Trait Theories
Psychoanalysis/Dynamic
Humanistic
Defense Mechanisms
Personality Testing
100

The theory associated with the traits openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and extroversion.

What is The Big Five (Five Factor Model or O.C.E.A.N.)?

100
Father of Psychoanalysis
Who is Sigmund Freud?
100

The psychologist who created the hierarchy of needs

Who is Abraham Maslow?

100
The defense mechanism in which we pretend something did not happen.
What is denial?
100

The type of assessment that is used in many surveys and questionnaires, typically ranging from "strongly agree to strongly disagree".

What is the Likert Scale?

200

Relatively stable, habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion that make up an
individual’s personality.

What is a trait?

200
The childish part of your mind that has irrational impulses.
What is the id?
200

The psychologist that theorized our best self is when our actual and ideal self are close.

Who is Carl Rogers?

200
The mechanism characterized by the phrase "It's not me, it's you."
What is projection?
200

High sensation seekers typically have lower levels of this.

What is stress (cortisol and even blood pressure)?

300

The trait associated with self discipline, organization and controlling impulses.

What is conscientousness?

300

The unconscious desire to kill your mother to marry your father.

What is the Electra Complex?

300

Name 1 of the 3 levels that was added in the 1990s from Maslow's original hierarchy of needs.

Spiritual fulfillment

Cognitive/Learning

Aesthetics 

300
The mechanism in which painful thoughts and emotions are pushed out of consciousness.
What is repression?
300

The test that gives you a four letter result with each letter corresponding to a unique personality trait. (ex: INTJ)

What is the Myers-Briggs Test Indicator (MBTI) test?

400

The trait theorist who's theory involved cardinal traits, central traits, and secondary traits.

Who is Gordon Allport?

400

Process that Sigmund Freud used with patients, allowing them to say everything and anything that comes to your mind.

What is Free Association?

400

When all of a human's needs have been met and they have a sense of purpose, fulfillment, and are truly satisfied.

What is self-actualization?

400
The mechanism in which people act in the opposite way that they feel?
What is reaction formation?
400

A type of test that encourages test-takers to respond freely for an assessment of one's unconsciousness. Examples include the Rorschach Inkblot Test and the TAT.

What is a projective test?

500

Name the 3 basic dimensions of personality that Hans Eysenck created.

What are 

1. Introversion & extroversion

2. Neuroticism & emotional stability

3. Psychoticism


500

Type of test that subjects reveal their unconscious motives, concerns, feelings, and interests in the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes

What thematic apperception tests (T.A.T.)

500

In order to grow into our "actual self", these 3 elements are needed from one's environment.

What is genuineness, acceptance, and empathy?

500
The mechanism in which we direct our uncomfortable thoughts to more appropriate outlets.
What is sublimation?
500

The 4 types of sensation seeking.

What are 

1. Thrill/adventure seeking

2. Disinhibition

3. Boredom susceptibility

4. Experience-seeking

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