Views of Personality
Directions: Which psychological perspective is most in line with each of the following statements? Use
“B” for behaviorists, “P” for psychoanalytic, and “H” for humanist.
_____1.
Everybody is different, so one can’t hope to develop one theory of personality that fits
everybody.
_____2.
Getting people to change requires that we focus on what people do, not the underlying
causes of their actions.
_____3.
A good theory of personality will emphasize how each individual feels about his or her
own life.
_____4.
Personality develops in stages.
_____5.
Behavior is determined by factors of which we have little or no awareness.
_____6.
If someone is going to change, s/he must want to change.
_____7.
Talking to someone is a better way of finding out about his/her personality than giving
him/her a personality test.
_____8.
Who we are is determined by our environments.
_____9.
People don’t change much from one setting to another.
_____10.
Choice and free will are important in determining human action.
_____11.
If someone’s behavior is to be changes, his/her motivation must change.
_____12.
Who we are as adults is determined largely by experiences we have as young children.
_____13.
Who we are as adults is determined largely by the environments we find ourselves in.
_____14.
People are all the same in that the same laws and principles that apply to one apply to
the other.
_____15.
Contents and processes of the unconscious mind are important in determining behavior.