Assessing Personality
Test which is written in standardized format?
Objective tests
The Psychodynamic approach was developed by...
Freud
Is an operant behaviorist
B. F. Skinner
Hippocrates suggested that certain temperaments are associated with...
bodily fluids / humors
Abraham Maslow developed...
The hierarchy of needs
Tool of assessment which involves carefully looking at the subject
Observation
This defense mechanism involves blocking external events from awareness. If a situation is too much to handle, the individual will refuse to experience it.
Denial
The Internal-external locus of control scale measures...
the degree to which people expect events to be controlled by their internal efforts or by external forces.
Sheldon's theory includes 3 body types which are...
(Mention at least 2)
Ectomorph
Mesomorph
Endomorph
The highest level in the hierarchy of needs is...
Self-actualization
This type of tests follow a free response format
Projective tests
This defense mechanism involves satisfying an impulse with a substitute object.
Displacement
The social learning theory was developed by
Albert Bandura
According to Allport's Trait theory, cardinal traits...
-Dominate an individual's whole life
-The person becomes known specifically for these traits.
According to Carl Rogers, Unconditional positive regard refers to...
an attitude of total acceptance toward another person
The process by which an individual is evaluated by others who know him/her
Peer rating
This psyche structure is your moral system (your conscience)
Superego
self-efficacy is...
a learned expectation of success/ The belief that you can do something
Mention all 4
Emotionally stable, emotionally unstable, Introverted, extroverted.
1 downside of the humanistic perspective is...
Unrealistically optimistic
Vague and subjective
Some topics not scientifically oriented
The MMPI is an example of...
An objective test
This psyche structure operates on he reality principle, attempts to satisfy id impulses while obeying society's rules (mediator)
Ego
One criticism of the Behaviorist approach is...
-Too simplistic
-Rejection of internal psychological states make behavior of humans too mechanical
-Relies heavily on laboratory studies primarily with lower animals
In respect to trait theory, researchers agree that...
Personality can change over time but it is fairly stable.
1 component of the humanistic models is:
-Humans are born with a positive drive to grow and improve.
-People strive for self-determination and self-actualization.
-Self-concept reflects our subjective perception of who we are what we are like.
-Inner-directedness in an internal force that leads people to grow and improve.