Self and Person...

By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process, and a method of treatment ’(1923/62). Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his psychoanalytic theories: 

According to Freud, fixation at which stage of development is associated with sarcasm, criticalness, overeating and nail-biting in adults? 

Which of the following are true of personal construct theory?

1. George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world.
2. Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses.
3. Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists ’dimensions.
4. Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

Which of the following is true of traits? 

Which of the following traits is not part of the five-factor model of personality? 

What is the term used to describe the ability to change behavior in response to external demands and the resistance to situational pressures?

The ______ are stable, and are considered as the building blocks of personality.

Students who experience a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attributional style? 

Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks? 

Defensive pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however, research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?