WGU D564 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
⩥ What are the 2 major types of personality assessments?
Answer: Personality inventories and projective techniques
⩥ What is a personality inventory?
Answer: A test where people answer a series of questions about
themselves (i.e. self-report)
⩥ What is a projective technique?
Answer: A test where people respond to a series of ambiguous stimuli
⩥ What is the major example of a personality inventory in psychology?
Answer: MMPI
⩥ What is the MMPI?
Answer: A true-false test that uses over 500 questions to indicate if
someone has an abnormal personality style
⩥ What are the 2 major examples of projective techniques?
, Answer: Rorschach Inkblot Test and Thematic Apperception Test
⩥ What is the Rorschach Inkblot Test?
Answer: A test where people are shown ambiguous images and asked to
interpret what they see
⩥ What is the Thematic Apperception Test?
Answer: A test where people are shown ambiguous scenes about people
and asked to tell a story about them
⩥ What are the 3 major parts of the mind according to psychodynamic
theory?
Answer: Id, Ego, and Superego
⩥ What principle does the Id follow?
Answer: Pleasure principle
⩥ What is the pleasure principle?
Answer: The notion that the Id strives to achieve the person's needs and
desires
⩥ What does the Superego follow?
Answer: The various cultural rules and norms within one's society
EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
⩥ What are the 2 major types of personality assessments?
Answer: Personality inventories and projective techniques
⩥ What is a personality inventory?
Answer: A test where people answer a series of questions about
themselves (i.e. self-report)
⩥ What is a projective technique?
Answer: A test where people respond to a series of ambiguous stimuli
⩥ What is the major example of a personality inventory in psychology?
Answer: MMPI
⩥ What is the MMPI?
Answer: A true-false test that uses over 500 questions to indicate if
someone has an abnormal personality style
⩥ What are the 2 major examples of projective techniques?
, Answer: Rorschach Inkblot Test and Thematic Apperception Test
⩥ What is the Rorschach Inkblot Test?
Answer: A test where people are shown ambiguous images and asked to
interpret what they see
⩥ What is the Thematic Apperception Test?
Answer: A test where people are shown ambiguous scenes about people
and asked to tell a story about them
⩥ What are the 3 major parts of the mind according to psychodynamic
theory?
Answer: Id, Ego, and Superego
⩥ What principle does the Id follow?
Answer: Pleasure principle
⩥ What is the pleasure principle?
Answer: The notion that the Id strives to achieve the person's needs and
desires
⩥ What does the Superego follow?
Answer: The various cultural rules and norms within one's society
