WGU D564 THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
EXPLORE 466 AND VERSIONS . FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Ruling-dominant type person.
Answer: person exhibiting the mistaken lifestyle that dominates and rules
people. lack adequate social interest
◍ Cardinal, Central, Secondary Traits.
Answer: Allport's personality trait classification.
◍ Self-Actualization.
Answer: Fulfilling one's full potential (Maslow).
◍ Self.
Answer: state of the psyche if the individuation process has been completely
successful. when the various components of the psyche are harmonized, the
self becomes the center of all the various opposing psychic forces. the
emerge of the self, coming into selfhood, and self-realization were
synonymously by Jung
◍ Id, Ego, Superego.
Answer: Freud's personality structure.
◍ Collective Unconscious.
Answer: collection of inherited predispositions that humans have to respond
to certain events. These predispositions come from the universal experiences
humans have had throughout their evolutionary past.
◍ Neurotic Needs.
Answer: Horney's theory of anxiety-driven behaviors.
,◍ Self-accusation.
Answer: form of neurotic aggression that involves wallowing in self-torture
and guilt, the ultimate purpose of which is to hurt other people
◍ Cognitive-Affective Personality System (CAPS).
Answer: Situational personality shifts (Mischel).
◍ Socially useful type of person.
Answer: person exhibiting a lifestyle containing a healthy amount of social
interest.lifestyle is not mistaken
◍ Three-Factor Model (PEN).
Answer: Eysenck's Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism.
◍ Inflation of the Persona.
Answer: condition that exists when one's persona is too highly valued
◍ Unconditional Positive Regard.
Answer: Accepting someone without conditions (Rogers).
◍ Personality.
Answer: Distinctive patterns of behavior, mannerisms, thoughts, motives,
and emotions that characterize an individual over time and across different
situations
◍ Freud's defense mechanisms - projection.
Answer: When threatening feelings are repressed and then attributed to
someone else
◍ Reciprocal Determinism.
Answer: Behavior, environment, and cognition interact (Bandura).
◍ attaining power.
Answer: (of self-protective mechanisms)if I have the power, you cannot hurt
me; in charge
◍ Big Five (OCEAN).
Answer: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness,
, Neuroticism.
◍ Psychosexual Stages.
Answer: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital.
◍ Observational Learning.
Answer: Learning through modeling (Bandura).
◍ neurotic needs.
Answer: -overused self-protective mechanisms-ten irrational defenses
against anxiety→ fall into 3 neurotic trends
◍ Reciprocal Determinism.
Answer: Concept developed by Bandura.
◍ Kagan's Focus of Research.
Answer: Temperament.
◍ withdrawing.
Answer: (of self-protective mechanisms)I don't need anyone; if I'm not
involved with other people, they can't hurt me
◍ Only Child.
Answer: sweet, affectionate, and charming in order to appeal to others.
◍ Temperament.
Answer: Innate biological differences in personality (Kagan).
◍ Task of stage 3.
Answer: Self-exploration. Children become more aware of their bodies,
other children, and the bodies of their parents; they may gratify curiosity by
undressing and exploring self/others
◍ 16 Personality Factors (16PF).
Answer: Cattell's broad trait dimensions.
◍ Hierarchy of Needs.
Answer: Physiological → Safety → Love/Belonging → Esteem →
Self-Actualization.
EXPLORE 466 AND VERSIONS . FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Ruling-dominant type person.
Answer: person exhibiting the mistaken lifestyle that dominates and rules
people. lack adequate social interest
◍ Cardinal, Central, Secondary Traits.
Answer: Allport's personality trait classification.
◍ Self-Actualization.
Answer: Fulfilling one's full potential (Maslow).
◍ Self.
Answer: state of the psyche if the individuation process has been completely
successful. when the various components of the psyche are harmonized, the
self becomes the center of all the various opposing psychic forces. the
emerge of the self, coming into selfhood, and self-realization were
synonymously by Jung
◍ Id, Ego, Superego.
Answer: Freud's personality structure.
◍ Collective Unconscious.
Answer: collection of inherited predispositions that humans have to respond
to certain events. These predispositions come from the universal experiences
humans have had throughout their evolutionary past.
◍ Neurotic Needs.
Answer: Horney's theory of anxiety-driven behaviors.
,◍ Self-accusation.
Answer: form of neurotic aggression that involves wallowing in self-torture
and guilt, the ultimate purpose of which is to hurt other people
◍ Cognitive-Affective Personality System (CAPS).
Answer: Situational personality shifts (Mischel).
◍ Socially useful type of person.
Answer: person exhibiting a lifestyle containing a healthy amount of social
interest.lifestyle is not mistaken
◍ Three-Factor Model (PEN).
Answer: Eysenck's Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism.
◍ Inflation of the Persona.
Answer: condition that exists when one's persona is too highly valued
◍ Unconditional Positive Regard.
Answer: Accepting someone without conditions (Rogers).
◍ Personality.
Answer: Distinctive patterns of behavior, mannerisms, thoughts, motives,
and emotions that characterize an individual over time and across different
situations
◍ Freud's defense mechanisms - projection.
Answer: When threatening feelings are repressed and then attributed to
someone else
◍ Reciprocal Determinism.
Answer: Behavior, environment, and cognition interact (Bandura).
◍ attaining power.
Answer: (of self-protective mechanisms)if I have the power, you cannot hurt
me; in charge
◍ Big Five (OCEAN).
Answer: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness,
, Neuroticism.
◍ Psychosexual Stages.
Answer: Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital.
◍ Observational Learning.
Answer: Learning through modeling (Bandura).
◍ neurotic needs.
Answer: -overused self-protective mechanisms-ten irrational defenses
against anxiety→ fall into 3 neurotic trends
◍ Reciprocal Determinism.
Answer: Concept developed by Bandura.
◍ Kagan's Focus of Research.
Answer: Temperament.
◍ withdrawing.
Answer: (of self-protective mechanisms)I don't need anyone; if I'm not
involved with other people, they can't hurt me
◍ Only Child.
Answer: sweet, affectionate, and charming in order to appeal to others.
◍ Temperament.
Answer: Innate biological differences in personality (Kagan).
◍ Task of stage 3.
Answer: Self-exploration. Children become more aware of their bodies,
other children, and the bodies of their parents; they may gratify curiosity by
undressing and exploring self/others
◍ 16 Personality Factors (16PF).
Answer: Cattell's broad trait dimensions.
◍ Hierarchy of Needs.
Answer: Physiological → Safety → Love/Belonging → Esteem →
Self-Actualization.
