Unit X Review - Personality

If a culture emphasizes personal goals and attributes over group goals and attributes it is mostly likely a(n) ________ culture.

•  interdependent 
• individualist
• collectivist
•  naturalist

Jaydon lacks any recognition that his alcohol abuse and neglect of his family are leading to the destruction of both family and career. A psychoanalyst would suggest that Jaydon shows signs of a: 

• strong ego.
• weak id.
• strong superego.
• weak ego.

El Salvadorans have a saying:  “The thief thinks everyone else is a thief.”  This most clearly relates to the defense mechanism of:

•  displacement.
• rationalization.
• projection.
• regression.

Children who have witnessed a parent’s murder report memories that most clearly challenge Sigmund Freud’s concept of: 

• rationalization.
•  the Oedipus complex.
• displacement.
• repression.

Which Neo-Freudian theorist was most interested in the common images found in myths from around the world?

• Carl Jung
• Karen Horney
• Alfred Adler
• Hermann Rorschach

Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated with an emphasis on the importance of: 

•  free association.
•  empirically derived tests.
• reciprocal determinism.
•  a positive self-concept.

Shari is a rather anxious person.  Since she is so insecure, she frequently seeks out the reassurance of others.  On which of the Big Five characteristics would Shari likely score high?

•  neuroticism
• extraversion
• openness
•  conscientiousness 

After experiencing prolonged and seemingly inescapable physical abuse from her husband, Kayla became increasingly depressed and hopelessly resigned to her suffering. Her reaction best illustrates: 

•   a reaction formation.
•  learned helplessness.
• an Electra complex.
• an inferiority complex.

Researchers have found that when asked to rate themselves on socially desirable dimensions such as how ethical they are or how hard they work, most people rate themselves as:

•  average.
•  far below average.
•  just a bit below average.
• above average.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT match?

• Humanism and self-actualization
• Social-cognitive perspective and optimism
• Trait perspective and locus of control
• Psychoanalytic perspective and fixation