This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shown a series of black and white pictures similar to the one below. The person showing you the pictures asks you to create a story by answering four questions about each picture:1. What's happening now?2. What led up to it?3. What are the characters in the story thinking and feeling?4. How will the story end? A) Thematic Apperception Test. B) Rorschach Inkblot test. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thematic Apperception Test. 2. The theorist that came up with the collective unconscious is A) Adler. B) Jung. C) Erickson. D) Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jung. 3. Humanistic psychologists may assess personality by A) Asking a person to compare their ideal self to their actual self. B) Asking people to fill out lengthy questionnaires about their beliefs. C) Putting people in a stressful situation to see how they behave under pressure. D) Getting people to describe what they see in ambiguous inkblots. E) Having a person describe their dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asking a person to compare their ideal self to their actual self. 4. Which Myers-Briggs type is characterized as introverted, sensing, feeling, and perceiving? A) ISTJ. B) ENTP. C) ESTP. D) ISFP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ISFP. 5. According to B.F. Skinner, the human personality is strongly influenced by ..... A) Modeling. B) Rewards and punishments. C) The collective unconscious. D) Our biological make-up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rewards and punishments. 6. Which of the following is NOT listed as a root of prejudice and discrimination? A) Just-world hypothesis. B) Scapegoating. C) Central route. D) In-group/out-group bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central route. 7. How does the Rorschach Inkblot Test theoretically work? A) By interpreting subjects' perceptions of inkblots. B) By evaluating memory retention. C) By assessing the ability to solve puzzles. D) By measuring the speed of response to stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By interpreting subjects' perceptions of inkblots. 8. A low level of serotonin is associated with which category of disorders? A) Dissociative disorders. B) Mood disorders. C) Personality disorders. D) Social disorders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood disorders. 9. An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting A) Temperament. B) Personality. C) Psychodynamic theory. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personality. 10. What does social psychology study? A) How people influence others' behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. B) How people develop language. C) How people learn mathematics. D) How people remember facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How people influence others' behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. 11. How many first-order factors did Raymond Cattel conclude personality was composed of? A) 16. B) 12. C) 6. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16. 12. . The part of the brain that seems to influence emotion is the ..... A) Thalamus. B) Pons. C) Amygdala. D) Thyroid gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amygdala. 13. What are ambiguous stimuli (e.g., Rorschach, TAT) used to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings called? A) Achievement Tests. B) Objective Tests. C) Aptitude Tests. D) Projective Tests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Projective Tests. 14. Someone who is highly NATURALISTICALLY intelligent probably ..... A) Enjoys reading, doing crossword puzzles, and writing. B) Enjoys helping others, gets along with others, likes teams. C) Enjoys spending time alone, needs quiet time. D) Is good with plants, likes to study about space, the earth, and weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is good with plants, likes to study about space, the earth, and weather. 15. Defense Mechanism:Your boss yells at you and since you can't yell at your boss without losing your job, you yell at your administrative assistant. A) Projection. B) Regression. C) Displacement. D) Denial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displacement. 16. Aggregate prediction is more reliable than predicting ..... acts. A) Single. B) Multiple. C) Random. D) Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Single. 17. What does naturalistic observation in the context of technology typically involve? A) Controlled group studies. B) Laboratory experiments. C) Social media analysis. D) Mathematical modeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social media analysis. 18. Who among the following psychologists proposed the concept of the unconscious mind? A) Skinner. B) Freud. C) Bandura. D) Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freud. 19. Which of Jung's archetypes represents the public face or role a person presents to others? A) Persona. B) Shadow. C) Anima/Animus. D) Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persona. 20. Which psychologist created the concept of g or "general intelligence" ? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Myers Briggs. C) Charles Spearman. D) Howard Gardner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Spearman. 21. Self-efficacy refers to: A) A person's ability to succeed in a specific task or situation. B) The internal conflict between the id and superego. C) The awareness of one's personality traits. D) The idea that behaviors are influenced by unconscious drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person's ability to succeed in a specific task or situation. 