Understanding Personality and Psychological Defense Mechanisms Quiz

The Big Five personality traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Abraham Maslow proposed the hierarchy of needs, which suggests that human needs are organized in a hierarchy from basic to higher order.

Adaptation is not a defense mechanism identified by Freud. His defense mechanisms include repression, projection, displacement, and more.

Sigmund Freud proposed the psychodynamic theory of personality, which emphasizes the role of unconscious processes.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) does not include Dominance-Submission as a dimension. It includes extraversion-introversion, sensing-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving.

Projection involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings, thoughts, or motives to another person.

The Id operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification of desires without regard for consequences.

Regression involves reverting to an earlier, less mature stage of psychological development in response to stressful situations.

The Rorschach inkblot test is a projective psychological test that assesses personality characteristics and emotional functioning.

A trait refers to a stable quality that individuals display consistently across different situations.

Sublimation involves channeling unacceptable impulses or thoughts into socially acceptable and constructive activities.

The collective unconscious, according to Jung, represents a shared reservoir of human experience that contains universal symbols and memories.

Freud believed that defense mechanisms protect the conscious mind from anxiety-provoking thoughts and impulses by distorting reality.

Albert Bandura introduced the concept of 'self-efficacy' as the belief in one's ability to achieve goals and perform tasks.

Identification involves adopting the behaviors, values, or characteristics of another person, often someone admired or respected.