PSYCH 101 : PERSONALITY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
1.Personality ANS the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental,
emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
2.Psychosexual Development ANS the process during which personality and sexual
behavior mature through a series of stages : first oral stage and then anal stage and
then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
3.Psychoanalytic Theory ANS A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants
of behavior
4. Oral Stage ANS the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development
5. Anal Stage ANS the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during
which bowel control is learned
6. Phallic Stage ANS the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and
manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
7. Latency Stage ANS the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during
which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
, PSYCH 101 : PERSONALITY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
8. Genital Stage ANS the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development
occurring during adolescence
9. Oedipal Complex ANS boys love their mothers romantically and want want to get rid
of their fathers
10. Electra Complex ANS girls love their fathers romantically and want to get rid of
their mothers
11. Id ANS primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
12. Ego ANS your consciousness of your own identity
13. Superego ANS the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future
aspirations, morality
14. Repression ANS the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses
or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
1.Personality ANS the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental,
emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
2.Psychosexual Development ANS the process during which personality and sexual
behavior mature through a series of stages : first oral stage and then anal stage and
then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage
3.Psychoanalytic Theory ANS A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain
personality, motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants
of behavior
4. Oral Stage ANS the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development
5. Anal Stage ANS the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during
which bowel control is learned
6. Phallic Stage ANS the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and
manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
7. Latency Stage ANS the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during
which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
, PSYCH 101 : PERSONALITY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
8. Genital Stage ANS the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development
occurring during adolescence
9. Oedipal Complex ANS boys love their mothers romantically and want want to get rid
of their fathers
10. Electra Complex ANS girls love their fathers romantically and want to get rid of
their mothers
11. Id ANS primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
12. Ego ANS your consciousness of your own identity
13. Superego ANS the part of personality that, according to Freud, represents
internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future
aspirations, morality
14. Repression ANS the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses
or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
