Psychology Quiz- Personality



Psychology Quiz - Personality

Psychoanalytic Theory

Multiple Choice- choose the letter that best answers the question asked.

1. The unique pattern of characteristic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persists over time and situations and distinguishes one person from another is called:

a. a trait b. a habit c. personality d. learning

2. Freud believed that personality is made up of conflicting psychological forces operating at different levels of awareness. The largest and most influential level is …

a. the conscious b. the unconscious c. the ego d. the collective

3. Freud considered the ____ to be the most important drive(s) in the development of personality.

a. aggressive instincts c. Both A and B

b. sexual instincts d. morality instincts

4. Freud believed that personality is composed of :

a. the id, the ego, and the superego

b. the conscious, the personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious

c. the libido, thantos, and a combination of oral and anal fixations

d. a unique pattern of traits

5. For Freud, material that we are not currently aware of, but which can be easily recalled is in the ___ mind.

a. unconscious c. preconscious

b. collective unconscious d. conscious

6. For Freud, the only personality structure present at birth is the:

a. id b. ego c. superego d. persona

7. The id operates according to the :

a. morality principle c. pleasure principle

b. reality principle d. ego ideal

8. The id’s link to reality is called the:

a. superego b. ego-ideal c. ego d. conscious

9. The ego operates according to the:

a. morality principle c. reality principle

b. pleasure principle d. reflex principle

10. For Freud, the moral guardian of personality is :

a. the id b. the ego c. the superego d. the libido

11. The proper chronological order of Freud’s psychosexual stages is:

a. oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

b. anal, oral, phallic, latency, genital

c. anal, oral, genital, latency, phallic

d. oral, anal, genital, phallic, latency

12. According to Freud, the stage of psychosexual development in which the infant’s erotic feelings center on the mouth, lips and tongue is the ___ stage.

a. anal b. latency c. oral d. phallic

13. According to Freud, the stage of psychosexual development in which the child’s erotic feelings center on the bladder, bowels, and the process of elimination is the:

a. anal b. latency c. genital d. phallic

14. According to Freud, the stage of psychosexual development in which erotic feelings of children center on the genitals is the ___ stage.

a. latency b. anal c. phallic d. oral

15. According to Freud, the period in which boys play with boys, girls play with girls, and neither has much interest in the opposite sex is the ___ period.

a. anal b. oral c. latency d. phallic

16. In Freud’s view the stage in which our sexual impulses awaken and are directed toward mature sexual interests in the opposite sex is the ___ stage.

a. libido b. latency c. genital d. phallic

17. Raul is a four year old boy that only wants his daddy to cut up his food, and says when he grows up he is going to be a fireman, just like daddy is. According to Freud, what is Raul experiencing?

a. projection b. displacement c. identification d. fixation

Matching. Write the word that best fits the description.

Anal Stage, Conscious, Denial, Displacement, Free Association, Freudian Slip, Genital Stage, Latency Stage, Phallic Stage, Preconscious, Projection, Projective Tests, Rationalization, Regression, Repression, Unconscious, Oral Stage, Oedipus (Electra) Complex

18. Five year old Sally just became a “big sister” for the first time when her mom gave birth to a new baby. Sally has started whining all of the time and is beginning to talk “baby talk”.

19. Mark was in a bad automobile crash. When the police are questioning him, he can vividly describe everything leading up to the accident, but can not remember flipping over three times and being cut out of the car, even though he was conscious at the time.

20. Vickie and her psychology teacher do not get along at all. Everything her teacher does gets on her nerves and makes her angry. After school she frequently goes to the gym and spends fifteen minutes hitting the punching bag.

21. Sergio’s girlfriend just moved to California. He tells all of his friends that it was a good thing she has moved away, they were starting to argue and he is sure they would have broken up within six months if she had stayed.

22. When describing a pretty girl, Sean says “she is the breast”, instead of “she is the best”.

23. Personality tests that provide ambiguous stimuli to trigger projection of one’s inner thoughts and feelings.

24. According to Freud, the unconscious desire for the opposite sex parent while simultaneously exhibiting hostility toward the same sex parent.

25. Three year old Justin has suddenly discovered his genitals and wants to be around mommy all of the time.

26. Stacy is told to relax and say whatever comes to her mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing it may be.

27. Two and a half year old Bethany is constantly telling her parents “NO” and is resisting the idea of beginning to potty train.

28. Every day after school Dewayne logs onto his computer and spends hours on sites such as myspace. When his mom tells him that his computer is being turned off since he is addicted to the internet, he says he is not at all addicted - he doesn’t need to surf the web, he just doesn’t have anything better to do.

29. Kelly is always chewing gum. She frequently blows bubbles and pops the gum, and her classmates always look at her funny when she does it. She sits next to Tyler in English class. Today, Tyler popped his gum and she flipped out on him, telling him to stop- it was driving her crazy.

30. Eight year old Barbara is having a birthday party and only wants to invite the girls. When mom asks about the boys in her class she answers “why would I want to invite any boys?”

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