Personality and Behavior Traits
Central Penn College
Exam #2
Multiple Choice:
1. Psychoanalytic theory is most strongly associated with the work of:
a. Helmholtz.
b. Freud.
c. Adler.
d. Cattell.
2. According to Freud, unacceptable urges, feelings, and ideas reside in the:
a. conscious.
b. preconscious.
c. unconscious.
d. libido.
3. The superego is:
a. essentially unconcerned with morality.
b. the first structural component of the mind to develop.
c. the embodiment of parental and societal values.
d. a narcissistic personality disorder.
4. One of Erikson’s most important contributions to psychology was the notion of:
a. children continuing to develop even after the onset of adolescence.
b. boys and girls developing differently.
c. life-span development.
d. unconscious forces in development.
5. According to Erikson, each stage of psychosocial development is marked by a(n):
a. rapid period of psychological growth.
b. initial regression to an earlier stage of development.
c. psychosocial crisis.
d. all of the above
6. The psychosocial stage, which represents a more dramatic break with the past than any other to this point, is:
a. adolescence.
b. school age.
c. young adulthood.
d. preschool.
7. Bandura and colleagues demonstrated that children can learn __________ through modeling.
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a. aggression
b. performance standards
c. arbitrary playful behaviors
d. all of the above
8. A person high in self-efficacy
a. is high in overall intelligence.
b. believes he or she can act effectively in a situation.
c. is popular.
d. is healthy.
9. The fully functioning person, according to Rogers, experiences each moment
a. as inevitable, given the past.
b. as a fresh and new experience.
c. as a test of fundamental moral principles.
d. as less important than the future.
10. What does Rogers recommend that parents provide for their children?
a. conditions of worth
b. conditional positive regard
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