PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● psychodynamic theories
Answer: theories that behavior results from the psychological forces that
interact within the individual, often outside conscious awareness; linked
by Freud
●● unconscious
Answer: prominent in Freudian theory; ideas, thoughts, feelings of
which we are not aware normally; basis of psychoanalysis
●● psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality and form of therapy; based on
bringing the conscious unconscious; uses techniques such as free
association, dream interpretation, and transference
●● id
Answer: Freudian; unconscious urges and desires; selfish needs;
operates on pleasure principle-any means to satisfy need; which
fulfillment-mental object/situation to relieve the feeling
, ●● libido
Answer: Freudian idea that energy is from sexual instinct; Jungian idea
that energy is everything
●● fixation
Answer: Freudian; partial or complete halt at one of the psychosexual
stages of development; when individual fails to complete the
psychosexual task successfully; can be expressed as personality traits
●● oral stage
Answer: Freud, psychosexual stage of development; age: 0-18 months;
focus: oral cavity; task: transition from bottle/breast to solid food;
conflict: id derives pleasure from sucking/excepting into mouth; if child
fails to complete tasks, (s)he becomes fixated; fixations-underindulged
oral-suspicious, sarcastic, pessimistic, trust issues; overindulged oral-
clingy, optimistic, gullible, needy
●● anal stage
Answer: Freud, psychosexual stage of development; age: 18 months-3
years; focus: anus-retention/expulsion of species; task: to successfully
learned toilet training; conflict: id derives pleasure from
retention/expulsion, whereas ego and superego represents society the
practical/societal pressures to control bodily functions; if child fails to
complete the task,(s)he becomes fixated; fixations-anal expulsion-messy,
disorganized, reckless, careless, defiant; anal-retentive-neat, precise,
orderly, stingy, obstinate, meticulous, passive-aggressive
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● psychodynamic theories
Answer: theories that behavior results from the psychological forces that
interact within the individual, often outside conscious awareness; linked
by Freud
●● unconscious
Answer: prominent in Freudian theory; ideas, thoughts, feelings of
which we are not aware normally; basis of psychoanalysis
●● psychoanalysis
Answer: Freud's theory of personality and form of therapy; based on
bringing the conscious unconscious; uses techniques such as free
association, dream interpretation, and transference
●● id
Answer: Freudian; unconscious urges and desires; selfish needs;
operates on pleasure principle-any means to satisfy need; which
fulfillment-mental object/situation to relieve the feeling
, ●● libido
Answer: Freudian idea that energy is from sexual instinct; Jungian idea
that energy is everything
●● fixation
Answer: Freudian; partial or complete halt at one of the psychosexual
stages of development; when individual fails to complete the
psychosexual task successfully; can be expressed as personality traits
●● oral stage
Answer: Freud, psychosexual stage of development; age: 0-18 months;
focus: oral cavity; task: transition from bottle/breast to solid food;
conflict: id derives pleasure from sucking/excepting into mouth; if child
fails to complete tasks, (s)he becomes fixated; fixations-underindulged
oral-suspicious, sarcastic, pessimistic, trust issues; overindulged oral-
clingy, optimistic, gullible, needy
●● anal stage
Answer: Freud, psychosexual stage of development; age: 18 months-3
years; focus: anus-retention/expulsion of species; task: to successfully
learned toilet training; conflict: id derives pleasure from
retention/expulsion, whereas ego and superego represents society the
practical/societal pressures to control bodily functions; if child fails to
complete the task,(s)he becomes fixated; fixations-anal expulsion-messy,
disorganized, reckless, careless, defiant; anal-retentive-neat, precise,
orderly, stingy, obstinate, meticulous, passive-aggressive
