Personality Review Questions
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Review Questions
1. What are the Big Five traits?
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The Big Five traits are neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
2. What are psychodynamic theories?
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Psychodynamic theories are based on the work of Sigmund Freud. They all emphasize unconscious motives and desires and the importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality.
3. In Freud’s view, what causes anxiety?
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In Freud’s view, anxiety is caused by the inability of the ego to balance adequately the demands of the id and the superego.
4. Describe Maslow’s self-actualizing personality.
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