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Albert Bandura called the relationship of the three factors that influence personality psychic determinism.

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For Freud,the only personality structure present at birth is the ______.


A) id
B) ego
C) superego
D) preconscious

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According to Freud,the stage in which children develop a marked attachment to the parent of the opposite sex and become jealous of the same-sex parent is the phallic stage.

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In Freud's theory,the id is to fun as the superego is to ____________


A) guilt
B) pride
C) rules
D) freedom

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The Minnesota Twin Studies have determined,as a result of years of research,that personality is entirely genetic and is not influenced by our surroundings or environment.

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What do humanistic and psychoanalytic theories have in common?


A) They are both testable.
B) They are both difficult to test.
C) They both rely on stages.
D) They both base much of their theory on early stressful events.

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Steve is extremely uptight and compulsively neat and orderly.According to Freudian theory,he became fixated at the oral stage of psychosexual development.

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Someone interested in an inventory that might be helpful for making a career choice should try _______.


A) the TAT
B) a Rorschach test
C) the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
D) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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When Candace ordered a hot fudge sundae and a diet soda,she told herself that the calories from the ice cream really were not a big deal because the diet soda sort of balanced it all out.Which of Freud's defense mechanisms is motivating Candace?


A) repression
B) rationalization
C) sublimation
D) projection

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Briefly discuss how the behaviorists explain personality.

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Which theory of personality was a direct reaction against the psychoanalytic and behaviorist perspectives?


A) humanistic perspective
B) trait perspective
C) projective perspective
D) inventory perspective

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What psychoanalytic theorist most notably influenced the Big Five theory of personality?


A) Freud
B) Jung
C) Erikson
D) Horney

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Carl Jung's term for the part of our personality that Freud referred to as the unconscious was the _____________.


A) personal unconscious
B) archetype
C) collective unconscious
D) animus

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Which of the Freudian stages of personality development begins around puberty?


A) oral
B) anal
C) phallic
D) genital

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Gordon Allport thought traits were wired into the brain.

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Using any two of the different perspectives of personality theory,discuss your own personality.What are your positive and not-so-positive attributes? Have you ever stopped to wonder how you became the person you are? What do you think contributes to the personality you have developed? Are there ways you'd like to change your personality? Do you think those changes are possible?

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One limitation of the trait perspective compared to the other perspectives is there is not much ________.


A) description
B) research
C) material
D) explanation

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Which neo-Freudian viewed personality disturbances as resulting from the feelings of inferiority all people share?


A) Carl Jung
B) Alfred Adler
C) Carl Rogers
D) Karen Horney

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Which of the following is least likely to be associated with a collectivist culture?


A) duty
B) order
C) respect for elders
D) equality

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According to Freud,the reality principle is ______.


A) the way in which the ego tries to delay satisfying the id's desires until it can do so safely and successfully
B) the way in which the id tries to obtain gratification and avoid pain
C) the way in which the ego ideal establishes standards of what one would like to be
D) the way in which young children instinctively seek self-actualization

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