Unit 7 Part 2: Personality UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER -an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and
acting.
free association - CORRECT ANSWER -in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious
in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.
psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER -(1) Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes
thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological
disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions.
unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER -according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information
processing of which we are unaware.
id - CORRECT ANSWER -a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud,
strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The __operates on the pleasure principle, demanding
immediate gratification.
ego - CORRECT ANSWER -the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according
to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The __ operates on the reality
principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
superego - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations.
Oedipus complex - CORRECT ANSWER -according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his
mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
personality - CORRECT ANSWER -an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and
acting.
free association - CORRECT ANSWER -in psychoanalysis, a method of exploring the unconscious
in which the person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing.
psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER -(1) Sigmund Freud's theory of personality that attributes
thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used in treating psychological
disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions.
unconscious - CORRECT ANSWER -according to Freud, a reservoir of mostly unacceptable
thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. According to contemporary psychologists, information
processing of which we are unaware.
id - CORRECT ANSWER -a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud,
strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The __operates on the pleasure principle, demanding
immediate gratification.
ego - CORRECT ANSWER -the largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that, according
to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality. The __ operates on the reality
principle, satisfying the id's desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.
superego - CORRECT ANSWER -the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations.
Oedipus complex - CORRECT ANSWER -according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his
mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
