Personality Measures
Which approach to personality assessment involves asking people to give an account of and answer questions about their behavior and feelings in various situations?
Self- Report Measures
Which of the following terms did Alfred Adler use for his approach to personality?
Individual Psychology
According to Erikson, there a this many psychosocial stages.
8
Defense mechanisms are always bad when thinking about personality development. True or False
False - Defenses are not always dysfunctional and can be an adaptive coping mechanism.
Online test-administration is a computerized version of which method of personality assessment?
Self-Report Measure
According to Adler, ____ is a condition that develops when a person overcompensates for normal inferiority feelings.
During this psychosocial stage, teens need to develop a sense of self and personal identity. Success leads to an ability to stay true to yourself, while failure leads to role confusion and a weak sense of self.
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Identity vs. Role Confusion
Morality is part of this personality structure according to Freud.
Superego
The Rorschach Inkblot Test and the Thematic Apperception Test are examples of which method used to assess personality?
Projective
According to Adler, ____ is a condition that develops when a person is unable to compensate for normal inferiority feelings.
Inferiority Complex
During this psychosexual stage, children need to develop a sense of personal control over physical skills and a sense of independence. Success leads to feelings of autonomy, failure results in feelings of shame and doubt.
Autonomy vs. Shame (Self-Doubt)
According to Freud, which level of personality drives behavior an is the home of instincts.
Unconscious
Journaling is an example of which method used to assess personality?
Thought and Experiencing Sampling Procedures
In the _____ type of style of life, one expects satisfaction from others.
Getting
During this psychosocial stage, older adults need to look back on life and feel a sense of fulfillment. Success at this stage leads to feelings of wisdom, while failure results in regret and bitterness.
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
If your significant other does not text you back after multiple texts and you see they read them and feel anxiety. This would be an example of this type of anxiety.
Neurotic
Which widely known self-assessment is based on Carl Jung’s personality types?
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Bill likes to tell his employees what to do by attacking their work ethic. Bill most likely has which style of life according to Adler?
Dominant
During this psychosocial stage, adults need to create or nurture things that will outlast them, often by having children or creating a positive change that benefits other people. Success leads to feelings of usefulness and accomplishment, while failure results in shallow involvement in the world.
Generativity vs. Stagnation
A brother yells at his sister after his being mad that his teacher gave him a bad grade is an example of this defense mechanism.
Displacement