Theories of Personality
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This exercise will reinforce what you have learned from your textbook in terms of the different theories of personality. For each of the statements below, please use the corresponding box to write in the name of the personality theory it describes or to which it most closely relates.

Name of Theory:
  • Psychodynamic Theory
  • Trait Theory
  • Social Learning Theory
  • Humanistic Theory

1. This theory is often identified with the name of Albert Bandura.

2. This theory emphasizes personal growth and positive human values.

3 This theory is most often associated with the name of Sigmund Freud.

4. Personality inventories such as the MMPI and the 16PF developed out of this theory.

5. One version of this theory holds that all humans have an innate drive for self-actualization.

6. A cornerstone of this theory is the notion that one's personality is the result of both the consequences of one's behavior and how one interprets those consequences.

7. Personality development involves an individual successfully passing through the following stages: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

8. Psychotherapy based on this theory focuses on the therapist helping his or her clients developing unconditional positive regard for others.

9. This theory holds that aspects of personality may stem from observing other people behave.

10. One researcher associated with this theory has argued that personality is based on the dimensions of introversion-extroversion, stability-instability, and psychoticism.

11. This theory is often associated with the names of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers.

12. This theory is credited with being accurate in describing how situational variables may influence personality but is criticized for not accounting how personality characteristics develop in the first place.

13. This theory is often associated with the names of Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, and Hans Eysenck.

14. This theory focuses on the unconscious determinants of behavior and thought.

15. This theory holds that an individual's disposition is more important in determining personality than are the circumstances under which personality develops.

16. Interactions among the id, ego, and superego form the basis for personality.