THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
1. What convinced Freud of the psychogenic origins of hysterical symptoms?
-His use of Charcot’s hypnotic technique for treating hysteria
2. What do slip of the tongue and neurotic symptoms have in common?
-They indirectly prove the existence of the unconscious
3. An important function of repression is to
-Protect the person against the pain of anxiety
4. Areas of the body capable of producing sexual pleasure are called
-Erogenous zone
5. An expression of both life and death instinct is
-Masochism (a common need; but becomes perversion when the eros becomes subservient to the
destructive drive. Masochists experience sexual pleasure thru pain or humiliation by themselves or by
others. They are not dependent on others, unlike sadists who need others to inflict pain on.)
6. Transference is necessary to
-free libido from neurotic symptoms (at first, all libido is forced from symptoms into transference and
concentrate there. Second, libido is liberated from it).
7. Repressed, forgotten, subliminally perceived experiences of the individual are part of the
-personal unconscious
8. Psychic counterpart of instinct is
-Archetype
9. A man dominated by the great mother archetype
-Has a psychologically immature view of women
10. Ego is divided into objective and subjective aspects during the _____ phase of childhood
-Dualistic; children now refer to themselves in the first person and they become aware of their existence
as separate individuals.
11. Adler’s earliest memories concerned
-Comparisons with his older, healthier brother
12. During his general practice as doctor, Adler ______
-regarded illness as a reflection of the totality of the personality
13. The following are goals towards which people strive EXCEPT:
, -Delusion
14. Unlike Freud, Adler believed that
-Narcissism is a form of neurosis
15. Adler believed that maladjusted people
-Set their goals too high
16. Which factor does NOT describe maladjusted people
-inflated social interest
17. Most reliable means of revealing style of life is ____
-Early recollections
18. Sullivan’s Zodiac group served as
-An informal discussion group of professionals interested in the social sciences
19. Characterized by the feeling of living among one’s enemies
-Malevolent transformation
20. Infant’s experiences of the mothering one’s punishment and disapproval lead to the development of
_____ personification
-Bad me
21. During childhood a child may invent playmates. Sullivan called these imaginary playmates
-Eidetic
22. To Sullivan, a 12 month old infant boy who enjoys playing with his genitals would be
-satisfying zonal need
23. jane is married to an abusive husband but refuses to admit that he has a serious problem. Sullivan
would refer to this process as
-Selective inattention (refusal to see unwanted things)
24. Horney’s theory is built mainly on her writings about
-Neurosis and neurotic people
25. Horney believed that people are governed by two guiding principles:
-safety and satisfaction (genuine love and healthy discipline; permit them to grow in accordance with
real self).
26. Tendency to humiliate others in order to protect oneself against humiliation
-Prestige
1. What convinced Freud of the psychogenic origins of hysterical symptoms?
-His use of Charcot’s hypnotic technique for treating hysteria
2. What do slip of the tongue and neurotic symptoms have in common?
-They indirectly prove the existence of the unconscious
3. An important function of repression is to
-Protect the person against the pain of anxiety
4. Areas of the body capable of producing sexual pleasure are called
-Erogenous zone
5. An expression of both life and death instinct is
-Masochism (a common need; but becomes perversion when the eros becomes subservient to the
destructive drive. Masochists experience sexual pleasure thru pain or humiliation by themselves or by
others. They are not dependent on others, unlike sadists who need others to inflict pain on.)
6. Transference is necessary to
-free libido from neurotic symptoms (at first, all libido is forced from symptoms into transference and
concentrate there. Second, libido is liberated from it).
7. Repressed, forgotten, subliminally perceived experiences of the individual are part of the
-personal unconscious
8. Psychic counterpart of instinct is
-Archetype
9. A man dominated by the great mother archetype
-Has a psychologically immature view of women
10. Ego is divided into objective and subjective aspects during the _____ phase of childhood
-Dualistic; children now refer to themselves in the first person and they become aware of their existence
as separate individuals.
11. Adler’s earliest memories concerned
-Comparisons with his older, healthier brother
12. During his general practice as doctor, Adler ______
-regarded illness as a reflection of the totality of the personality
13. The following are goals towards which people strive EXCEPT:
, -Delusion
14. Unlike Freud, Adler believed that
-Narcissism is a form of neurosis
15. Adler believed that maladjusted people
-Set their goals too high
16. Which factor does NOT describe maladjusted people
-inflated social interest
17. Most reliable means of revealing style of life is ____
-Early recollections
18. Sullivan’s Zodiac group served as
-An informal discussion group of professionals interested in the social sciences
19. Characterized by the feeling of living among one’s enemies
-Malevolent transformation
20. Infant’s experiences of the mothering one’s punishment and disapproval lead to the development of
_____ personification
-Bad me
21. During childhood a child may invent playmates. Sullivan called these imaginary playmates
-Eidetic
22. To Sullivan, a 12 month old infant boy who enjoys playing with his genitals would be
-satisfying zonal need
23. jane is married to an abusive husband but refuses to admit that he has a serious problem. Sullivan
would refer to this process as
-Selective inattention (refusal to see unwanted things)
24. Horney’s theory is built mainly on her writings about
-Neurosis and neurotic people
25. Horney believed that people are governed by two guiding principles:
-safety and satisfaction (genuine love and healthy discipline; permit them to grow in accordance with
real self).
26. Tendency to humiliate others in order to protect oneself against humiliation
-Prestige
