PSY 1012 BOARD EVALUATION 2026
GUARANTEED PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Personality. Answer: a person's characteristic thoughts, emotional
responses, and behaviors.
● How do our genetics have an effect on our personalities?. Answer: -
one's behaviors and attitudes are shaped in part by genetics.
-multiple genes interact with our environment to produce our
dispositions.
● How do parents influence their children's personalities?. Answer: -the
environment in which they raise their children
- the genes they pass on
- their response to their children's display of talents and abilities
● Temperaments. Answer: biologically based tendencies to feel or act in
certain ways.
● What are the basic temperamental styles identified by Buss and
Plomin?. Answer: - activity level
-emotionality
-sociability
, ● Psychodynamic Theory. Answer: The Freudian theory that
unconscious forces determine behavior.
● Id. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality
that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according
to the pleasure principle.
● Ego. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality
that tries to satisfy the wishes of the id while being responsive to the
dictates of the superego.
● What are the common defense mechanisms?. Answer: denial,
repression, projection, reaction formation, rationalization, displacement,
sublimation.
● Superego. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the internalization of
societal and parental standards of conduct.
● Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Unconscious mental strategies that the
mind uses to protect itself from anxiety.
● Denial. Answer: Refusing to acknowledge source of anxiety (ex. Ill
person ignores medical advice)
GUARANTEED PASS ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Personality. Answer: a person's characteristic thoughts, emotional
responses, and behaviors.
● How do our genetics have an effect on our personalities?. Answer: -
one's behaviors and attitudes are shaped in part by genetics.
-multiple genes interact with our environment to produce our
dispositions.
● How do parents influence their children's personalities?. Answer: -the
environment in which they raise their children
- the genes they pass on
- their response to their children's display of talents and abilities
● Temperaments. Answer: biologically based tendencies to feel or act in
certain ways.
● What are the basic temperamental styles identified by Buss and
Plomin?. Answer: - activity level
-emotionality
-sociability
, ● Psychodynamic Theory. Answer: The Freudian theory that
unconscious forces determine behavior.
● Id. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality
that is completely submerged in the unconscious and operates according
to the pleasure principle.
● Ego. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the component of personality
that tries to satisfy the wishes of the id while being responsive to the
dictates of the superego.
● What are the common defense mechanisms?. Answer: denial,
repression, projection, reaction formation, rationalization, displacement,
sublimation.
● Superego. Answer: In psychodynamic theory, the internalization of
societal and parental standards of conduct.
● Defense Mechanisms. Answer: Unconscious mental strategies that the
mind uses to protect itself from anxiety.
● Denial. Answer: Refusing to acknowledge source of anxiety (ex. Ill
person ignores medical advice)
