Personality

Karen Horney, a prominent Neo-Freudian, disputes Freud’s assumption that women:

A. never experience a phallic stage of development
B. suffer an Electra complex
C. often experience learned helplessness
D. have weak superegos

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Freud emphasized that unresolved childhood conflicts often lead to:

A. fixation
B. reciprocal determinism
C. an external locus of control
D. the self-reference phenomenon

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Scott has just been reprimanded by his supervisor. Later on, Scott begins to “stomp around” and throws a tantrum in front of his co-workers. Scott’s behavior exemplifies which of the following?

A. rationalization
B. reaction formation
C. regression
D. projection

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When anthropologists compare ancient artifacts from South America, Europe, and Australia they often find similarities among the images that are depicted. Based on Jung’s analytical psychology, some of these apparent similarities may stem from:

A. the collective unconscious
B. reciprocal determinism
C. the preconscious
D. primeval consciousness

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Dilawar is taking personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supported to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Dilawar is taking is the:

A. Sixteen Personality Factor (16 PF) naira
B. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
C. Rorschach test
D. Edwards Personal Preference schedule

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After experiencing inescapable brutalities as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, Mr. Sternberg became apathetic, stopped eating, and gave up all efforts to physically survive the ordeal. Mr. Sternberg’s reaction most clearly illustrates:

A. learned helplessness
B. an internal locus of control
C. an inferiority complex
D. the self-reference phenomenon

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Because she is often rejected by her parents, Sally mistrusts other people and treats them with hostility, which leads to their rejection of her. The cycle of rejection, mistrust, hostility, and further rejection illustrate what is meant by:

A. an external locus of control
B. the self-serving phenomenon
C. reaction formation
D. reciprocal determinism

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A boy’s sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called:

A. displacement
B. reaction formation
C. reciprocal determinism
D. the Oedipus complex

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Roberto tends to focus on people and things around him and is outgoing, talkative, and friendly, Jung would refer to Roberto as an:

A. extravert
B. iconoclast
C. animus-type personality
D. archetypal personality

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In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

A. ideal self and actual self
B. the pleasure principle and the reality principle
C. introversion and extroversion
D. the client’s values and the therapist’s values

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