Personality and Psychological Disorders

Personality is thought to be

• A) short term and easily changed

• B) a pattern of short-term characteristics

• C) unstable and short term

• D) long term, stable and not easily changed

Who is credited with the first comprehensive theory of personality?

• A) Hippocrates

• B) Gall

• C) Wundt

• D) Freud

The id operates on the

• A) reality principle

• B) pleasure principle

• C) instant gratification principle

• D) guilt principle

The universal bank of ideas, images, and concepts that have been passed down through the generations from our ancestors refers to

• A) archetypes

• B) intuition

• C) collective unconscious

• D) personality types

Your level of confidence in your own abilities is known as

• A) self efficacy

• B) self concept

• C) self control

• D) self esteem

Jane believes that she got a bad grade on her psychology paper because her professor doesn't like her. Jane most likely has an

• A) internal locus of control

• B) external locus of control

• C) intrinsic locus of control

• D) extrinsic locus of control

The idea that people's ideas about themselves should match their actions is called

• A) confluence

• B) conscious

• C) conscientiousness

• D) congruence

According to the Eysencks' theory, people who score high on neuroticism tend to be

• A) calm

• B) stable

• C) outgoing

• D) anxious

The United States is considered a

• A) collectivistic

• B) individualist

• C) traditional

• D) nontraditional

Which of the following is NOT a projective test?

• A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

• B) Rorschach Inkblot Test

• C) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

• D) Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blank (RISB)