STUDY GUIDE Unit 10: Personality- Write on a separate ...

1 STUDY GUIDE Unit 10: Personality- Write on a separate sheet of paper REFER TO YOUR TEXT, NOT ONLY YOUR NOTES. Humanistic Psychology 1. Explain the following terms (in one sentence) as they relate to humanistic psychology: Unconditional Positive Regard, Congruence, Humanism, Person-Centered Therapy. 2. What is self actualization? Neo Freudians: 1. Which Neo-Freudian would believe that main forces behind our behaviors are social? 2. Which Neo-Freudian believed that individuals have an inferiority complex? What did he mean by compensation? 3. According to Jung, these are instinctive memories that all shared by people of all cultures. 4. Which Neo-Freudian believed that basic anxiety could block one's personality? 5. Movies like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are based on Jungian _____. Psychoanalysis: 1. According to Freud's three part personality theory: Id, Ego, Superego a. Which part would want the dessert? b. Which part would no dessert? c. Which part would look for a compromise and choose a low-fat dessert?

2 2. Between the Id, Ego, Superego, which part would resolve conflicts between the other two. Which one would say that premarital sex is a sin? Which one is based on instant gratification and wants? 3. What type of tests are based on Freudian beliefs and ask people to describe ambiguous stimuli? Do these tests have great validity (accuracy)? 4. According to Freud's psychosexual stages, a person who is obsessively clean would be fixated in this psychosocial stage? At this end of this stage a person would start to identify with their father? This stage focuses on toilet training? 5. These are designed to protect ourself from unwanted sexual and aggressive desires. Hint, there are 10 of them? 6. Name the defense mechanism here: a. Excluding acceptable feelings from the unconscious? b. A golfer throwing his club after missing a putt? c. Despite having no money to spend, a girl tells herself I deserve to buy this new purse because I worked hard this past week. d.

3 A person acts in opposition of how they truly feel. e. The Rorschach and the TAT are based on this defense mechanism. f. Angered by his teacher, Jimmy releases his anger on the football field. g. Yell at your dog because you're upset at your mom. 7. These are slips of the tongue that often represent unconscious desires according to psychoanalytic theory. 8. A violent assault and other type of destructive behaviors would best describe the instinct of Eros or Thanatos? STUDY GUIDE Social-Cognitive Perspective 1. This person said we are likely to learn thru the observation of others. 2. What are your three components of reciprocal determinism? Trait: 1. Define Trait 2. This is the test designed to assess the Big Five Personality characteristics. 3. This person proposed that bodily fluids/humors were associated with different temperaments. 4. Going back to Jerome Kagan's work on temperament in Ch 9, is temperament more nature or nurture? 5. What are your big-five personality characteristics?

4 Which one measures a person who gets along with others? Which one best describes someone who is nervous and anxious? Which one describes someone who gets along with others? Which one has negative connotations? List an acronym for the big 5 personality characteristics. 6. This person proposed the idea of cardinal, central, and secondary traits? 7. This test measures serious mental problems such as schizophrenia and depression? 8. What are the 8 dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Test? 9. Can the MMPI detect lying? How many clinical scales is it based on?