Chapter 10 – Personality QUIZ and “Defense mechanism” Assignment
Directions- Please complete both the quiz(part 1) and the assignment (parts 2). Post in canvas by the
due date
TOTAL VALUE= 100 points
PART 1- Quiz
Quiz Value= 50 points
Please type your answers to the following quiz questions and post in canvas by the due date. Please
number your answers. NO LATE QUIZ ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED- so please submit on time. You will
not be penalized for wrong answers as long as it is clear that you attempted to answer the questions
using the material that you read in the text. Correct answers to the quiz questions will be posted after
the due date of this assignment. You are expected to check your own answers for accuracy.
1. Bessy is imaginative, curious and interested in new ideas; Brandy is conventional, down to earth
and has limited interests. It is likely that Bessy scores high and Brandy scores low on which
dimension of the 5Factor Model?
2. The thoughts and motives that lie beyond a person’s normal awareness are found in what Freud
called the?
3. What is the id’s major concern?
4. What is the result of the ego’s failure to satisfy both the id and the ego?
5. Victor’s religious beliefs prohibit sexual expression until after marriage. He takes up painting
nudes to deal with his sexual impulses. This is an example of which defense mechanism?
6. What is the correct sequence of Freud’s psychosexual stages of development?
7. Fixation at which psychosexual stage would, according to Freud, lead to either a very neat
person or one who is messy and disorderly?
8. Conan wants to be near his mother, receiving her affection. He wants nothing to do with his
father, and actively stands between his parents to keep them from hugging each other.
According to Freud, what is Conan likely experiencing?
PART 2- “DEFENSE MECHANISM” ASSIGNMENT
Assignment Value = 50 points
Directions: Identify a defense mechanism that someone in your life has used. People use defense
mechanisms all of the time. I would like for you to really pay attention to your interaction with someone
and identify a defense mechanism that you believe they used/are using. In a typed paragraph identify
and describe the defense mechanism that they used and the situation at hand. Another way that you
can do this assignment is to watch a tv show or the news (any show) and identify a defense mechanism
that you believe someone is using. Reality shows like the Real Housewives of (anywhere) is loaded with
examples. Type your answer under your quiz answers and label it “Defense Mechanism”. Spelling and
punctuation count. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED SO PLEASE TURN IN ON TIME.
The Textbook name is Experience Psychology, 5th Edition By Laura King.