1) According to the text, a key
aspect of personality is its _____
quality.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Unique
Ever-changing
Situationally-determined
Continuous
Invariant
2) _____ is defined as the unique
qualities and distinctive behavior
patterns of an individual across
time and situations.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Genetic makeup
Psychopathology
Personality
Social history
Psychic determinism
3) Psychodynamic psychologists
focus on:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
The good in all people
The future.
Learning through rewards and punishments.
Unconscious motives.
Our social environment.
4) According to Freud, our
unconscious holds mostly:
A)
B)
C)
D)
Images and thoughts from the previous day.
Threatening and anxiety-provoking contents.
Ideas about what we would do in the future.
Information regarding rewards we have received in
the past.
E) Information about our culture and religion.
5) A Freudian psychoanalyst would
interpret a client’s impulsive need
for immediate gratification as due
to forces from the:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Id.
Ego.
Superego.
Defense mechanisms.
Instincts.
6) The ____ is the unconscious part
of a personality, whereas the _____
acts as our conscience.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Ego; superego
Superego; ego
Id; superego
Ego; id
Defense mechanism; ego
7) Alice is on a diet and, while at an ice
cream shop with some of her friends,
feels conflicted about what she should
order. Her ____ tells her to get a
banana split, her ____ tells her to get a
glass of water, and her _____ tells her
to order a low fat yogurt.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Superego; id; ego
Id; ego; superego
Id; superego; ego
Ego; superego; id
Superego; ego; id
8) In the different _____ stages,
children are thought to associate
pleasure with different bodily
regions.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Psychosexual
Psychogenic
Psychic
Psychotic
Psychophysiological
9) The anal stage is primarily
concerned with:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Weaning.
Toilet training.
The Oedipus complex.
Mature sexual relationships.
Hostility towards a same-sex parent.
10) Freud believed that women
are attracted to men as a result
of:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Fixation.
The Oedipus complex.
Thanatos.
Their superego.
Penis envy.
11) _____ are used to help protect
ourselves from our own unwanted
sexual and aggressive desires.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Self-actualizing strategies
Schemas
Ego defense mechanisms
Archetypes
The anima and the animus
12) Jeremy is upset and angry that he did not
pass his physics test. He is very angry at his
instructor, but he cannot yell at him or else
he will be in trouble. Instead Jeremy
releases some of his aggressive energy on the
football field. What defense mechanism is
Jeremy using?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Sublimation
Projection
Reaction formation
Regression
Repression
13) After missing a put on the final
hole of a competitive golf
tournament, Greg yells and throws
his club. He is demonstrating:
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Repression.
Reaction formation.
Projection.
Regression.
Rationalization.
14) Erin is supposed to be saving money from her
job to contribute to her college fund. She is at the
mall and sees a shirt that she loves, but she will
have to dip into her fund allotted for college in
order to buy it. She justifies her behavior by
saying, “I have worked really hard this week and I
deserve it.” Erin is using what Freudian defense
mechanism?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Sublimation
Rationalization
Displacement
Denial
Regression
15) ____ occurs when you yell at
your dog after receiving an “F”
on a term paper.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Repression
Depression
Sublimation
Reaction formation
Displacement
Answers
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1) D
2) C
3) D
4) B
5) A
6) C
7) C
8) A
9) B
10) E
11) C
12) A
13) D
14) B
15) E