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• 1. Your father got angry at your mother or at your younger brother because he had a bad day at work. Neither of these people is the target of his strong emotions, but reacting to them is likely less problematic than reacting to his boss. This is an example of defense mechanism called: DISPLACEMENT
• Nail-biting may be caused by an anxiety inducing childhood event.” This statement is an example of: Psychodynamic Theory
• “If I eat more vegetables, then I will lose weight faster”. This is statement can be described as: Hypothesis
• An early science that tried to correlate personality with measurements of parts of a person’s skull is known as; Phrenology
• The id operates on the pleasure principle.
• “I will not enroll in a review center”,  this statement might be a safeguarding tendency according to Adler. Constructing Obstacles
• He postulate that psychopathology results from lack of courage, exaggerated feelings of inferiority, and underdeveloped social interest. Adler
• What type of personality focuses on how people adapt to everyday life and intervenes to improve the lives of individuals through therapy? Clinical Psychology
• Ideas, thoughts, or memories of which we are not immediately aware, but which we can think about with reasonably little effort, are said by Freudians to be stored in our Preconscious level of awareness
• Freud might “explain” war and man’s inhumanity toward man in terms of: Thonatos
• The aspect or structure of one’s personality that is most responsible for feelings of guilt or blame is the Superego
• James did not take the time to study for his test in psychology and, as a result, failed it badly. He blames the instructor for asking so many “picky” questions and blames the author of his text for writing such a “poor and useless” book. It sounds like Jems is engaging in: Rationalization
• According to Sullivan it is the pattern of behavior that defines us and also protects us from anxiety. Security operation
• It is this part of our personality that works to meet our desires while considering the reality of the situation. Ego
• Carl smokes, drinks alcohol, overeats, and bites his nails. Which stage of Freud’s Stages of Psychosexual Development has Carl become fixated at? Oral
• Our need for air, food, water, and sleep best fall under which category according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? Physiological Needs
• Unstable social interaction and relationship could result in: Mental health disorder
• Feeling of intimacy and collaboration with one peer and having a same-sex peer or best friend is very important. Early adolescent
• Without people, humans would not be able to develop personality. Interpersonal theory
• The concept of “inferiority complex” is best associated with; Adler
• According to Freud, the first time one becomes aware of and finds pleasure in one’s own genitals is when one enters the Phallic stage of development, at about the age of three years.
• The test in which one is assumed to project his or her personality into descriptions of ambiguous inkblots is the:  Rorschach Test
• Freud's five stages of psychosexual development follow which sequence? Anal, oral, phallic, latency, genital
• 1. According to Freudian theory, attributing causes of negative impulses or feelings to the external world, rather than oneself, is a defense mechanism known as:

  Projection
• Of the following terms, which ONE term BEST fits this statement? "It includes symbols, images, and archetypes common to all peoples."

  Collective unconscious
• While the personal unconscious consists of complexes, the collective unconscious is composed

  Archetypes
• They can be perceived as withdrawn or shy, but they are more defined as those who get their energy from being alone and being able to recharge through less stimulating activities. Introvert
• DOnna loves to go out on adventures with lots of people and see exciting new things. She is a/an Extravert.
• They are constantly trying to prove themselves, due to their perceptions of inferiority relative to the rest of their family. Youngest child
• They become “dependent to a high degree, waits constantly for someone to show him the way, and searches for support at all times. only child
• Klein (1946) called the developmental stage of the first four to six months the: Paranoid-Schizoid Position
• According to Bowly, it is a deep and enduring emotional bond between two people in which each seeks closeness and feels more secure when in the presence of the attachment figure. Attachment
• It is an attachment style rating where after the strange situation test, infants stay calm when their mother leaves and they accept the stranger, and when their mother returns, they ignore and avoid her. Anxious-avoidant attachment
• The central theme of this theory are that the primary caregivers who are available and responsive to an infant's needs allow the child to develop a sense of security. Attachment Theory
• It is the fantasy that one’s own feelings and impulses actually reside in another person and not within one’s body. Projection
• It is the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. Oedipus complex
• Personality is a pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person’s behavior.
• Traits contribute to individual differences in behavior, consistency of behavior over time, and stability ofbehavior across situations
• “Personality” originated from the Latin persona, which referred to a theatrical mask worn by Romanactors in Greek dramas.
• Characteristics are unique qualities of an individual that include such attributes as temperament,physique, and intelligence.