Freud's Theory
Other Personality Theories
Testing
Intelligence
Terms
100
id
What is the part of personality that is ruled by the pleasure principle?
100
studying the contingencies of reinforcement
What is B.F. Skinner's approach to understanding personality?
100
interscorer reliability
What is when two teachers evaluate the same essay test and each comes up with the same score?
100
triarchic theory
What is Robert Sternberg's theory of intelligence?
100
the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic factors
What is heritability?
200
superego
What is the part of personality that assigns guilt and is know as the conscience?
200
the Humanistic approach
What is the personality theory that purports that life is a conscious experience?
200
validity
What is when the same results under similar conditions will occur when a test is given more than once?
200
the ability to acquire new ideas and new behavior, and to adapt to new situations
What is intelligence?
200
an objective test
What is a limited- or forced-choice test designed to study personality characteristics?
300
the unconscious
What is the part of personality that is unaware?
300
He was the personality theorist who developed the concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious
Who is Carl Jung?
300
Rorschach inkblot test
What is a projective personality test?
300
identifies factor g as general intelligence and factor s as specific mental abilities
What is the two-factor theory?
300
Personality
What is the consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person?
400
ego
What is the part of personality that works in reality?
400
Behaviorism
What is the basic belief that human behavior develops in response to rewards and punishments received?
400
Achievement tests
What are test that measure what we have learned?
400
Howard Gardner
Who developed the theory of multiple intelligences?
400
realizing one's unique potential
What is self-actualization?
500
defense mechanisms
What are techniques by which the ego unconsciously protects itself against unpleasant impulses or circumstances?
500
Cognitive theories
What is the theory that personality consists of one's thoughts about oneself?
500
Aptitude tests
What are test that predict one's potential?
500
IQ
What is the intelligence quotient?
500
a pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome their source
What is an inferiority complex?
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