Name:____________________________________________________ Block:______________ Date:_______________
FREUD AND THE PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH
http://changingminds.org/explanations/personality/freud_personality.htm
1. Freud was the founder of the __________________ approach to personality.
2. List the Freud’s Three Levels of Awareness in the chart below and sum each up in six words or
less.
Level of Awarness
Sum it up in six
3. According to Freud there are three components to personality. Answer the questions about them
below
 Id:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
 Ego:
a.
b.
c.
d.
What does it contain?
What is the pleasure principal?
What are the primary processes of the id?
What is eros?
What is thanatos?
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:
a. What does the superego contain?
b. How is the superego the opposite of the id?
Under each picture, write the name of the personality component that it best symbolizes.
4. According to Freud, what are defense mechanisms?
5. Create a table listing all nine and describe 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
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”
Freud and Dreams
http://www.dreammoods.com/dreaminformation/dreamtheory/freud.htm
1. Why did Freud believe the study of dreams was so important?
2. Do you agree with him or do you think it is a “pseudo-science”. Explain your view.
3. Click on the “Dream Themes” and “Common Dreams” tabs on the right side) and check out some
of the interpretations and themes. List one thing that you learned.
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.
2. What psychologists are central to this theory?
3. What is self actualization vs. the real self?
4. What is unconditional positive regard?
5. List four components of unconditional positive regard.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY
http://www.wilderdom.com/psychology/loc/LocusOfControlWhatIs.html
1. What is locus of control?
2. Explain the difference between external locus of control and internal locus of control.
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.
4. Which is more desirable? Who tends to exhibit this locus?
TRAIT THEORISTS
http://changingminds.org/disciplines/leadership/theories/trait_theory.htm
http://psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_big_five_personality_traits
1. What assumptions do trait theorists make?
2. Identify and define the “Big 5 Personality Traits”
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.