Unit 7 Part 2: Personality UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
personality an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
free association 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 (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 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 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 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 the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals
and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future
aspirations.
Oedipus complex according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of
jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
psychosexual stages the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital)
during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure -seeking energies focus on
distinct erogenous zones.
fixation according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier
psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved.
defense mechanisms in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by
unconsciously distorting reality.
repression in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from
consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.
psychodynamic theories modern-day approaches that view personality with a focus on the unconscious
and the importance of childhood experiences.
CORRECT Answers
personality an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.
free association 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 (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 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 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 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 the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals
and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future
aspirations.
Oedipus complex according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of
jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
psychosexual stages the childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital)
during which, according to Freud, the id's pleasure -seeking energies focus on
distinct erogenous zones.
fixation according to Freud, a lingering focus of pleasure-seeking energies at an earlier
psychosexual stage, in which conflicts were unresolved.
defense mechanisms in psychoanalytic theory, the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by
unconsciously distorting reality.
repression in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from
consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.
psychodynamic theories modern-day approaches that view personality with a focus on the unconscious
and the importance of childhood experiences.
