Unit 5 Test: Personality

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1. Personality can best be defined as

The way you behave in social situations

The pattern of thoughts, behaviors, and actions across different situations that make you unique

An illusion, like consciousness or objective reality

The product of all of your experiences

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2. What does the psychoanalytic approach to personality teach?

All people undergo inner struggles between unconscious drives and social rules

People are driven to overcome feelings of inferiority and insecurity

Personality is primarily a learned behavior

Self-Actualization is the goal of all behavior

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3. What three basic psychological structures of the mind did Freud identify?

Introversion, Extroversion, and Stability

Id, Ego, and Superego

Repression, Rationalization, and Regression

Actualization, Archetypes, and Individuation

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4. The need for a sense of purpose falls into which level of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs

Physiological Needs

Social Needs

Self-Actualization Needs

Economic Needs

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5. If someone tends to be very outgoing, self-expressive, and gains energy from being with others, they most likely have high levels of which trait?

Introversion

Extroversion

Conscientiousness

Openness

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6. If someone is very creative and imaginative, tends to look inward for ideas, and needs "alone" time to recharge, they most likely high levels of which trait?

Introversion

Extroversion

Conscientiousness

Openness

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7. Hans is very organized and pays lots of attention to detail. People at his work know that they can rely on him to get things done right, but nobody likes to eat lunch with him or hang out with him after work because he is rude, selfish, and generally not nice. Which of the following probably describes his results on a Five-Factor Personality test?

High Extroversion, Low Conscientiousness

High Agreeableness, Low Conscientiousness

High Conscientiousness, Low Agreeableness

High Extroversion, Low Openness

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8. Gordon enjoys being with other people, and has good relationships, but he needs time to himself to recharge and re-focus. He is happy with his simple, private life and has very little interest in trying new things. Which of the following probably describes his results on a Five Factor personality test?

High Openness, High Extroversion

Low Stability, High Openness

High Stability, High Openness

High Introversion, Low Openness

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9. A Psychologist who believes in the Trait Theory of personality would probably agree with which of the following statements?

Personalities tend to change over time

Personalities are shaped by your environment

Personalities are made of a fixed set of traits, or characteristics, that you are born with

Personalities are the result of unconscious conflict

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10. In Freud's theory of personality, what is the role of the ego?

To communicate to others how great you are

To help find a compromise between basic animal drives and social rules or morality

To keep you alive by satisfying your need for sleep and food

To create feelings of shame and guilt

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11. According to Freud, when we deal with uncomfortable or unacceptable thoughts or feelings by pushing the deep into our unconscious, so that we are unaware of it, we are using a defense mechanism known as

Displacement

Reaction Formation

Ego-Integrity

Repression

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12. According to Freud, defense mechanisms become problems when

We first start using them

They cause us to ignore the underlying issues causing the problem

Other people notice them

We use more than one at a time

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13. According to Abraham Maslow, in order for us to reach a level of self-actualization, we first need

Food, water, and shelter

Safety and Security

Respect, social recognition, and self-esteem

All of the above are necessary before we achieve self-actualization

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14. Which of the following is an example of a projective personality test?

MMPI

California Psychological Inventory

Myers-Briggs

Rorschach Inkblot Test

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15. What is one difference between the MMPI and the California Psychological Inventory?

One is a projective test, the other is an objective test

One is designed for classifying psychological disorders, the other is designed for those without disorders

One is written, the other is given all in pictures

One is culturally biased, the other is not

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16. H.H. Holmes was a 19th Century Con-artist. As a boy he had a hobby of dissecting animals. In college, he stole dead bodies from the medical school, took out fake insurance policies on them, and collected the insurance money. In the 1880s, he built a hotel in Chicago that was designed to kill guests and hide their bodies. Which personality disorder most likely describes H.H. Holmes?

Dependent Personality Disorder

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder

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17. Adrian is very concerned about cleanliness--so concerned that he is constantly cleaning things. He brings disinfectant wipes wherever he goes, and is constantly wiping down shopping carts, restaurant tables and chairs, and other surfaces he encounters in public. Each night he thoroughly cleans the house before going to bed--he finds he can't sleep if anything is dirty or out of place. What personality disorder best describes Adrian?

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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18. Right after college, Donnie received a large sum of money from his wealthy father to start his own business. This was the first of many business ventures, many of which failed. Despite his failures, Donnie came to believe that he was the most successful businessman in the country--and he insisted that people around him treat him that way. He began publicly attacking people who questioned or criticized him, and insisting everyone loved him, despite large amounts of evidence to the contrary. He began taking on jobs he had no qualifications for, convinced that he alone could do them perfectly. Which personality disorder does this sound like?

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Histrionic Personality Disorder

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19. How are personality disorders different from most other mental health issues?

Personality disorders are pervasive--always present throughout a person's life, while other mental health issues tend to occur in specific, noticeable episodes.

Personality disorders cannot be treated in any way, family and friends just need to learn to deal with it, while most other mental health issues can be treated

Personality disorders are not technically psychological disorders

Personality Disorders are a lot more common than any other mental health issue.

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20. Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of people with Antisocial Personality Disorder

High Intelligence

A diminished (or weak) fear of consequences

Lack of empathy

Social awkwardness

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21. Consider the three theories of personality we have focused on: Trait Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory (think Freud), and Humanistic Theory (think Maslow). Which theory do you think best captures the essence of human personality? Why? (5 points)

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