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  1. Which theoretical approach to personality places the greatest emphasis on free will, subjective experience, and human potential for growth?

    Answer: Humanistic

    The humanistic approach, associated with Maslow and Rogers, stresses subjective experience, free will, and the inherent drive toward self-actualization.

  2. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) is primarily designed to assess which domain?

    Answer: Psychopathology and personality disorders

    The MMPI-2 is one of the most widely used clinical tools for assessing psychopathology, personality disorders, and psychological distress.

  3. According to Freud, the Oedipus complex emerges and is resolved during which psychosexual stage?

    Answer: Phallic stage

    The Oedipus complex—in which children have unconscious desires for the opposite-sex parent—occurs during the phallic stage, roughly ages 3 to 6.

  4. Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development proposes that personality unfolds through how many stages across the lifespan?

    Answer: Eight

    Erikson proposed eight psychosocial stages, each presenting a crisis (e.g., Trust vs. Mistrust) whose resolution shapes personality development from infancy through late adulthood.

  5. Which defense mechanism involves unconsciously attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or impulses to other people?

    Answer: Projection

    Projection is a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously assigns their own unwanted feelings, thoughts, or impulses to someone else.

  6. Which of the following best characterizes the 'Type A' personality pattern originally described by Friedman and Rosenman?

    Answer: Competitive, time-urgent, and prone to hostility

    Type A personality is characterized by competitiveness, time urgency, impatience, and hostility, and was linked to elevated cardiovascular disease risk.