Psychology of Personality Exam Bank
Course
Introduction
Psychology of Personality explores the major theories, research findings, and methods used to understand human personality. The course examines the development, assessment, and determinants of personality, including biological, cultural, and environmental influences. Students will analyze classic and contemporary perspectives such as psychoanalytic, trait, humanistic, social-cognitive, and biological approaches. Through case studies and current research, the course addresses how personality shapes behavior, emotion, and thought, as well as its impact on mental health and social relationships.
Recommended Textbook
Theories of Personality 8th Edition by Jess Feist
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
19 Chapters
1317 Verified Questions
1317 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/2914
Page 2
Chapter 1: Introduction to Personality Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
35 Verified Questions
35 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58042
Sample Questions
Q1) The basic data of science are A)observations.
B)facts.
C)theories.
D)hypotheses.
Answer: A
Q2) Statements formed in an if-then framework are most likely A)taxonomies.
B)philosophies.
C)theories.
D)definitions of personality.
Answer: C
Q3) A set of related assumptions from which,by logical deductive reasoning,testable hypotheses can be drawn is A)a philosophy.
B)the definition of theory.
C)the definition of taxonomy.
D)an armchair speculation.
Answer: B
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 3
Chapter 2: Freud: Psychoanalysis
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
114 Verified Questions
114 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58031
Sample Questions
Q1) The event that eventually led to Freud's achievement of fame was his
A)partnership with Jung.
B)use of cocaine.
C)insistence on the existence of male hysteria.
D)marriage to Martha Bernays.
E)publication of The Interpretation of Dreams.
Answer: E
Q2) Ashley feels uneasy after violating her personal standards of honesty and cheating on a test.Freud might suggest that she is suffering from _______ anxiety.
A)aim-inhibited
B)realistic
C)neurotic
D)moral
Answer: D
Q3) Freud said that in girls,the castration complex
A)shatters the Oedipus complex.
B)takes the form of penis envy.
C)precedes the Oedipus complex.
D)b and c
Answer: D
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4
Chapter 3: Adler: Individual Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
76 Verified Questions
76 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58030
Sample Questions
Q1) From Adler's biography,we know that he
A)came from a Jewish background.
B)had a younger brother who died in infancy.
C)was second born.
D)None of these is correct.
E)All of these are correct.
Answer: C
Q2) Adler borrowed his ideas on fictionalism from A)Sigmund Freud.
B)Karl Marx.
C)John Calvin.
D)Hans Vaihinger.
Answer: D
Q3) The tendency toward completion,Adler believed, A)was a result of birth order.
B)was innate but needed to be developed.
C)was learned during preadolescence.
D)resulted from the masculine protest.
Answer: B
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 5
Chapter 4: Jung: Analytical Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58029
Sample Questions
Q1) After Jung broke from Freud,he developed an approach to theory and therapy called A)psychoanalysis.
B)archetype analysis.
C)complex counseling.
D)individuation analysis.
E)None of these is correct.
Q2) Jung cited ______ as evidence for the existence of a collective unconscious. A)big dreams
B)early recollections
C)the word association test
D)all of these
Q3) Jung believed that the crucial time in life when one should move from an extraverted attitude toward an introverted one is A)infancy.
B)childhood.
C)middle life.
D)old age.
Q4) Describe Jung's levels of the psyche.
Q5) List and briefly describe Jung's most important archetypes.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Klein: Object Relations Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
49 Verified Questions
49 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58028
Sample Questions
Q1) Which object relations theorist spent much time observing normal babies as they bonded with their mothers during the first 3 years of life?
A)Melanie Klein
B)Margaret Mahler
C)Otto Kernberg
D)Heinz Kohut
Q2) According to Bowlby,infants who become separated from their primary caregivers experience separation anxiety.The first stage of separation is the A)detachment stage.
B)attachment stage.
C)protest stage.
D)despair stage.
E)anal stage.
Q3) Klein believed that during the female Oedipus complex,the girl
A)sees only the positive,not negative,aspects of the mother's breast.
B)phantasizes that the father's penis feeds the mother with babies.
C)sees only the negative,not positive,aspects of the mother's breast.
D)adopts a masculine position toward both parents.
E)holds her mother responsible for her lack of a penis.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 7
Chapter 6: Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
62 Verified Questions
62 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58027
Sample Questions
Q1) In Horney's view,___________ is (are) largely responsible for the development of basic anxiety and subsequent unhealthy interpersonal relations.
A)cultural conditions
B)the existential dilemma
C)the idealized self-image
D)neurotic pride
Q2) According to Horney,the underlying cause of human neuroses is
A)the Oedipus complex.
B)physiological deficiencies.
C)restrictive toilet training.
D)human interrelations.
Q3) Children who feel isolated from others are likely to develop Horney's neurotic trend of moving
A)with others.
B)away from others.
C)against others.
D)toward others.
Q4) Discuss Horney's criticism of Freud.
Q5) Discuss Horney's concepts of neurotic needs and neurotic trends.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: Erikson: Post-Freudian Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
60 Verified Questions
60 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58026
Sample Questions
Q1) In Fromm's view,the burden of freedom results in
A)primal guilt.
