Stress and Personality Measures

1. Martin usually seeks immediate gratification, whereas his friend Antonio is guided by moral principles. According to Freud, Martin is governed by his __________, Antonio by his __________.
|a. |ego; id |c. |ego; superego |
|b. |id; superego |d. |superego; id |

2. Darrin always feels angry. However, instead of recognizing his anger, Darrin believes that the people around him are angry. Darrin is utilizing the defense mechanism of
|a. |projection. |c. |sublimation. |
|b. |rationalization. |d. |displacement. |

3. After his girlfriend rejects his sexual advances, Elsworth goes to the park and plays the best game of basketball he's ever played. Elsworth's sexual energy could have been unconsciously converted to athletic prowess, according to which psychodynamic defense mechanism?
|a. |Sublimation |c. |Projection |
|b. |Displacement |d. |Reaction formation |

4. Five-year-old Tauja says she wants to be a stockbroker just like her mother and marry a man just like her father when she grows up. A Freudian would say that Tauja is showing evidence of
|a. |the Oedipal complex. |c. |striving for superiority. |
|b. |the Electra complex. |d. |object relations. |

5. A primary difference between Allport's secondary and central traits is that
|a. |secondary traits are more specific to