Question: The concept of personality most clearly embodies the notion of:

Answer: behavioral consistency.

Question: According to Freud, the unconscious is:

Answer: the thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories, of which we are largely unaware.

Question: According to psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that strives for immediate gratification of basic drives is the:

Answer: id.

Question: When 2-year-old Matthew was told he would get no dessert until he finished the food on his plate, he threw his plate on the floor in a temper tantrum. Freud would have suggested that Matthew was unable to resist the demands of his:

Answer: id.

Question: When 16-year-old Hafez received a large inheritance from his grandfather, he was tempted to purchase an expensive new car. He decided, instead, to deposit all the money into a savings account for his college education. Hafez shows signs of a:

Answer: strong ego.