B)narcissistic shame.
C)rootedness.
D)basic anxiety.
Q2) According to Fromm,both masochism and sadism aim at
A)increasing basic anxiety through unity with others.
B)decreasing basic anxiety through destruction of others.
C)increasing basic anxiety through destruction of others.
D)decreasing basic anxiety through unity with others.
Q3) For Fromm,the relatively permanent way in which people relate to themselves and to the world is called
A)character.
B)transcendence.
C)personality.
D)reception.
Q4) List and discuss Fromm's nonproductive and productive character orientations.
Q5) Discuss Fromm's five human,or existential,needs.
Q6) Discuss Fromm's basic assumptions about personality and include his three existential dichotomies.
Page 9
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 8: Fromm: Humanistic Psychoanalysis
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
87 Verified Questions
87 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58025
Sample Questions
Q1) The resolution of the crisis of early childhood results in Erikson's basic strength of A)trust.
B)love.
C)will.
D)purposefulness.
E)competence.
Q2) Inadequate will,according to Erikson,is expressed as A)stubbornness.
B)inhibition.
C)compulsion.
D)shame.
E)autonomy.
Q3) Erikson believed that some degree of role repudiation is necessary for A)formation of personal identity.
B)injection of new ideas into society.
C)injection of new vitality into the social structure.
D)none of these.
E)all of these.
Q4) List the key concepts in Erikson's infancy stage.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 10
Chapter 9: Maslow: Holistic-Dynamic Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58024
Sample Questions
Q1) According to Maslow,the 14 B-values
A)distinguish self-actualizing people from those healthy people who do not reach self-actualization.
B)are so highly interrelated that they probably represent a single factor.
C)will probably become 20 or 25 in number as people become more self-actualizing.
D)a and b
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an assumption underlying Maslow's theory of motivation?
A)People are continually motivated by one need or another.
B)Unconscious forces lie behind much surface motivation.
C)People in different cultures have different basic needs.
D)Human needs can be arranged on a hierarchy.
E)The whole person is motivated as a unit.
Q3) According to Maslow,self-actualizing people are
A)relatively well satisfied in their basic needs.
B)more likely to be men than women.
C)more likely to be young than old.
D)motivated by deficiency needs.
Q4) List and explain the five needs in Maslow's hierarchy.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11
Chapter 10: Rogers: Person-Centered Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
69 Verified Questions
69 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58041
Sample Questions
Q1) When a person becomes vaguely aware that the discrepancy between experience and self may become conscious,Rogers said that he or she will develop a feeling of A)congruence.
B)negative self-regard.
C)anxiety.
D)vulnerability.
Q2) For Rogers,all behavior is relative to the A)cognitive self.
B)ideal self.
C)genuine self.
D)formative tendency.
E)actualizing tendency.
Q3) 45 In a state of disorganization,people's behavior may be consistent with their A)actualizing tendency.
B)shattered self-concept.
C)formative tendency.
D)disorganizational tendency.
Q4) Describe Rogers's concepts of the formative and actualizing tendencies.
Q5) Describe Rogers' notion of the self and self-actualization.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 12
Chapter 11: May: Existential Psychology
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
76 Verified Questions
76 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58040
Sample Questions
Q1) Existentialists believe that most people in modern societies experience alienation due to a separation of A)body from soul.
B)child from mother.
C)self from the world.
D)body from mind.
Q2) May held that Umwelt includes the world of A)objects and things. B)myths.
C)our relationships with other people
D)other people's relationships with us.
Q3) May called ______ the freedom to act on the choices one makes.
A)essential freedom
B)existential freedom
C)freedom of intentionality
D)freedom of will
Q4) List and define the four forms of love,as seen by Rollo May.
Q5) List several common assumptions found among most existentialists.
Q6) Define and explain being-in-the-world and nonbeing
Page 13
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 12: Allport: Psychology of the Individual
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
67 Verified Questions
67 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58039
Sample Questions
Q1) The case of Marion Taylor was interesting to Allport because he studied her personality through which morphogenic method?
A)diaries
B)dreams
C)doodles
D)voice patterns
Q2) Allport's master system of motivation that confers unity on personality is called
A)the ego.
B)perseverative functional autonomy.
C)propriate functional autonomy.
D)the self-concept.
Q3) Allport believed that insight and humor may be aspects of A)self-objectification.
B)emotional maturity.
C)c,reactive behavior.
D)the self as knower.
E)extrinsic religious orientation.
Q4) Discuss Allport's concept of the psychologically healthy personality.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 14
Chapter 13: Mccrae and Costas Five Factor Trait Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
58 Verified Questions
58 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58038
Sample Questions
Q1) Explain briefly how factor analysis is used to measure personality traits.
Q2) McCrae and Costa's Five-Factor Model (FFM) can both ______ and _____ behavior.
A)forecast,foretell
B)predict,explain
C)identify,analyze
D)measure,hypothesize
Q3) McCrae and Costa used the concept of personal myths to equate to which concept(s)?
