Personality 2014 - Dr. Brian Burke

Exam #2: Study Guide

The second exam in this course on April 23th will consist of 9 short answer questions (worth about 11% each). The quggestions focus both on the assigned readings (Funder's The Personality Puzzle & online readings) and on the lectures & discussions held during class time. Below is an outline of the major topics that this exam will cover. This outline is for you to refer to as a guide in deciding where to concentrate your attention while studying. My suggestion is to use this Study Guide to TEST YOURSELF after you reread the chapters and study your class notes for several hours.

Sigmund Freud - Chapters 10 and 11 (OMIT 381-395) Basic Concepts (e.g., unconscious) Structure of the Mind (id, ego, superego) Defense Mechanisms (specific examples; Baumeister “Freud Defense” article) Research on Freudian concepts (e.g., marshmallow test, “boner” study) Freud’s view of dreams

Alfred Adler - Chapter 12 (OMIT 446-454) Inferiority and Superiority Importance of Birth Order (and supporting research)

Carl Jung - Chapter 12 (OMIT 446-454) Collective Unconscious (archetypes, examples) How Jung differs from Freud (e.g., dream theory) Jung’s theory of types (Myers-Briggs)

Existential Perspectives – Yalom online reading (“Do Not Go Gentle”) Viktor Frankl (main ideas and implications of his theory) Irvin Yalom (main ideas and implications of his theory; Case of Dave)

Terror Management Theory – Landau et al. online reading (“TMTelections”) Basics of the Theory (i.e., the link between death, self-esteem, and worldview) Experimental Design (e.g., testing the theory, as in the Landau et al. article & other findings) Applications (e.g., September 11th disaster)

Humanism & Positive Psychology – Funder chapter 13; “Flow” online reading Maslow (self-actualization; hierarchy of needs) Csikszentmihalyi (Flow – what it is and how to do it) Happiness Research