Psychology of Personality Exam 1 (Shim)
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Psychology Personality - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of the psychological
forces that make people uniquely themselves
Public Self - CORRECT ANSWER - The personality or traits you wish to convey to the
rest of the world; how you want to be seen
Private Self - CORRECT ANSWER - The personality or traits you keep within; the side of
you, you may deem unfit for the rest of society to view
Creative Illusionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Observing a particular behaviors or traits,
and proposing a theory from these observations, often self-reflective. Theorists then look to
validate these theories by observing them in others (consensual validation)
Components of Adequate Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - "Reality", "Normal" &
Pathological Processes, Change Process & Development. Serve as a "road map" to the human
psyche
Personality/Character - CORRECT ANSWER - includes (but not limited to): behavior,
thoughts, feelings
nomothetic - CORRECT ANSWER - Seeking to formulate laws; can describe a wide range
of people. Aristole had this type of theory
idiographic - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to an individual case; describes a single
person. May be enough to refute a common law. Galileo has this type of theory
, psychic determinism - CORRECT ANSWER - Events have observable and non-
observable characteristics; everything happens with a reason, known or unknown, especially
related to psychological events
The idea that the mind is an active system
parapraxis - CORRECT ANSWER - Everyday psychosis; something irrational that has
some unconscious reasoning and is unknown unless further explored; reveals repressed motives
(eg. slip of a tongue)
Free association - CORRECT ANSWER - Method of psychoanalysis in which an
individual says everything that comes to mind, and the therapist is out of view. Helps uncover the
unconscious meanings of things.
Topographical Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - One of Freud's Theory involving the
different mental processes including: Conscious, Preconscious, Censor System (Defense
Mechanisms), Unconscious & Repressed
Conscious - CORRECT ANSWER - The thoughts of your brain that you are currently
aware of
Preconscious - CORRECT ANSWER - The thoughts of your brain that you are not
currently aware of, but can be brought into conscious awareness with the correct stimuli/arousal
Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER - Majority of your brains thoughts; involves those
thoughts you are not conscious of, and are not easily brought into consciousness
Repressed Content - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of your unconscious where painful
events are stored, very DEEP in your unconscious (basically forget that this area exists)
Defense Mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - the brain's censor system; that distorts
reality, and prevents unconscious thoughts from surfacing in an unacceptable way ( rather
alternate routes are formed). Part of censorship
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Psychology Personality - CORRECT ANSWER - The scientific study of the psychological
forces that make people uniquely themselves
Public Self - CORRECT ANSWER - The personality or traits you wish to convey to the
rest of the world; how you want to be seen
Private Self - CORRECT ANSWER - The personality or traits you keep within; the side of
you, you may deem unfit for the rest of society to view
Creative Illusionism - CORRECT ANSWER - Observing a particular behaviors or traits,
and proposing a theory from these observations, often self-reflective. Theorists then look to
validate these theories by observing them in others (consensual validation)
Components of Adequate Theories - CORRECT ANSWER - "Reality", "Normal" &
Pathological Processes, Change Process & Development. Serve as a "road map" to the human
psyche
Personality/Character - CORRECT ANSWER - includes (but not limited to): behavior,
thoughts, feelings
nomothetic - CORRECT ANSWER - Seeking to formulate laws; can describe a wide range
of people. Aristole had this type of theory
idiographic - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to an individual case; describes a single
person. May be enough to refute a common law. Galileo has this type of theory
, psychic determinism - CORRECT ANSWER - Events have observable and non-
observable characteristics; everything happens with a reason, known or unknown, especially
related to psychological events
The idea that the mind is an active system
parapraxis - CORRECT ANSWER - Everyday psychosis; something irrational that has
some unconscious reasoning and is unknown unless further explored; reveals repressed motives
(eg. slip of a tongue)
Free association - CORRECT ANSWER - Method of psychoanalysis in which an
individual says everything that comes to mind, and the therapist is out of view. Helps uncover the
unconscious meanings of things.
Topographical Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - One of Freud's Theory involving the
different mental processes including: Conscious, Preconscious, Censor System (Defense
Mechanisms), Unconscious & Repressed
Conscious - CORRECT ANSWER - The thoughts of your brain that you are currently
aware of
Preconscious - CORRECT ANSWER - The thoughts of your brain that you are not
currently aware of, but can be brought into conscious awareness with the correct stimuli/arousal
Unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER - Majority of your brains thoughts; involves those
thoughts you are not conscious of, and are not easily brought into consciousness
Repressed Content - CORRECT ANSWER - Part of your unconscious where painful
events are stored, very DEEP in your unconscious (basically forget that this area exists)
Defense Mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - the brain's censor system; that distorts
reality, and prevents unconscious thoughts from surfacing in an unacceptable way ( rather
alternate routes are formed). Part of censorship
