Freud'S Personality Theory Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. Our social interactions with others determine our personality. Who proposed this?
2. Which approach views the individual as a product of the unconscious mind, desires and aggressions?
3. The "Id" is defined as which part of your human personality?
4. Which of the following best applies to the definition personality?
5. Not throwing away your dog leash and dog collar after your dog died, because you are hoping he comes back is an example of which defense mechanism?
6. What does the Conscious Mind contain?
7. When 2-year old Matthew was told he would get no dessert until he finished the food on his plate, he threw his plate on the floor in a temper tantrum. Freud would have suggested that Matthew was unable to resist the demands of his
8. Id Ego Superego
9. Environmental determinism
10. Authoritarianism is characterised by ..... attitudes and individuals are often highly obedient to their superiors yet brutal and discriminatory to perceived inferiors.
11. The Superego contains the ....., the part of the personality that makes people feel guilt, or moral anxiety, when they do the wrong thing.
12. Much of Freud's psychoanalytic theory on personality is criticized for lacking empirical support. What is one exception?
13. A pattern of avoiding feelings of inadequacy rather than trying to overcome the source
14. Making up acceptable excuses for behaviors that make us feel anxious.
15. Manifest content is .....
16. Who said that people are somewhat the conscious architects of their own personalities?
17. Which of the following terms are used by Carl Rogers:
18. The perception that individuals' significant others value them for what they are, which leads the individual to grant themselves the same regard
19. People who score high in ..... are characterized as anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and vulnerable.
20. Came up with Authoritarian Personality Theory