Portage Learning General Psychology
Module 8 questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
personality
- correct answer an individual's unique patterns of thoughts and behaviors
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
- correct answer Who were the two personality theorists?
Sigmund Freud
- correct answer believed that individual's personalities developed through a series of stages (oral, anal,
phallic, latency, and genital)
Fixiated
- correct answer term for stuck
1. id
2. ego
3. superego
- correct answer What are the three components to human personality?
id
- correct answer completely unconscious; individuals seek immediate gratification or satisfaction of
basic needs like sex or food
ego
- correct answer rational aspect of our minds (if I do this, this will happen)
, superego
- correct answer the internal idea of what one should and should not do
Carl Jung
- correct answer deemphasized sexual development and sexual contributions to personality
extroverts
- correct answer focused outwards; enjoy being social around others
introverts
- correct answer focused inwards; draw energy from silence and isolation
Karen Horney
- correct answer developed a theory of neurosis (phycological distress within social acceptable limits)
moving toward people
- correct answer always needs approval and appreciation; dependent toward someone else
moving against people
- correct answer people who are always in conflict with others (aggression)
moving away from people
- correct answer always pull away from others (detachment and independence)
temperament
- correct answer early form of personality
traits
- correct answer characteristics of adult personality and are assumed to be stable qualities in a individual
ideographic view
- correct answer states that each person has a unique personality meaning all traits DO NOT exist in
everyone
Module 8 questions and answers 2025\2026
A+ Grade
personality
- correct answer an individual's unique patterns of thoughts and behaviors
Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung
- correct answer Who were the two personality theorists?
Sigmund Freud
- correct answer believed that individual's personalities developed through a series of stages (oral, anal,
phallic, latency, and genital)
Fixiated
- correct answer term for stuck
1. id
2. ego
3. superego
- correct answer What are the three components to human personality?
id
- correct answer completely unconscious; individuals seek immediate gratification or satisfaction of
basic needs like sex or food
ego
- correct answer rational aspect of our minds (if I do this, this will happen)
, superego
- correct answer the internal idea of what one should and should not do
Carl Jung
- correct answer deemphasized sexual development and sexual contributions to personality
extroverts
- correct answer focused outwards; enjoy being social around others
introverts
- correct answer focused inwards; draw energy from silence and isolation
Karen Horney
- correct answer developed a theory of neurosis (phycological distress within social acceptable limits)
moving toward people
- correct answer always needs approval and appreciation; dependent toward someone else
moving against people
- correct answer people who are always in conflict with others (aggression)
moving away from people
- correct answer always pull away from others (detachment and independence)
temperament
- correct answer early form of personality
traits
- correct answer characteristics of adult personality and are assumed to be stable qualities in a individual
ideographic view
- correct answer states that each person has a unique personality meaning all traits DO NOT exist in
everyone
