EGO, SUPEREGO
Which parts are we aware and unaware of? (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔Slightly aware of ego and superego. Unaware of ID.
What does the id do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Strives to fulfill our
needs and desires.
What does the superego do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Strives to
follow various cultural rules.
What does the ego do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Fulfills needs in
acceptable ways & also balances ID and Superego.
What are the defense mechanisms mentioned in lecture? Describe each one.
(Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Denial: refuse to accept something
Displacement: change target of behavior
Projection: put own thoughts onto each other
Rationalization: excuse your own actions
What is humanistic theory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Personality
actively created by person
What is personality? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔A person's pattern of
thinking, feeling, and behaving.
What are the 2 main ways to measure personality? (Chapter 11) - correct
answer ✔Personality inventories: (people answer questions about
themselves)
Projective techniques: (people verbally respond to ambiguous stimuli)
What is a personality inventory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔People
answering questions about themselves, tests such as MMPI
What is a projective technique? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔People
verbally responding to ambiguous stimuli, tests such as Rorschach Inkblot
test.
What is the Rorschach test? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔The test involves inkblots shown to test takers and psychologists record
responses of individuals.
What is the MMPI? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔The
test contains 500 all true or false questions. The test measures abnormal
personality styles.
What is the TAT? Describe the test. (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔The test
shows pictures of ambiguous situations involving people. Test takers tell story
about characters in picture and psychologist records answers.
, What is psychodynamic theory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Personality
result of clashes between 3 parts of the mind: ID, EGO, and superego.
What are the 3 parts of the mind? (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔Idenfication, EGO, SUPEREGO
Which parts are we aware and unaware of? (Chapter 11) - correct answer
✔Slightly aware of ego and superego. Unaware of ID.
What does the id do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Strives to fulfill our
needs and desires.
What does the superego do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Strives to
follow various cultural rules.
What does the ego do? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Fulfills needs in
acceptable ways & also balances ID and Superego.
What are the defense mechanisms mentioned in lecture? Describe each one.
(Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Denial: refuse to accept something
Displacement: change target of behavior
Projection: put own thoughts onto each other
Rationalization: excuse your own actions
What is humanistic theory? (Chapter 11) - correct answer ✔Personality
actively created by person
