This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A psychotherapist instructs David 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: A) Projection. B) Reaction formation. C) Free association. D) Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free association. 2. The psychiatrist who proposed the idea of the collective unconscious A) Carl Jung. B) Hans Eysenck. C) Abraham Maslow. D) Sigmund Freud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carl Jung. 3. The psychologist who developed the self theory, which asserts that people have a need for consistency between their self-concepts and their experiences A) Sigmund Freud. B) Carl Jung. C) Carl Rogers. D) Raymond Cattell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carl Rogers. 4. Julio is extremely dependable and productive, and his friends think he is great at organizing events. Based on the five-factor model of personality, Julio would probably score A) High in conscientiousness. B) High in agreeableness. C) Low in neuroticism. D) High in openness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High in conscientiousness. 5. Which component of the human personality is described as being based on instincts and immediately meeting basic needs? A) Persona. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) Id. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Id. 6. Bandura believes that three factors influence one another in determining the patterns of behavior that make up personality. Which of the following is NOT a factor he identified? A) Personal/Cognitive Factors. B) The Environment. C) Superego. D) Behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superego. 7. Carl Rogers emphasized the importance of which factor in personality development? A) Psychosexual stages. B) Childhood trauma. C) Unconditional positive regard. D) Genetic predisposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconditional positive regard. 8. Fill in the blank:The patterns of interaction and influence between group members are referred to as ..... A) Role Conflict. B) Groupthink. C) Group Dynamics. D) Social Loafing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Group Dynamics. 9. Which type of data in personality psychology is most likely to include life history records? A) I-Data. B) L-Data. C) S-Data. D) B-Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) L-Data. 10. Which of the Personality Types below would most likely be careful, unassertive, a perfectionist a deep thinker: A) TYPE D. B) TYPE B. C) TYPE A. D) TYPE C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TYPE C. 11. Individual's awareness of their own personal characteristics and level of functioning A) Unconscious mind. B) Self-concept. C) Unconditional positive regard. D) Social cognitive theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-concept. 12. John was tempted to cheat on his final exam as he knew his friend had the answers. However, he realized it was unethical and decided to study instead. What psychological concept is this an example of? A) Id. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superego. 13. Which trait theory best exemplifies the principle of parsimony? A) A theory that proposes two personality dispositions. B) A theory that proposes three personality dispositions. C) A theory that proposes five personality dispositions. D) A theory that proposes 16 personality dispositions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A theory that proposes two personality dispositions. 14. ..... refers to a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals. A) Humanistic Psychology. B) Behaviorist Psychology. C) Individual Psychology. D) Positive Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Positive Psychology. 15. The approach to personality development that maintains that people are free to make conscious choices and are responsible for their choices A) Humanistic. B) Behaviorism. C) Social Learning. D) Acculturation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic. 16. A student wants to understand how their traits are similar to or different from their parents' and friends'. Which action best aligns with the reading's suggestion? A) Memorize a list of personality theories without applying them. B) Use a personality assessment and reflect on the results. C) Ignore differences and assume everyone shares the same traits. D) Ask a teacher to assign a personality label without evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use a personality assessment and reflect on the results. 17. Which of the following is a defense mechanism according to the Psychoanalytic Perspective? A) Social Facilitation. B) Cognitive Dissonance. C) Mere Exposure Effect. D) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repression. 18. Miranda has a particularly hard day at school. Feeling angry, she decides to stop at the gym afterward and work out her frustration by lifting weights. What defense mechanism does this best exhibit? A) Displacement. B) Regression. C) Projection. D) Sublimation. E) Reaction formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sublimation. 19. Which of the following workplace stress variables best applies to someone who took a job to clean fish tanks and didn't realize they would be diving inside aquariums to clean them from the inside. A) Human Contact. B) Physical Variables. C) Physical Challenge. D) Clarity of Job Description. E) Task Variety. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clarity of Job Description. 20. For a thirsty person, drinking water serves to reduce: A) An instinct. B) Homeostasis. C) A drive. D) The set point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A drive. 21. Which of the following theories suggests that a person who is hungry has a state of tension that motivates them to eat? A) Arousal theory. B) Drive theory. C) Expectancy theory. D) Incentive theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drive theory. 22. Which of the following would probably not be considered a personality characteristic?Irritation A) Curiosity. B) Extraversion. C) Carelessness. D) Irritation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irritation. 23. What are the five Personality Dimensions? (Think OCEAN!) A) Openness. Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability). B) Openness, Confidence, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability). C) Openness, Charisma, Extraversion, Attitude, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Openness. Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability). 24. What is the Social Influence Theory? A) The theory that people are influenced by others in their social environment. B) The belief that social influence is irrelevant. C) The theory that social influence is based on genetics. D) The idea that social influence is only present in childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The theory that people are influenced by others in their social environment. 