Psychology homework help
Chapter 13: Theories of Personality (Active Learning Activity = 15 points)
Page 1 of 6
Use the crossword puzzle to fill in the blanks on the next page(s). (You do NOT need to actually write your answers in the boxes here).
Part 1—Knowing Key Terms (4 points) :
Fill in the blanks from the crossword puzzle above using key terms from the textbook and/or lecture notes.
Across
1. one of the five factors, willingness to try new things and be open to new experiences.-
3. defense mechanism involving placing, or “projecting”, one’s own unacceptable thoughts onto others, as if the thoughts actually belonged to those others and not to oneself.-
4. the unique and relatively stable ways in which people think, feel, and behave. –
6. part of the personality that develops out of a need to deal with reality, mostly conscious, rational and logical.-
7. value judgments of a person’s moral and ethical behavior.-
8. method of personality assessment in which the professional asks questions of the client and allows the client to answer, either in a structured or unstructured fashion.-
9. Jung’s collective, universal human memories.-
11. archetype that works with the ego to manage other archetypes and balance the personality.-
13. part of the personality present at birth and completely unconscious.-
16. defense mechanism in which a person tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety.-
19. part of the superego that produces pride or guilt, depending upon how well behavior matches or does not match the ego ideal.-
20. a consistent, enduring way of thinking, feeling, or behaving.-
21. the care a person gives to organization and thoughtfulness of others, dependability.-
22. the instinctual energy that may come into conflict with the demands of a society’s standards for behavior.-
23. people who are outgoing and sociable.-
24. fourth stage occurring during the school years, in which the sexual feelings of the child are repressed while the child develops in other ways.-
25. degree of emotional instability or stability.-
Down
2. Freud’s term for both the theory of personality and the therapy based upon it.-     
5. dimension of personality referring to one’s need to be with other people.-
10. disorder in which the person does not fully resolve the conflict in a particular psychosexual stage, resulting in personality traits and behavior associated with that earlier stage.-
12. in behaviorism, sets of well-learned responses that have become automatic.-
13. people who prefer solitude and dislike being the center of attention.-
14. the enduring characteristics with which each person is born.-
15. dimension of personality in which people tend to withdraw from excessive stimulation.-
17. the emotional style of a person which may range from easy-going, friendly and likeable to grumpy, crabby, and unpleasant.-
18. part of the personality that acts as a moral center.-
Part 2—Comprehending and Applying Concepts (3 points) :
Instructions: Decide which type of psychologist would be most likely to make each statement listed below:
Psychoanalytic
Behaviorist
Humanistic
1. I think people in our profession should put more effort into trying to understand mentally healthy people and prosocial behavior.
2. Aggression is a human instinct. Society can control it to some extent, but we will never eliminate aggressive behavior.
3. Your student may be under a lot of pressure from his parents, but that is no excuse for cheating. We are responsible for what we do.
4. If you want to understand why she did it, look to the environment for clues instead of at inferred internal forces such as impulses and motives.
5. We humans are products of evolutionary forces that have preserved selfishness, pleasure-seeking, and a tendency to deceive ourselves.
6. It doesn’t seem to me that you need to dig into a person’s past in order to understand the person’s current problems and concerns.
 
7. There aren’t any values inherent in human nature. Values are acquired in the same way we learn to say “please” and “thank you.”
8. If we wanted to improve the character of people in our society, we would need to start when they are very young. By the time a kid is five years old, it’s probably too late.
9. You may think your choice of chili and ice cream for lunch was freely made, but your perception of free choice is an illusion. Choosing chili and ice cream is predictable from the consequences of past behavior.
10. General laws of behavior and experience that apply to all people are not very helpful if you want to understand a particular individual.
11. You say people are inherently good, and he says they are inherently pretty bad. I don’t think people are inherently either good or bad.
12. The sex drive is with us at birth. People just don’t want to believe that infants get sexual pleasure from sucking and exploring anything they get in their hands with their mouths.
Part 3—Understanding and Analyzing Concepts (3 points) :
Read each statement and decide whether it is TRUE or FALSE based upon your knowledge from the textbook and/or lecture notes.
1. Sigmund Freud proposed that his patients’ disorders resulted most often from psychological conflicts related to sex.
 
 

Chapter 11: Stress & Health (Active Learning Activity = 15 points)
Page 8 of 8
Use the crossword puzzle to fill in the blanks on the next page(s). (You do NOT need to actually write your answers in the boxes here).
Part 1—Knowing Key Terms (4 points) :
Fill in the blanks from the crossword puzzle above using key terms from the textbook and/or lecture notes.
Across
4. negative changes in thoughts, emotions, and behavior as a result of prolonged stress or frustration.-     
6. psychological experience of being pulled toward or drawn to two or more desires or goals, only one of which may be attained.-
8. psychological defense mechanism in which emotional reactions and behavioral responses are shifted to targets that are more available or less threatening than the original target.-
10. people who expect positive outcomes.-
12. leaving the presence of a stressor, either literally or by a psychological withdrawal into fantasy, drug abuse, or apathy.-
17. psychological defense mechanism in which the person invents acceptable excuses for unacceptable behavior.-
19. events that cause a stress reaction.-
20. psychological defense mechanism in which unacceptable or threatening impulses or feelings are seen as originating with someone else, usually the target of the impulses or feelings.-
21. psychological defense mechanism in which the person refuses to consciously remember a threatening or unacceptable event, instead pushing those events into the unconscious mind.-
24. an unpredictable, large-scale event that creates a tremendous need to adapt and adjust as well as overwhelming feelings of threat.-
Down
1. defense mechanism in which a person tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety.-     
2. people who expect negative outcomes.-
3. the effect of positive events, or the optimal amount of stress that people need to promote health and well-being.-
5. the study of the effects of psychological factors such as stress, emotions, thoughts, and behavior on the immune system.-
7. the effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors.-
9. mental series of exercises meant to refocus attention and achieve a trance-like state of consciousness.-
11. psychological defense mechanism in which the person refuses to acknowledge or recognize a threatening situation.-
13. the psychological experience produced by urgent demands or expectations for a person’s behavior that come from an outside source.-
14. the psychological experience produced by the blocking of a desired goal or fulfillment of a perceived need.-
15. the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised threatening or challenging.-
16. the three stages of the body’s physiological reaction to stress, including alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.-
18. actions meant to harm or destroy.-
22. the daily annoyances of everyday life.-
23. psychological defense mechanism in which a person falls back on child-like patterns of responding in reaction to stressful situations.-
25. channeling socially unacceptable impulses and urges into socially acceptable behavior.-
Part 2—Comprehending and Applying Concepts (3 points):
Answer each of the following questions by: (1) Underlining the correct options for multiple choice items, or (2) Providing the correct short answer where appropriate.
1. The term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are viewed as threatening or challenging is      .
2. The response an individual might have to an unpleasant stressor, such as losing his job, would be called      .
3. After we have decided that a certain event is a stressor, we must decide how we will deal with it and what resources are available for coping with the stressor. This process is called