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?

Death instinct (Thanatos) Signup and view all the answers

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

Various centers in the body Signup and view all the answers

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

Energy model 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?

Repression Signup and view all the answers

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

Trauma Signup and view all the answers

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

Id Signup and view all the answers

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

Inherited instincts 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?

Freudian Splitting Signup and view all the answers

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

Freudian Rationalization Signup and view all the answers

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

Freudian Displacement Signup and view all the answers

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

Pseudoaltruism Signup and view all the answers

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

By becoming a group member of society Signup and view all the answers

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

Freudian Denial Signup and view all the answers

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

Protoaltruism Signup and view all the answers

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

Generative altruism Signup and view all the answers

What does Freudian denial involve according to the text?

Engaging in potentially ego-threatening behavior without conscious awareness 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?