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Psychology Chapter 11: Personality Webquest
Directions: You have Friday, May 11th through Tuesday, May 15th to answer the following questions
below using your textbook and the websites provided for each section. Type your answers directly on this
sheet. Be sure to do a “SAVE AS” into your own Z drive, especially since you are working on this over
the course of a few days. When you have completed the webquest, print out a copy so that I may check it
and we can discuss it in class. For ease of grading/reading, please use a different font and/or font color
for your responses. The point value for each activity is listed in parentheses after the question. The total
value of this assignment is 50 points. This will be the last grade for the 4th nine-week grading period.
INTRODUCTION
1. What is your textbook’s definition of personality? (1)
FREUD AND THE PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH
http://changingminds.org/explanations/personality/freud_personality.htm
1. Freud was the founder of the __________________ approach to personality. (1)
2. Explain this picture as it pertains to Freud’s theory. (2)
Explanation:
3. List the Freud’s Three Levels of Awareness in the chart below and sum each up in six words or less. (3)
Level of Awareness
Sum it up in six
4. According to Freud there are three components to personality. Answer the questions about them below.
(7)
 Id:
What does it contain?
What is the pleasure principal?
What are the primary processes of the id?
What is eros?
What is thanatos?
 Ego:
Unlike the id, what is the ego aware of?
What is the ego aware of in terms of behavior?
What is the ego’s “dilemma”?
What does the ego control?
 Superego:
What does the superego contain?
How is the superego the opposite of the id?
In the text box under each picture, write the name of the personality component that it best
symbolizes.
5. According to Freud, what are defense mechanisms? (1)
6. Finish the table of common defense mechanisms, describing them in your own words. Also give
an example of something a person who is exhibiting each of them might say. I have done the first
one for you. (Do not copy directly from your book or a site. Please put these in your own words!)
(5)
Defense Mechanism
Description
Quote
Denial
Believing that what is true, is
false.
“I spoke to my girlfriend, and she said you
couldn’t have seen her at the movie with Tim”
Regression
Reaction Formation
Projection
Rationalization
Displacement
7. Using the chart on page 296 of your book, fill in the missing components of Freud’s Psychosexual
Stages of Personality Development: (5)
Stage
Age
(0-18 months)
Anal
(3-6 years)
Genital
Focus
THE HUMANISTS
Use your textbook and the websites below
http://www.wilderdom.com/personality/L10-2Humanistic.html
http://www.btinternet.com/~p.g.h/counselling_training_unconditional_positive_regard.htm
1. Describe the humanistic perspective on personality. (1)
2. What psychologists are central to this theory? (1)
3. What is self actualization vs. the real self? (2)
4. What is unconditional positive regard? (1)
5. List four components of unconditional positive regard. (2)
THE TRAIT PERSPECTIVE
(Use your book for this section.)
1. Trait theorists are less concerned with _____________personality traits than with
____________________ them. (1)
2. Define factor- (1)
FYI: Examples of Trait Theories (Nothing to answer here. )
 The Big Five Theory
 Two-Factor Theory
The Two-Factor Theory
The Big Five Theory
SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY
http://www.wilderdom.com/psychology/loc/LocusOfControlWhatIs.html
1. What is locus of control? (1)
2. Explain the difference between external locus of control and internal locus of control. (1)
3. Give an example of a well known person that you believe shows an external locus of control and a
famous person who exhibits an external locus of control. (1)
4. Which is more desirable? Who tends to exhibit this locus? (1)
5. Go to the PsychSim5 demos to answer the questions below. To access this:
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My Computer
Share on ‘Snoopy’ (S:)
Phs Share
Student
Stuff for Daily’s Class
Psych Sim 5
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PsychSim5.exe
Main Menu
a. Helplessly Hoping
o Briefly describe the animal experiments that lead Seligman to his theory of learned
helplessness. (1)
o What is seen as the conceptual link between learned helplessness in dogs and depression in
humans? (2)
o Researchers have found that, compared with men, women are twice as likely to develop serious
depression. How can the concept of learned helplessness/hopelessness help you understand the
gender difference in depression rates? (2)
o Briefly explain the findings on the importance of personal control in everyday life. (2)
THEORIES OF SELF
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Self_concept
http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Self-esteem
1. Explain the difference between self concept and self esteem. (1)
(Use pages 309 – 313 of your textbook to answer the following.)
2. What is the spotlight effect? How does it affect self-esteem? (1)
3. Does repeatedly telling a person how great they are do much for their achievement (like in school)? (1)
4. Define self-serving bias. Can you think of a time in your life when you’ve fallen victim to this
concept? (2)