Chapter 14

Front 1

Allport believed that all individual's have ________ traits that serve as the building blocks of our personality but a very small number of individuals have ________ traits that are dominating behavioral predispositions in an individual's life.

Back 1

central; cardinal

Front 2

In a classic study involving children given the opportunity to steal, cheat, or lie, Hartshorne and May found:

Back 2

most children would steal, cheat, or lie in some situations but not in other situations.

Front 3

the major problem with Freud's theory is that:

Back 3

there is no way to verify it experimentally.

Front 4

The anal stage begins in the:

Back 4

2nd year of life

Front 5

cattell's term for underlying traits from which surface traits are derived is:

Back 5

source trait

Front 6

Freud relied heavily on ________ in his studies of personality.

Back 6

the interview

Front 7

Freud believed that the governing principle of the id was the ________ principle.

Back 7

pleasure

Front 8

Gordon Allport looked upon traits as:

Back 8

unique attributes of the individual.

Front 9

Skinner would explain why one student would respond positively to a B on a test while another student would respond negatively by explaining that:

Back 9

the students have different histories of reinforcement.

Front 10

Behaviorists and social-learning theorists favor the psychological assessment technique of:

Back 10

behavioral observation.

Front 11

Freud constructed his psychoanalytic theory from:

Back 11

his interpretations of his patients' revelations during free association.

Front 12

Freud's theory was developed:

Back 12

on a very small mumber of upper class patients

Front 13

The prostitute who says, "Why condemn me? I'd be out of business if wives were doing their jobs," is exemplifying the defense mechanism of:

Back 13

rationalization.

Front 14

Allport's ________ traits are less generalized and far less enduring than other traits.

Back 14

secondary

Front 15

Freud believed that the ego operated on the ________ principle.

Back 15

reality

Front 16

Freud wrote that we enter the genital stage of psychosexual development:

Back 16

puberty.

Front 17

Robert has an unconscious fear that his id will cause him to do something that will bring him punishment or guilt. Robert is feelin

Back 17

anxiety.

Front 18

The neo-Freudians as a group were individuals who followed Freud and

Back 18

expanded on his ideas.elt that he placed too much emphasis on sexual impulses.

Front 19

Janice was shown a series of twenty cards with vague, ambiguous scenes and asked to describe what she thinks is happening in each scene. Janice has been given a ________-type test called the ________.

Back 19

projective; Thematic Apperception Test

Front 20

Psychoanalytic theory of personality depicts people as being shaped by:

Back 20

projective; Thematic Apperception Test

Front 21

Psychoanalytic theory of personality depicts people as being shaped by:

Back 21

an ongoing conflict between sex, aggression, and social pressures.