MCQs of Psychology – Personality

When the values in a culture emphasize putting group goals ahead of personal goals and defining one’s identity in terms of the groups one belongs to, the culture is said to be high in:

In which of the following cultures is an independent view of the self most likely to be the norm?

Freud named the complex after a mythical Greek figure who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.

All of the following are parts of Freud’s structure of the personality EXCEPT the

If you were to kick the dog after a hard day at the office, you would be using

All of the following are archetypes according to Jngian theory EXCEPT:

Striving for fulfilment or being all that you can be characterizes:

Sania expects that diligent study will enable to earn good grades on her tests. Paula’s belief best illustrates:

Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behave impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately.According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by

Hammad sets extremely high standards for both himself and others. He tends to be rigid and inflexible and rarely allows himself to enjoy life. Freud would probably conclude taht Hammad is dominated by:

The trait of optimism is most closely related to a strong sense of:

Ehsan has a job that pays well, and he recently moved to a nieghbourhood where there is a little crime. Lately he finds that he is thinking seriously about finding the right person to settle down with, and raising a family. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, at this point in time Ehsan is most likely motivated by:

Noma is optimistic, impulsive, excitable, and restless. In terms of the Eysencks’ basic personality dimensions, he would be classified as:

Searching for identity by fulfilling needs is basic to the theory of:

The humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of:

Alfred Adler stressed what in his personality theory?

The humanistic perspective is to Maslow as the social-cognitive perspective is to:

A student who is quite honest honest turns in the paper of another student as his own. When accused of dishonesty, he says, “nowadays everybody cheats in school, but, i’m always honest.” The student is using which type of defence mechanism?

Humanistic psychologist would most likely be criticized for underestimating the value of:

The cornerstone of Bandura’s cognitive social-learning theory is the emphasis on

Which of the following is not a shortcoming of self-report personality inventories?

In the Nurture Assumption, Judith Harris argues that the evidence indicates that family environment has_______on children’s personalities.

All of the following were personality type theorists EXCEPT:

Allport’s idea that the traits around which someone organizes their life are called_________traits.

All of the following are dimensions of Eysenck’s personality type theory EXCEPT

Personality theorists believe there may be______factors or very board dimensions that make up a person’s personality.

Freud put the emphasis on______aspects of behavior.

Which of the following stages of Freud’s psychosexual development does NOT have a corresponding erogenous zone

The belief that one can perform adequately in a particular situation is

The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

Which of the following is the best way to regard heritability estimates?

Research on terror management theory has shown that increased mortality salience leads to all of the following except:

What do psychologists mean by the term trait-situation interaction?

One of Freud’s major contributions was his

According to Freud, the ego is governed by the:

_______theory maximized and________theory minimized the role of the unconscious.

Two-year-old Damien frequently refuses to obey his parents because he derives immense pleasure from demonstrating his independence from their control Freud would have suggested that Damien is going through the______stage of development.

Freud suggested that slips of the tongue illustrate an incomplete:

When Professor ljaz nervously began teaching a university class for the first time, he overestimated the extent to which his student would notice that he was anxious. His reaction best illustrates:

The best indicator of a person’s level of optimism is his or her:

As personality descriptions become more positive, the Barnum effect becomes stronger. This best illustrates.

Adler is to individual psychology as jung is to:

Aima believes that she will succeed in business if she works hard and carefully manages her time. Her belief most clearly illustrates:

A psychotherapist instructs Dilawar to relax close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as:

Farida was informed by a professional palm reader. “You generally communicate openly with others, but you have certain dark secrets that even your closest friends could never guess.” The fact that Farida was impressed by the palm reader’s insight into her personality best illustrates:

Learning theorists:

To understand personality, trait theorists attempt to

Behavioral theories of personality are often criticized for their

The concept of traits is used to account for personal characteristics that are

Id is to pleasure principle as.

