Personality Psychology MCQs and Notes

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Vijay Sangwan • 28.62K Points
Instructor II

Q 1. Learning sex-appropriate behavior is greatly influenced by

(A) self-reinforcement and resolution of unconscious conflicts.

(B) identification and imitation.

(C) toilet training and early feeding contacts.

(D) valuing and self-regard.

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Priyanka Tomar • 35.28K Points
Coach

Q 2. During the first year of life, the child is said to go through the __________ stage.

(A) oral

(B) anal

(C) genital

(D) phallic

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Shiva Ram • 30.44K Points
Instructor I

Q 3. __________ theories stress private, subjective experience and personal growth.

(A) trait

(B) humanistic

(C) behavioristic

(D) psychodynamic

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Gopal Sharma • 38.32K Points
Coach

Q 4. The term personality refers to

(A) the hereditary aspects of one\s emotional nature.

(B) unique and enduring behavior patterns.

(C) favorable and unfavorable personal characteristics.

(D) charisma, character, or temperament.

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Rakesh Kumar • 28.44K Points
Instructor II

Q 5. Self-actualization refers to

(A) a tendency that causes human personality problems.

(B) what it is that makes certain men and women famous.

(C) anyone who is making full use of his or her potentials.

(D) the requirements necessary for becoming famous, academically distinguished, or rich.

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Rakesh Kumar • 28.44K Points
Instructor II

Q 6. Freud believed that at each psychosexual stage a different part of the body becomes

(A) id-fixated.

(B) archetypical.

(C) an erogenous zone.

(D) a source for modeling.

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Gopal Sharma • 38.32K Points
Coach

Q 7. If self-esteem is too high, the person may be

(A) boring.

(B) ineffective.

(C) dull.

(D) arrogant.

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Praveen Singh • 36.81K Points
Coach

Q 8. The main criticism of humanistic theory is that

(A) it emphasizes the negative dimensions of personality.

(B) it is research rather than experience oriented.

(C) its concepts are imprecise and difficult to study objectively.

(D) its approach is more empirical than philosophical.

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Shiva Ram • 30.44K Points
Instructor I

Q 9. The description of a person's character implies

(A) the use of rating scales.

(B) the use of multiple observers.

(C) the use of situational testing.

(D) judgment about the desirability of traits.

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Ranjeet • 34.60K Points
Instructor I

Q 10. Jung believed that there are basic universal concepts in all people regardless of culture called

(A) persona.

(B) collective consciousness.

(C) archetypes.

(D) mandalas.