Learning Objectives

These are the concepts and the learning objectives for Chapter 14. Read them carefully as part of your preliminary survey of the chapter.

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

1. Define personality and describe the basic structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud. (pp. 414-415)

2. Outline the five stages of personality development according to Freud. (pp. 415-417)

3. Define and describe the defense mechanisms and their role in psychoanalytic theory. (pp. 417-418)

4. Discuss the contribution made by Freud, the criticisms of the psychoanalytic theory of personality, and the contributions made by the neo-Freudians. (pp. 418-420)

Other Major Approaches to Personality: In Search of Human Uniqueness

5. Describe and evaluate the trait theory approaches to personality development. (pp. 421-424)

6. Describe and evaluate the learning theory approaches to personality development. (pp. 424-426)

7. Describe and evaluate the biological and evolutionary approaches to personality development. (pp. 426-428)

8. Describe and evaluate the humanistic approaches to personality development. (pp. 428-430)

Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Special

9. Discuss personality assessment and define the concepts of validity, reliability, and norms. (pp. 431-432)

10. Differentiate between and cite examples of the following methods of personality assessment: self-report, projective, and behavioral assessment. (pp. 433-436)

11. Evaluate the various personality assessment methods. (pp. 436-437)