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CSL-621 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 2025/2026
FINAL EXAM BANK COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING
QUESTION AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWER
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CSL-621
Ace your CSL-621 Theories of Personality final exam with this
targeted guide, designed to master major theoretical
frameworks and their application to human behavior and
therapeutic practice. This resource delivers scenario-based
practice questions evidence-based covering psychodynamic,
humanistic, cognitive, and trait-based approaches.
A person who is suffering from feelings of alienation and
isolation has probably failed to achieve a sense of ____
during the ____stage of development.
A. identity; adolescence
B. intimacy; young adulthood
C. trust; infancy
D. integrity; later life ...... ANSWER ....... B. intimacy;
young adulthood
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Jacqueline feels guilty whenever she considers taking a day
off from work for personal reasons. Which of the psychic
structures postulated by Freud is fueling her guilt feelings?
a. The id
b. The ego
c. the superego
d. The consciousness ...... ANSWER ....... C. The
superego
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Manufacturing "good" reasons to explain away a bruised ego,
or to explain away failures or losses, is known as:
A. displacement
B. rationalization
C. projection
D. introjection ...... ANSWER ....... B. rationalization.
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Feelings of hostility, destructiveness, anger, rage, and hatred
are associated with the:
A. oral stage
B. anal stage
C. genital stage
D. phallic stage. ...... ANSWER ....... B. anal stage
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A person with a ____ personality disorder is characterized by
instability, irritability, self-destructive acts, impulsive anger,
and extreme mood shifts. This person is lacking a clear
sense of identity, has poor impulse control, and an inability
to tolerate anxiety.
a. narcissistic
b. dependent
c. borderline
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d. obsessive compulsive ...... ANSWER ....... c.
borderline
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A person who unconsciously exhibits overly nice behavior to
conceal hostile feelings is probably using which ego
defense?
A. reaction formation
B. projection
C. introjection
D. displacement ...... ANSWER ....... A. reaction
formation
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Who developed the object-relations view that focuses on
separation and individuation?
a. Perls
b. Satir
CSL-621 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY 2025/2026
FINAL EXAM BANK COMPLETE CURRENT TESTING
QUESTION AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWER
(VERIFIED) GUARANTEED PASS/TOP-RATED A+.
CSL-621
Ace your CSL-621 Theories of Personality final exam with this
targeted guide, designed to master major theoretical
frameworks and their application to human behavior and
therapeutic practice. This resource delivers scenario-based
practice questions evidence-based covering psychodynamic,
humanistic, cognitive, and trait-based approaches.
A person who is suffering from feelings of alienation and
isolation has probably failed to achieve a sense of ____
during the ____stage of development.
A. identity; adolescence
B. intimacy; young adulthood
C. trust; infancy
D. integrity; later life ...... ANSWER ....... B. intimacy;
young adulthood
pg 65
, Page 2 of 81
Jacqueline feels guilty whenever she considers taking a day
off from work for personal reasons. Which of the psychic
structures postulated by Freud is fueling her guilt feelings?
a. The id
b. The ego
c. the superego
d. The consciousness ...... ANSWER ....... C. The
superego
pg 60
Manufacturing "good" reasons to explain away a bruised ego,
or to explain away failures or losses, is known as:
A. displacement
B. rationalization
C. projection
D. introjection ...... ANSWER ....... B. rationalization.
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pg 62
Feelings of hostility, destructiveness, anger, rage, and hatred
are associated with the:
A. oral stage
B. anal stage
C. genital stage
D. phallic stage. ...... ANSWER ....... B. anal stage
pg 63
A person with a ____ personality disorder is characterized by
instability, irritability, self-destructive acts, impulsive anger,
and extreme mood shifts. This person is lacking a clear
sense of identity, has poor impulse control, and an inability
to tolerate anxiety.
a. narcissistic
b. dependent
c. borderline
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d. obsessive compulsive ...... ANSWER ....... c.
borderline
pg 82
A person who unconsciously exhibits overly nice behavior to
conceal hostile feelings is probably using which ego
defense?
A. reaction formation
B. projection
C. introjection
D. displacement ...... ANSWER ....... A. reaction
formation
(page 62)
Who developed the object-relations view that focuses on
separation and individuation?
a. Perls
b. Satir
