Personality Researchers and Human Nature Quiz
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Which model includes the idea of ourselves being distinct from the world and the reality principle?

  • Freudian model
  • Energy model
  • Structural model (correct)
  • Topographical model
  • What is the aim of the ego instinct according to the text?

  • Sexual instinct
  • Species preservation
  • Self-preservation (correct)
  • Energy preservation
  • Which defense mechanism involves unwanted material being turned away before reaching awareness and leaking into consciousness in disguised ways?

  • Regression
  • Displacement
  • Projection
  • Repression (correct)
  • Which instinct includes the aim of life is death?

    <p>Death instinct (Thanatos)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where are the states of excitement (tension) located according to the text?

    <p>Various centers in the body</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which model emphasizes that energy can't be created or destroyed, only expressed, blocked, delayed, or modified?

    <p>Energy model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a primary defense mechanism that involves unwanted material being noticed in consciousness and then tried to be gotten rid of?

    <p>Repression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurs when instinct expression is harmful to the self according to the text?

    <p>Trauma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the structural model represents the animal part that isn't thoughtful or rational?

    <p>Id</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is located at various centers in the body and pre-programmed to like and dislike things?

    <p>Inherited instincts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Freudian defense mechanism where threatening thoughts and feelings are 'split' from the ego and seen as located in 'bad' people?

    <p>Freudian Splitting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which defense mechanism involves replacing ego-threatening reasons for action with apparently rational ones?

    <p>Freudian Rationalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Freudian defense mechanism where desires that are ego-threatening are redirected to less threatening targets?

    <p>Freudian Displacement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which altruism is described as seeking pleasure from giving to others what one would themselves like to receive?

    <p>Pseudoaltruism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Terror Management Theory (TMT), how does the ego threat of mortality awareness trigger anxiety?

    <p>By becoming a group member of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Freudian defense mechanism involves engaging in potentially ego-threatening behavior without conscious awareness?

    <p>Freudian Denial</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of altruism is described as instinctive and biological, such as parental nurturing?

    <p>Protoaltruism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which altruism is non-defensive and involves taking pleasure in helping and/or enjoying others’ improved welfare?

    <p>Generative altruism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Freudian denial involve according to the text?

    <p>Engaging in potentially ego-threatening behavior without conscious awareness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Freudian defense mechanism where real but ego-threatening reasons for action are replaced by apparently rational ones?

    <p>Freudian Rationalization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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