A)distorted ego perceptions
B)self-actualization
C)self-efficacy
D)proprium
Q4) People who score low on openness to experience tend to
A)be conventional,down-to-earth,and prefer the familiar.
B)support traditional values,and prefer a fixed lifestyle.
C)be conservative,lacking in curiosity,and need closure.
D)show all of these characteristics in their personalities.
Q5) Define and explain the personality theory of McCrae and Costa and how behavior is predicted by an understanding of three central or core components.
Q6) Elaborate on the five-factor model of trait personality theory.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15
Chapter 14: Eysencks Biologically Based Factor Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
44 Verified Questions
44 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58037
Sample Questions
Q1) Eysenck believed that the primary difference between extraverts and introverts is one of
A)mother-infant relationships.
B)objectivity/subjectivity.
C)neuroticism/stability.
D)cortical arousal level.
E)gender.
Q2) Which one of the following is not one of Eysenck's superfactors?
A)extraversion
B)neuroticism
C)introversion
D)psychoticism
Q3) Traits generated through factor analysis may be either _____ or ______.
A)unipolar; bipolar.
B)unidimensional; multidimensional.
C)conscious; unconscious.
D)loaded; unloaded.
E)static; rotated.
Q4) What are the three main areas of evidence for the biological basis of human personality? Explain and discuss.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 16
Chapter 15: Buss: Evolutionary Theory of Personality
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
50 Verified Questions
50 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58036
Sample Questions
Q1) Buss states that there are ______ specific main classes of mechanism.
A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five
Q2) Psychological mechanisms relevant to personality can be grouped into _______ main categories.
A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five
Q3) Evolutionary theory of personality argues that the theory rates quite highly
A)on internal consistency
B)as a guide for practitioners
C)on the criterion of parsimony
D)on organizing known knowledge
Q4) Define,explain,and discuss briefly the three different types of selection focused on by evolutionary theorists.
Q5) Name and describe Buss's five personality dimensions.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17
Chapter 16: Skinner: Behavioral Analysis
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
81 Verified Questions
81 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58035
Sample Questions
Q1) As a young man,Skinner wanted to become a
A)physician.
B)lawyer.
C)psychologist.
D)writer.
Q2) Skinner believed that the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior are
A)people's psychological components.
B)people's constitutions.
C)people's conscious perceptions.
D)people's personal histories.
Q3) Skinner's technique of "doing something else" is used
A)solely with self-control.
B)solely with social control.
C)with either self-control or social control.
D)with neither self-control nor social control.
Q4) Discuss Skinner's philosophy of science as it applies to the study of human behavior.
Q5) Distinguish negative reinforcement from both positive reinforcement and punishment.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 18
Chapter 17: Bandura: Social Cognitive Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
76 Verified Questions
76 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58034
Sample Questions
Q1) Bandura holds that reinforcement is
A)cognitively mediated.
B)automatic.
C)a function of the environment.
D)a function of the individual's history.
E)an unnecessary concept for learning theory.
Q2) On the issue of determinism versus free will,Bandura favors a position that emphasizes A)freedom.
B)determinism.
C)partial determinism.
D)None of these is correct.
Q3) According to Bandura,disengagement of internal control is most likely to occur when
A)a lawbreaker on trial attempts to convince the judge or jury of her innocence.
B)an otherwise law-abiding citizen attempts to convince himself that his criminal acts are justified.
C)the unconscious mind gains control of the conscious mind.
D)the conscious mind gains control of the unconscious mind.
Q4) Discuss Bandura's concept of collective efficacy.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 19
Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
70 Verified Questions
70 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58033
Sample Questions
Q1) "A generalized expectancy held by an individual that the word,promise,oral or written statement of another individual or group can be relied on" is Rotter's definition of A)social interest.
B)interpersonal trust.
C)external control of reinforcement.
D)gullibility.
Q2) Discuss Mischel's person-situation interaction,or conditional view of personal dispositions.
Q3) Mischel suggests that one reason why our behavior tends to be inconsistent is that we
A)have no unifying master motive.
B)cannot predict others' behavior.
C)lack a consistent philosophy of life.
D)All of these are correct.
E)None of these is correct.
Q4) Explain Rotter's concepts of internal and external control of reinforcement.
Q5) List Rotter's four variables of prediction and briefly define each of them.
Page 20
Q6) List and briefly explain Mischel and Shoda's five cognitive-affective units.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 19: Kelly: Psychology of Personal Constructs
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
75 Verified Questions
75 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/58032
Sample Questions
Q1) The fact that two people may see two different events in a similar fashion is explained by Kelly's _______ corollary.
A)fragmentation
B)sociality
C)modulation
D)range
E)commonality
Q2) The notion that the ONLY reality is our perception reflects the A)psychoanalytic approach.
B)behavioral view.
C)phenomenological system.
D)personal construct approach.
E)dichotomous view.
Q3) People arrange their constructs to avoid conflicts and transcend contradictions.This illustrates Kelly's ______ corollary.
A)dichotomy
B)construction
C)choice
D)individuality
E)organization
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 21