Multiple Choice
In Freud’s psychodynamic theory, patients with conversion disorder (historically called “hysteria”) were conceptualized as experiencing which process?
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11. Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
Multiple Choice
A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts influence behavior is most likely working within which perspective on personality?
A
Trait perspective
B
Psychodynamic perspective
C
Behavioral perspective
D
Humanistic perspective
Verified step by step guidance1
Identify the key concept in the question: the psychologist studies unconscious motives and conflicts influencing behavior.
Recall the main perspectives on personality: Trait, Behavioral, Humanistic, and Psychodynamic.
Understand that the Psychodynamic perspective, founded by Freud, emphasizes unconscious motives and internal conflicts as drivers of behavior.
Recognize that the Trait perspective focuses on stable characteristics, the Behavioral perspective on observable behaviors and learning, and the Humanistic perspective on conscious experiences and self-actualization.
Conclude that the perspective most aligned with unconscious motives and conflicts is the Psychodynamic perspective.
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