Assessments
Freudian Slippers
In My Defense...
Me, My SELF, and I
Key People
100
This is the most widely researched and clinically used of all the personality tests.
What is the MMPI?
100
According to Freud, this personality structure comprises the top of the "iceberg", and these comprise the bottom.
What are ego and id/superego?
100
Every time you walk past your crush at school, you flick their ear and laugh
What is reaction formation?
100
The second-most basic needs in Maslow's hierarchy
What are safety/security needs?
100
Divided personality into 3 components: the id, the ego, and the superego
Who is Sigmund Freud?
200
Type of projective test with an ambigous photo used to prompt storytelling
Thematic Apperception Test
200
Material just beneath the surface of awareness that can easily be retrieved can be found here
What is the preconscious?
200
After failing three exams in one day, you go home to blow off steam by playing Grand Theft Auto
What is displacement?
200
Rogers' term to describe beliefs about your own personality such as "I'm hardworking" or "I'm pretty"
What is self-concept?
200
Emphasized self-efficacy as a key factor governing behavior
Who is Albert Bandura?
300
What is the Rorshach ink blot test?
300
The id's compass; demands immediate gratification of urges
What is the pleasure principle?
300
A student who doesn't trust Mr. Heidegger instead believes Mr. Heidegger doesn't trust him
What is projection?
300
The concept Maslow described when he said "what a man can be, he must be"
What is the need for self-actualization?
300
Used archetypes to interpret unconscious messages in his patients' dreams
Who is Carl Jung?
400
This personality test was derived by changing Jung's theory of personality types, but is not grounded in any empirical science.
What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)?
400
This operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
What is the id?
400
A woman who recently went through a breakup channels her emotions into a home improvement project
What is sublimation?
400
The needs of the group take precedence
What is collectivistic culture?
400
Proposed that personality develops because inherited traits make people more/less readily conditioned
Who is Hans Eysenck?
500
The Big 5 Traits
What are: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, & Neuroticism
500
This research method is the only one that can be used with Freud's psychoanalytic theory.
What is a case study?
500
This can involve the rejection of reality, or the rejection of responsibility for that reality.
What is denial?
500
According to Maslow, this is one of the ultimate psychological needs. It arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self esteem is achieved.
What is self actualization?
500
Argued that situational factors (not only personal characteristics) help determine a person's behavior
Who is Walter Mischel?