Two approaches to developing personality measures were described in the text. Identify them, and briefly describe or give examples of how personality psychologists might use them.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2According to Freud, when girls discover they do not have a penis they suffer from _______, in which girls become overwhelmed with feelings of inferiority and jealousy.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 3Rudy has unconscious urges to take things that are not his. He has never actually stolen anything, however.
He works as a security guard at the mall and is very good at his job because he is very suspicious of others; he sees evidence of thieves all around him. In fact, almost every time he sees an unfamiliar face, he believes the individual to be dishonest and looking for something to snatch. Rudy's ego-defense mechanism is A) displacement.
B) denial.
C) repression.
D) regression.
E) projection.
Question 4The two traits that Jung discussed were
A) extroversion and neuroticism.
B) neuroticism and psychoticism.
C) neuroticism and stability.
D) conscientiousness and optimism.
E) extroversion and introversion.
Question 5Followers of Freud who focused on relationships reflecting life's primary tasks have made a great impact.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6Connectionism is another term for parallel distributed processing.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7Identify two types of response sets personality psychologists would like to avoid, and give one way to combat each problem.
What will be an ideal response?
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