Psychology of Personality UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The belief that some distressing physical symptoms could not be readily explained in terms of
neurological impairments contributed most directly to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Freud's
interest in unconscious conflicts
By comparing themselves to members of their own ethnic group, minorities are most likely to
maintain their: - CORRECT ANSWER - Self-esteem
According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multi-directional influences among: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviors, internal personal factor, & environmental events
While attending college, Saeb impulsively and carelessly spends all his time and money on
"wine, women, and song." Freud would have suggested that Saeb shows signs of a: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Weak superego
Ego is to id as _______ is to __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Reality principle;
pleasure principle
Carl Rogers suggested that the ________ is a central feature of personality. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Self-concept
Medical students earn higher grades if they have a clear vision of themselves as successful
doctors. This best illustrates the motivational significance of: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Possible selves
Freud believed that ________ were the "royal road to the unconscious." - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dreams
Coretta is quiet, pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In term of the eysencks' basic personality
dimensions she would be classified as: - CORRECT ANSWER - Unstable-introverted
, The social-cognitive perspective suggests that the best way to predict a political candidate's
performance effectiveness after election is to assess that individual's: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Past performance in situations involving similar resonsibilities
According to Freud's theory, the behavior of a newborn is controlled by: - CORRECT
ANSWER - The id
Boris does not like Chemistry, but he has chosen it as his college major simply to prove that he is
just as smart as his father, who is an outstanding chemist. As psychoanalyst would be most likely
to suggest that Boris suffers from an unresolved: - CORRECT ANSWER - Oedipus
complex
Freud would have suggested that an excessive fixation is most likely to contribute to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Regression
While professor Gomez was going through a painful divorce, he tended to create unnecessarily
difficult tests and gave his students unusually low grades. A psychoanalyst would be most likely
to view the professor's treatment of students as an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Displacement
Shortly after receiving a traffic ticket for speeding, Fred made numerous hostile comments to his
wife about the incompetence of women drivers. Fred's comments illustrate most clearly the
defense mechanism of: - CORRECT ANSWER - Displacement
Ms. Sunstedt believes that parents should accept and try to understand their children's feelings
and should honestly disclose their own inner feelings to their children. Her approach to
parentchild interaction was most explicitly recommended by: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rogers
Freud suggested that the process of identification is most directly responsible for the
development of: - CORRECT ANSWER - The superego
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The belief that some distressing physical symptoms could not be readily explained in terms of
neurological impairments contributed most directly to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Freud's
interest in unconscious conflicts
By comparing themselves to members of their own ethnic group, minorities are most likely to
maintain their: - CORRECT ANSWER - Self-esteem
According to Bandura, reciprocal determinism involves multi-directional influences among: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Behaviors, internal personal factor, & environmental events
While attending college, Saeb impulsively and carelessly spends all his time and money on
"wine, women, and song." Freud would have suggested that Saeb shows signs of a: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Weak superego
Ego is to id as _______ is to __________. - CORRECT ANSWER - Reality principle;
pleasure principle
Carl Rogers suggested that the ________ is a central feature of personality. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Self-concept
Medical students earn higher grades if they have a clear vision of themselves as successful
doctors. This best illustrates the motivational significance of: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Possible selves
Freud believed that ________ were the "royal road to the unconscious." - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dreams
Coretta is quiet, pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In term of the eysencks' basic personality
dimensions she would be classified as: - CORRECT ANSWER - Unstable-introverted
, The social-cognitive perspective suggests that the best way to predict a political candidate's
performance effectiveness after election is to assess that individual's: - CORRECT
ANSWER - Past performance in situations involving similar resonsibilities
According to Freud's theory, the behavior of a newborn is controlled by: - CORRECT
ANSWER - The id
Boris does not like Chemistry, but he has chosen it as his college major simply to prove that he is
just as smart as his father, who is an outstanding chemist. As psychoanalyst would be most likely
to suggest that Boris suffers from an unresolved: - CORRECT ANSWER - Oedipus
complex
Freud would have suggested that an excessive fixation is most likely to contribute to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Regression
While professor Gomez was going through a painful divorce, he tended to create unnecessarily
difficult tests and gave his students unusually low grades. A psychoanalyst would be most likely
to view the professor's treatment of students as an example of: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Displacement
Shortly after receiving a traffic ticket for speeding, Fred made numerous hostile comments to his
wife about the incompetence of women drivers. Fred's comments illustrate most clearly the
defense mechanism of: - CORRECT ANSWER - Displacement
Ms. Sunstedt believes that parents should accept and try to understand their children's feelings
and should honestly disclose their own inner feelings to their children. Her approach to
parentchild interaction was most explicitly recommended by: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Rogers
Freud suggested that the process of identification is most directly responsible for the
development of: - CORRECT ANSWER - The superego
