CHAPTER 12 . PERSONALITY. EXAM
Multiple Choice
Identifu the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
I . A durable disposition or tendency to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations defines
a. distinctiveness
b. a descriptive adjective
c. personality
d. a personality kait
2. The majority view among psychologists today is that most aspects of personali[r are derived from _ basic
traits.
a.5
. b.16
c. approximately 50
d. over4500
3. The id is
a. a developmental period that leaves its mark on adult personality
b. the moral component of personality
.. c. the decision-making component of personality
d. the primitive, instinctive component ofpersonality
4. The component of personality that operates according to the reality principle is the
a. conscious
b. superego
c. ego
d. id
5. Jasonjustsatdowntoworkonhisterrnpaperwhenhisfiendscaiiedandinvitedhimto aparty.lfJason
decides he will only go to the party after he finishes outlining the term paper, his decision reflects the
firnctioning of his
a. id
b. superego
c. ego
d. preconscious
6. The supcrcgo is Frcud's term for
a. the moral component of personality
b. the biological impulses that drive our behavior
c. the mediating agent between the other two components of personality
d. the unconscious aspect ofpersonality
' a. superego
b. preconscious
c. unconscious
d. conscious
8. According to Freud, which of the following is entirely unconscious?
a. the self
b. the id
c. the superego
d. the ego
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9. According to Freud unresolved unconscious conflicts often produce
a. pleasure
b. fixation
c. archetypes
d. anxiety
10. When people give a false, but plausible excuse to justifr their unacceptable behavior, they are using
a. reaction formation
b. displacement
c. rationalization
d. projection
I l. According to Freud, a basic defense mechanism that protects a person from anxiety by keeping diskessing
thoughts and feelings out of the conscious mind is
a. repression
b. regression
c. displacernent
d. projection
12. By attributing our own unacceptable feelings to others and saying others have the feelings and not us, we are
using
a. repression
b. reaction formation
c. displacement
d. projection
13. Under stress, a college student cries and throws things. The behavior of the student is an example of
a. regression
b. reaction formation
c. displacement
d. immaturity
14. According to Freud's theory, the developmental periods that leave their mark on adult personality are
a. defense mechanism stages
b. fixation stages
c. psychological stages
d. psychosexual stages
15. According to Freud's theory either excessive gratification or excessive frustration of needs may result in
a. overcompensation
b. regression
c. fixation
d. defense mechanisms
16. The correct order ofFreud's psychosexual stages ofdevelopment is
a. anal, oral, phallic, latsncy, genital
b. anal, oral,phallic, genital, latency
c. oral, anal,phallic, latency, genital
d. oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
17. Freud believed that smoking, overeating, and habitual gum chewing could result from fixation in the _
stage.
a. genital
b. oral
c. anal
d. phallic
18. The crucial developmental task associated with the anal stage is
Multiple Choice
Identifu the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
I . A durable disposition or tendency to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations defines
a. distinctiveness
b. a descriptive adjective
c. personality
d. a personality kait
2. The majority view among psychologists today is that most aspects of personali[r are derived from _ basic
traits.
a.5
. b.16
c. approximately 50
d. over4500
3. The id is
a. a developmental period that leaves its mark on adult personality
b. the moral component of personality
.. c. the decision-making component of personality
d. the primitive, instinctive component ofpersonality
4. The component of personality that operates according to the reality principle is the
a. conscious
b. superego
c. ego
d. id
5. Jasonjustsatdowntoworkonhisterrnpaperwhenhisfiendscaiiedandinvitedhimto aparty.lfJason
decides he will only go to the party after he finishes outlining the term paper, his decision reflects the
firnctioning of his
a. id
b. superego
c. ego
d. preconscious
6. The supcrcgo is Frcud's term for
a. the moral component of personality
b. the biological impulses that drive our behavior
c. the mediating agent between the other two components of personality
d. the unconscious aspect ofpersonality
' a. superego
b. preconscious
c. unconscious
d. conscious
8. According to Freud, which of the following is entirely unconscious?
a. the self
b. the id
c. the superego
d. the ego
, 6 .l
T
.tl-
9. According to Freud unresolved unconscious conflicts often produce
a. pleasure
b. fixation
c. archetypes
d. anxiety
10. When people give a false, but plausible excuse to justifr their unacceptable behavior, they are using
a. reaction formation
b. displacement
c. rationalization
d. projection
I l. According to Freud, a basic defense mechanism that protects a person from anxiety by keeping diskessing
thoughts and feelings out of the conscious mind is
a. repression
b. regression
c. displacernent
d. projection
12. By attributing our own unacceptable feelings to others and saying others have the feelings and not us, we are
using
a. repression
b. reaction formation
c. displacement
d. projection
13. Under stress, a college student cries and throws things. The behavior of the student is an example of
a. regression
b. reaction formation
c. displacement
d. immaturity
14. According to Freud's theory, the developmental periods that leave their mark on adult personality are
a. defense mechanism stages
b. fixation stages
c. psychological stages
d. psychosexual stages
15. According to Freud's theory either excessive gratification or excessive frustration of needs may result in
a. overcompensation
b. regression
c. fixation
d. defense mechanisms
16. The correct order ofFreud's psychosexual stages ofdevelopment is
a. anal, oral, phallic, latsncy, genital
b. anal, oral,phallic, genital, latency
c. oral, anal,phallic, latency, genital
d. oral, anal, genital, latency, phallic
17. Freud believed that smoking, overeating, and habitual gum chewing could result from fixation in the _
stage.
a. genital
b. oral
c. anal
d. phallic
18. The crucial developmental task associated with the anal stage is
