Personality People

Question 1

Adler

Answer 1

psychodynamic theorist, inferiority complex

Question 2

Allport

Answer 2

trait theorist: functional autonomy

distinguished between idiographic & nomothetic approaches to personality

Question 3

Bandura

Answer 3

behaviorist theorist: social learning theory

did modeling experiment using punching bag (“Bobo” doll)

Question 4

Bem

Answer 4

masculinity & femininity were two separate dimensions; androgyny

Question 5

Cattell

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trait theorist who used factor analysis to study personality

Question 6

Dollard & Miller

Answer 6

behaviorists; psychoanalytic concepts within a behaviorist framework; approach-avoidance conflicts

Question 7

Erikson

Answer 7

ego psychologist whose psychosocial stages of development encompass entire lifespan

Question 8

Eysenck

Answer 8

trait theorist proposed 2 main dimensions of personality: introversion/extroversion & emotional stability / neuroticism

Question 9

Freud, A.

Answer 9

founder of ego psychology

Question 10

Freud, S.

Answer 10

psychodynamic approach to personality

Question 11

Horney

Answer 11

psychodynamic theorist who suggested there were 3 ways to relate to others:

1. moving toward
2. moving against
3. moving away from

Question 12

Jung

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psychodynamic theorist: broke w/ Freud over concept of libido

• unconscious divided into personal unconscious & collective unconscious (archetypes here)

Question 13

Kelly

Answer 13

individual as a scientist

Question 14

Kernberg

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object-relations theorist

Question 15

Klein

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object-relations theorist

Question 16

Lewin

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phenomenological personality theorist who developed field theory

Question 17

Mahler

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object-relations hteorist

Question 18

Maslow

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phenomenological personality theorist known for hierarchy of needs & self-actualization

Question 19

McClelland

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need for achievement (nAch)

Question 20

Mischel

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critic of trait theories

Question 21

Rogers

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phenomenological personality theorist

Question 22

Rotter

Answer 22

locus of control

Question 23

Sheldon

Answer 23

attempted to relate somatotype (body type) to personality type

Question 24

Skinner

Answer 24

behaviorist

Question 25

Winnicott

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object-relations theorist

Question 26

Witkin

Answer 26

studied field-dependence & field-independence using the rod-and-frame test