22. Aria is taking a cooking class for the first time. She has always wanted to learn how to be a great cook. A) Conscientiousness. B) Agreeableness. C) Extraversion. D) Openness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Openness. 23. Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences? A) Introversion. B) Spatial. C) Naturalistic. D) Interpersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introversion. 24. A person who studies how people think, feel, and behave. A) Modeling. B) Psychologist. C) Self-actualization. D) Peer group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychologist. 25. How does the concept of "openness" manifest in the Big Five Personality Model? A) Preference for routine and familiarity. B) Willingness to try new things and embrace novel ideas. C) Tendency to be reserved and withdrawn. D) Inclination to be skeptical and critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Willingness to try new things and embrace novel ideas. 26. Fleeing one's country because of violence is an example of what level of the hierarchy? A) Love and belonging. B) Safety and security. C) Physical needs. D) Self-esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety and security. 27. Alondra is an alcoholic. She attempts to keep this fact hidden from her co-workers by constantly bringing up the virtues of abstinence and living a 'clean' lifestyle. This is an example of which type of defense mechanism? A) Projection. B) Displacement. C) Reaction-Formation. D) Regression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reaction-Formation. 28. What are the big five factors? A) Emotional stability, awareness, attentiveness, amiability, introversion. B) Kindness, joy, agreeableness, introversion, openness. C) Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. D) Quiet, greedy, narcissist, evil, nonchalant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. 29. The selfish part of our personality, according to Freud, is called our: A) Id. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Id. 30. Jason just sat down to work on his term paper when his friends called and invited him to a party. If Jason decides he will only go to the party after he finishes outlining the term paper, his decision reflects the functioning of his A) Id. B) Superego. C) Preconscious. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ego. 31. According to the Big Five model, what does 'Conscientiousness' involve? A) Appreciation for art and emotion. B) Carefulness and a disciplined approach to tasks. C) Sociability and enjoyment of social interactions. D) Frequent experience of positive emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefulness and a disciplined approach to tasks. 32. The trait theory of personality can best be defined as: A) The analysis of how much personality or behavioral traits areinfluenced by genetics. B) The analysis of the structure of personality by classifying similaritiesand differences in personality characteristics. C) A factor analysis that studies common personality characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The analysis of the structure of personality by classifying similaritiesand differences in personality characteristics. 33. The perception that individuals significant others value them for what they are which leads the individuals to grant themselves the same favorable opinion or view A) Unconditional positive regard. B) Trait. C) Fully functioning. D) Cardinal trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconditional positive regard. 34. What is personality? A) Part of a person that stands for reason and good sense. B) Pattern of feelings, motives and behavior that set people apart from one another. C) Consciousness of self. D) Ideas and images of accumulated experiences of all human being. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pattern of feelings, motives and behavior that set people apart from one another. 35. This part of our personality acts as our "true self, " it is in touch with reality and strives to meet urges in a socially acceptable way. A) Super Ego. B) Id. C) Ego. D) Preconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ego. 36. An aspect of personality that is considered to be reasonably stable A) Self-concept. B) Acculturation. C) Trait. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trait. 37. Identify the theorist whose signature idea was that the unconscious has two distinct forms, namely personal and collective. A) Alfred Adler. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Carl Jung. D) Karen Horney. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carl Jung. 38. The part of the unconscious personality that contains our needs, drives, instincts, and repressed material A) Superego. B) Defense mechanisms. C) Ego. D) Id. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Id. 39. The part of the mind that contains inherited instincts, urges, and memories common to all people. A) Collective Unconscious. B) Superego. C) Collective Conscious. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collective Unconscious. 40. After failing to make the musical, you curl up on the couch and have your Mom bring you milk and cookies. A) Fantasy. B) Regression. C) Suppression. D) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regression. 41. Which statement is TRUE about the Myers-Briggs Assessment? A) Once you have your results, you should make all of your decisions based on them. B) Once you have your results, you never need to take the test again-the results will always turn out the same. C) Once you have your results, you can use them as a tool to understand yourself-and others-a little more. D) Once you have your results, you should hang out with people who are the same type as you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Once you have your results, you can use them as a tool to understand yourself-and others-a little more. 42. Which theorist proposed that personality is primarily determined by how individuals interpret and make meaning of events? A) B.F. Skinner. B) George Kelly. C) Raymond Cattell. D) Gordon Allport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) George Kelly. 