Maslow most clearly interjected his own personal values into his study of self-actualized individuals by:

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by:

Coretta is quiet pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In terms of the Eyesencks’ basic personality dimensions she would be classified as:

A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of

Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):

The perception that one’s fate is determined by luck reflects:

A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

A boy’s sexual desires for his mother and feelings of hostility toward his father constitute what Freud called:

Roberto tends to focus on people and things around him and is outgoing, talkative, and friendly, Jung would refer to Roberto as an

In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

After experiencing inescapable brutalities as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, Mr Sternberg became apathetic, stopped eating, and gave up all efforts to physically survive the ordeal. Mr.Sternberg’s reaction most clearly illustrates:

Because she is often rejected by her parents, Sally mistrusts other people and treats them with hostility, which leads to their rejection of her,The cycle of rejection, mistrust, hostility, and further rejection illustrate what is meant by:

Scott has just been reprimanded by his supervisor. Later on, Scott begins to “stomp around” and throws a tranturm in front of his co-workers. Scott’s behavior exemplifies which of the following?

When anthropologists compare ancient artifacts from South America, Europe, and Australia they often find similarities among the images that are depicted. Based on Jung’s analytical psychology, some of these apparent similarities may stem from

Dilawar is taking personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supported to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and suggest what the characters are feeling. The test that Dilawar is taking is the:

According to Freud, children develop unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex during the_______stage.

The psychologists who developed the inkblot test was:

Karen Horney, a prominent neo-Freudian, disputes Freud’s assumption that women:

Freud emphasized that unresolved childhood conflicts often lead to:

Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating.This best illustrates:

Martin Seligman advocates a positive psychology, which focuses on topics such as:

A person who is careless and disorganized most clearly ranks low on the Big Five trait dimension of:

According to Rogers, for a child to develop a healthy personality, the parents must

A young man explained that he did poorly on his exam because his eyes hurt the test was unfair, and he did not feel the subject was important anyway. The young man is using what type of defense mechanism?

All of the following are examples of objective tests Except the

The projective test in which a subject is asked, “What might this be?” in called the

The term personality refers to:

Freud believed that at each psychosexual stage a different part of the body becomes

If self-esteem is too high, the person may be:

The main criticism of humanistic theory is that

Jung believed that three are basic universal concepts in all people regardless of culture called

A key element of Carl Rogers’ personality theory is the concept of

According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra conflicts and when a child takes on the values and behaviors the same sex parent in a process called

If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be

According to Freud, the key to mental health is:

According to behaviorists:

A personality theory is a(n):

The five-factor model of personality includes:s

Harvey Hedonist has devoted his life to the search for physical pleasure and immediate need and gratification. Freud would say that Harvey is dominated by:

Furious at her boss for what she considers to be unjust criticism, Tania turns around and takes out her anger on her subordinates. Tania may be using the defense mechanism of:

Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

According to Alfred Adler, the prime motivating force in a person’s life is:

Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

Always having been a good student, lrving is confident that he will do well in his psychology course. According to Bandura’s cognitive theory, lrving would be said to have:

Which of the following approaches to personality is least deterministic?

Research on self-perception indicates that most people:

In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by

By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

According to Freud, fixation at which stage of development is associated with sarcasm, criticalness, overeating and nail-biting in adults?

Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:

Which of the following is true of personal construct theory?
1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world.
2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses.
3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions.
4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

Who developed a model of personality based on 16 trait dimensions?

Which of the following is true of traits?

Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions in Cattell’s 18 Personality Factors Questionnaire (18PF)?

Which of the following traits is not part of the five-factor model of personality?

The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______.

Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?

Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.)
1. Internal-external.
2. Stable-unstable.
3. Wide-narrow.
4. None of the above.

According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

Identify the FALSE statement relating to affects, from those given below:

Students who experiences a persistent depressed mood after failing an exam probably have which type of attribution style?

The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.

Which dimension of personality can predict individual preferences for study areas, number of study breaks and performance on long vigilance tasks?

According to Higgins’ self-discrepancy theory, what are individuals motivated to do?

Defensive Pessimists set low expectations and ruminate over the worst possible outcomes; however research has shown that they perform similarly in terms of academic performance compared to which group of people?

Which. if any, of the following statements about self-consciousness is INCORRECT?