Theories of Personality
Quiz 4 Study Guide
Chapter 9
- define
the concepts
of
conscious,
preconscious,
and
unconscious.
- define
the concepts
of id, ego,
and superego
and explain
the
interactions
among them.
- describe
Freud's view
of society
and how it
can oppress
its
citizens.
- describe
the oral,
anal,
phallic, and
genital
stages and
the
character
types
associated
with each
stage.
- describe
the
development
of
identification
by boys with
their
fathers and
by girls
with their
mothers.
- name the
defense
mechanisms
and be able
to discuss
their role
in the
development
of
individuals.
Also, be
able to
either
identify or
create
examples of
them.
- define
the concepts
of free
association,
dream
analysis,
and
transference
and explain
how they
operate in
therapy to
help
strengthen
the person's
ego.
Chapter 11
- Discuss the general goals of motivational personality psychologists.
- Define and discuss deficits, motives, and needs. Discuss the
relationships among these concepts.
- Identify and discuss three key similarities between the motive approach
and other intrapsychic approaches, particularly the psychoanalytic approach.
- Discuss the Thematic Apperception Technique, or TAT. What was it
designed to do?
-
Describe the key assumptions of
humanistic personality psychologists
- name the basic needs and list them in order of their potency to control the individual's perceptions of the world.
- name the growth needs and explain the ways in which they are different from the basic needs.
- list the characteristics of self-actualizing people.
- explain why Rogers believes that the
person's experiences are the ultimate
authority.
- discuss how the person's organismic
valuing process is used as a criterion in
making judgments about the worth of any
experience.
- define conditions of worth and
unconditional positive regard and explain
how each one operates in the
self-realization process.
- describe the characteristics of fully
functioning individuals.
- describe the therapeutic conditions that
facilitate growth.
In addition, KNOW the criteria for evaluating a theory and be able to apply
these criteria to any of the theories covered in this unit (Freud, Maslow,
Rogers).