Dr. Wombles considers himself a psychodynamic personality theorist, but he believes that an individual's early relationships with significant people are more important than instinctual sexual impulses in shaping personality. Dr. Wombles focuses on the importance of ____ on personality development.
a. psychosocial stages
b. object relations
c. archetypes
d. extraversion
Question 2
Reginald works at a local counseling center and one of his clients, Sara, is seeking help because she has never been able to maintain a long-term, satisfying romantic relationship. Reginald believes Sara's problem stems from an insecure attachment to her mother. Reginald is taking a contemporary psychodynamic approach to personality known as ____.
a. the collective unconscious
b. reciprocal determinism
c. object relations
d. striving for superiority
The Big Five Personality Dimensions
Genes, Serotonin, and Personality
The Freudian Structure of Personality
Personality Psychology: Foundations and Findings (Miserandino)
Psychodynamic Theory
Environmental Influences on Personality