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Quiz about Personality Theories and Psychology

Personality Theories and Psychology Quiz

What do you know (or remember) about some of the key people and ideas in personality theory?

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
10,406

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3607

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1. The person who is known as Freud's biographer: Hint

Pierre Janet

Ernest Jones

Jean Charcot

Josef Breuer

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2. The person who gained fame for his 'split brain' experiments is: Hint

Wilhelm Stekel

Neal Miller

John Dollard

Roger Sperry

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3. The man who is well-known for his application of principles of operant conditioning is: Hint

BF Skinner

Theodore Reik

Victor Frankl

Harry Stack Sullivan

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4. An early pioneer in hypnosis was: Hint

Eugene Bleuler

Wilhelm Reich

Franz Mesmer

Henry Murray

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5. Which is NOT a work by Freud? Hint

Future of an Illusion

On the Trobriand Islanders

Totem and Taboo

Civilization and its Discontents

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6. Which individual is NOT the pioneer of a particular form of therapy? Hint

Carl Rogers

Arthur Janov

Fritz Perls

Erich Fromm

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7. Freud co-authored a psychological look at which president? Hint

Harding

Theodore Roosevelt

Wilson

McKinley

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8. The idea that people try to live up to an 'idealized image' of themselves belongs to? Hint

Margaret Mead

Anna Freud

Karen Horney

Melanie Klein

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9. The idea that dreams represent repressed material that comes out of the unconscious in disguised form belongs to Hint

Albert Ellis

Morton Prince

John Watson

Sigmund Freud

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10. The idea of 'self-actualization' as a force in personality is associated with? Hint

Havelock Ellis

Alfred Adler

Otto Rank

Abraham Maslow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The person who is known as Freud's biographer:

Answer: Ernest Jones

Jones also applied Freud's Oedipus theory to Hamlet.

2. The person who gained fame for his 'split brain' experiments is:

Answer: Roger Sperry

3. The man who is well-known for his application of principles of operant conditioning is:

Answer: BF Skinner

4. An early pioneer in hypnosis was:

Answer: Franz Mesmer

It was Mesmer - from whom the term 'mesmerism' derives. He was a bit of a P T Barnum. He had something - but he didn't really know what he had tapped into.

5. Which is NOT a work by Freud?

Answer: On the Trobriand Islanders

It was Malinowski who wrote about the Trobriand Islanders.

6. Which individual is NOT the pioneer of a particular form of therapy?

Answer: Erich Fromm

Rogers pioneered client-centered {therapy;} Perls pioneered Gestalt therapy. Janov was the developer poof primal therapy. which had popularity in the 70's.

7. Freud co-authored a psychological look at which president?

Answer: Wilson

8. The idea that people try to live up to an 'idealized image' of themselves belongs to?

Answer: Karen Horney

9. The idea that dreams represent repressed material that comes out of the unconscious in disguised form belongs to

Answer: Sigmund Freud

This is vintage Freud.

10. The idea of 'self-actualization' as a force in personality is associated with?

Answer: Abraham Maslow

Source: Author robert362

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