1. Personality

2. Personality Structure: Id, Ego, Superego
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Is Freud’s theory of personality helpful?
Why or why not?
What kinds of problems might a person have if he or she was dominated by either the id or superego?

3. Personality and the brain
How a degenerative brain disease effects our personality
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Are our personality traits fixed or can we change?
What does this case suggest regarding brain-mind connections?

4. Sally was assaulted when she was four years old, but has no memory of that.
What part of her personality is this in – according to Freud?

5. What is an example of a preconscious thought?

6. What is an example of a conscious thought?

7. What are Freud’s three main parts of your personality?
Give an example of each.

8. Our sense of morality and right and wrong comes from what part of our personality – according to Freud?

9. You cheated on your income taxes, but you feel that is ok because everyone does it..
What ego defense mechanism are you using?

10. What other ego defense mechanisms are there? Example?
Reaction formation
Projection
Rationalization
Displacement

11. Projective tests What are examples of projective tests?
When would each be used?
What are some problems with projective tests?

12. Bill is depressed and having strange, inaccurate thoughts.
What test would be most accurate to diagnose his condition?
MMPI = ?

13. What is reciprocal determinism?
The cause and result form a cycle and determine each other
Example using Bandura’s 3 factors
Behavior
Internal personal factors (Thoughts)
Environmental factors

14. Janet has an internal locus of control.
What does that tell you?
What comments might you expect from her?
Bill has an external locus of control
What comments might you expect from him?

15. Twee did poorly on an exam, what would she say if she had:
An internal locus of control
An external locus of control
A self-serving bias?

16. Betty is in a hostile marriage with a very controlling husband
Betty is in a hostile marriage with a very controlling husband. She has been beaten several times and has given up hope that she would even get out of the marriage.
What has she developed?