Chapter 8 Theories of Personality Activity: Fill in the blanks and True False statements
1. Big Five Traits - The five superfactors of personality are _______________
2. _______________ A personality inventory used primarily to assess psychopathology. It has
approximately 338 questions.
3. _______________ test - is a projective test consisting of a set of inkblots that people are asked to
interpret. It consists of 10 cards of ambiguous inkblots.
4. _______________ is an innate drive to achieve the highest possible emotional and intellectual
potential, highly emphasized in the Humanistic paradigm.
5. _______________ is a personality structure, proposed by Freud, that is formed during early
childhood and houses the sense of right and wrong, based on the internalization of parental and
cultural morality.
6. _______________ Test is a projective test consisting of a set of detailed black-
and-white drawings; for each drawing, the test taker is asked to tell a story about what the
drawing illustrates.
7. According to the theorist _______________, because our self-concept is, in part, a reflection of how others
see us, we have a basic need for Unconditional Positive Regard - acceptance without any conditions.
8. People who score high on _______________ trait of big 5, tend to be high on competence, order,
self-discipline, and dutifulness
9. Alice of Alice in Wonderland would certainly score high on _______________ trait of big 5.
10. Hermione in the Harry Potter movie would certainly score high on _______________ trait of big 5.