43. Patient D has grandiose feelings. He thinks his ideals are superior to all others. He has started his own cult and convinced his followers he is a prophet. Patient B may be suffering from? A) Schizophrenia. B) Phobia. C) Narcissism. D) Anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narcissism. 44. Unconsciousness and inferiority complex are terms related to ..... A) Jung. B) Horney. C) Adler. D) Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adler. 45. In Carl Roger's model, valuing another person as having intrinsic worth, regardless or the person's behavior at the particular time, is called A) Conditional love. B) Conditional positive regard. C) Unconditional love. D) Unconditional positive regard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconditional positive regard. 46. What are the two branches within the Learning Approach theory? A) Misbehavior and Behaviorism. B) Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory. C) Behaviorism and Problem Solving. D) Social Learning Theory and Misbehavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory. 47. Which statement best explains why psychoanalytical assessments struggle with reliability and validity? A) They are based on standardized, objective measures. B) Different professionals may interpret the same results differently. C) They only measure brain activity with machines. D) They are illegal to administer in most countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different professionals may interpret the same results differently. 48. Which of the following is related to the rules governing emotional expression? A) Display Rules. B) Facial Feedback Effect. C) Behavior Feedback Effect. D) Broaden-and-Build Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Display Rules. 49. Someone who has an external locus of control is likely to have A) A positive self concept. B) High IQ. C) A high self efficacy. D) A belief in luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A belief in luck. 50. The way you feel about yourself is self esteem. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. A parent's statement to their child, "We want you to get A's like the neighbor's son" will lead to ..... A) Obedience. B) Compliance. C) Intrinsic motivation. D) Extrinsic motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extrinsic motivation. 52. What is Bandura's idea that behavior, environment, and personal factors all influence each other called? A) Self-Actualization. B) Classical Conditioning. C) Operant Conditioning. D) Reciprocal Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reciprocal Determinism. 53. The defense mechanism that best describes repression is ..... A) Excluding uncomfortable thoughts from consciousness. B) Attributing one's owns repressed motives or feelings and wishes onto another person. C) Refusal to acknowledge a painful or threatening reality. D) Reverting to childlike behavior and defenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excluding uncomfortable thoughts from consciousness. 54. Projective test where subjects create stories based on ambiguous pictures. Fill in the blank: ..... A) Rorschach Inkblot Test. B) WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale). C) TAT (Thematic Apperception Test). D) MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TAT (Thematic Apperception Test). 55. What is psychoanalysis? A) A way to analyze data. B) The process of having back pain checked. C) A treatment technique that brings memories into the conscious mind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A treatment technique that brings memories into the conscious mind. 56. A person believes that luck and fate determine their outcomes in life. Which locus of control does this represent? A) Dispositional Attribution. B) Central Route Persuasion. C) Internal Locus of Control. D) External Locus of Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) External Locus of Control. 57. The personality theory that focuses on learning by observation and on the role of cognitive processes that produce individual differences A) Behaviorism. B) Self-Concept. C) Observation learning. D) Social learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observation learning. 58. How do educators following the humanistic perspective create an environment that supports the whole person? A) By focusing solely on academic achievement and standardized tests. B) By limiting students' opportunities to make decisions in the classroom. C) By encouraging students to collaborate, share ideas, and express their feelings. D) By emphasizing competition among students to promote motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By encouraging students to collaborate, share ideas, and express their feelings. 59. What is group polarization? A) The tendency of individuals to exert more effort when working as part of a group. B) A split within a group produced by differences of opinion. C) The radicalization of the groups' ideology through discussion. D) The lack of critical thinking that results for a desire for harmony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The radicalization of the groups' ideology through discussion. 60. Which defense mechanism involves acting younger than one's age? A) Regression. B) Displacement. C) Suppression. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regression. Next →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 5Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books