25. Learning how to behave by copying the behavior of others. A) Modeling. B) Emotion. C) Coping strategy. D) Peer group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modeling. 26. Which type of self-esteem is more stable and less dependent on external validation? A) Secure self-esteem. B) Defensive self-esteem. C) Conditional self-esteem. D) Inflated self-esteem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secure self-esteem. 27. Lisa, who is five years old, begins sucking her thumb again after her parents have a new baby. This is an example of which defense mechanism? A) Displacement. B) Regression. C) Sublimation. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regression. 28. Which trait reflects how cooperative and compassionate a person is? A) Conscientiousness. B) Extraversion. C) Agreeableness. D) Neuroticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agreeableness. 29. Moral center of personality, containing the ego ideal and the conscience A) Superego. B) Defense mechanisms. C) Temperament. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Superego. 30. George fails a test and blames his mom. A) Internal Locus of Control. B) External Locus of Control. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) External Locus of Control. 31. What is the second level of the hierarchy? A) Love and belonging. B) Self-esteem. C) Safety and security. D) Physical needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safety and security. 32. Which of the following traits is associated with the ST type according to the MBTI? A) Logical and decisive. B) Informal and emotional. C) Conservative and hard-working. D) Attention-seeker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logical and decisive. 33. Which of NOT an assessment method of psychanalytic perspective? A) Personality inventories. B) Projective tests. C) Free association. D) Dream analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personality inventories. 34. Freud used dream analysis and hypnosis to gain access to the ..... mind. A) Conscious. B) Unconscious. C) Preconscious. D) Subconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconscious. 35. What is the main focus of humanistic theorists in measuring personality? A) The balance of one's bodily humors. B) The difference between one's actual self and ideal self. C) The accuracy of one's responses to inkblot tests. D) One's level of extraversion or introversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difference between one's actual self and ideal self. 36. This test uses inkblots to determine a person's personality? A) Rorschach. B) TAT. C) Myers-Briggs. D) PET. E) MMPI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rorschach. 37. What is the primary focus of behavioral psychology? A) Understanding the human brain's structure. B) Studying the unconscious mind. C) Observing and analyzing human behavior. D) Exploring human emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing and analyzing human behavior. 38. Critics of the humanistic theory of personality would agree with which of the following statements? A) Theory promotes self love and narcissism. B) Theory is pessimistic about human nature. C) Theory ignores nuances of personality. D) Theory promotes unconscious behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory promotes self love and narcissism. 39. What is NOT a main type of stressor? A) Nutrition. B) Daily hassles. C) Catastrophes. D) Significant life changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrition. 40. A psychologist administered an empirically derived personality test to diagnose an emotionally troubled students. Which test did the psychologist MOST LIKELY administer? A) The Locus of Control Scale. B) The TAT. C) The Rorschach. D) The MMPI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The MMPI. 41. What is the social-responsibility norm? A) An expectation that people will prioritize their own needs over others. B) An expectation that people will engage in prosocial behavior. C) An expectation that people will conform to social norms. D) An expectation that people will help those needing their help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An expectation that people will help those needing their help. 42. The "Big Five" personality characteristics are: A) Emotionality, extroversion, openness, neuroticism, and agreeableness. B) Anxiety, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, and sociability. C) Outgoing, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, andneuroticism. D) Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, andneuroticism. E) Extroversion, neuroticism, anxiety, agreeableness, and openness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, andneuroticism. 43. Which of the following is NOT one of the big five personality factors? A) Anxiety. B) Agreeableness. C) Conscientiousness. D) Extraversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anxiety. 44. Consistent, enduring way of thinking, feeling, or behaving A) Reciprocal determinism. B) Humanistic theory. C) Trait theory. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trait. 45. Baker constantly uses the same example when he talks about hallucinations. What is it? A) A giraffe. B) Fire!. C) Flying animated birds. D) A monkey playing a tamborine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A monkey playing a tamborine. 46. What does the developmental perspective on personality emphasize? A) Innate genetic programming. B) History of skills and experiences developed. C) Social influence and environmental changes. D) Study of individual differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History of skills and experiences developed. 47. Which of the following is the correct list of the traits included in the Five-Factor Model, or the Big Five? A) Openness (O), Conscientiousness (C), Extraversion (E), Agreeableness (A), Neuroticism (N). B) Extraversion (E), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), Judging (J), Intuition (I). C) Sanguine (S), Phlegmatic (P), Choleric (C), Melancholic (M), Temperament (T). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Openness (O), Conscientiousness (C), Extraversion (E), Agreeableness (A), Neuroticism (N). 48. Jayne refuses to cheat on an exam that many of her friends have shown her copies of. Which of the Big Five traits would Jayne rank highly on? A) Conscientiousness. B) Extraversion. C) Openness. D) Neuroticism. E) Agreeableness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conscientiousness. 49. Shari is a rather anxious person. Since she is so insecure, she frequently seeks out the reassurance of others. On which of the Big Five characteristics would Shari likely score high? A) Extraversion. B) Openness. C) Conscientiousness. D) Neuroticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neuroticism. 50. Back and forth influences between traits, behaviors, and environment. A) Social-cognition. B) Self-efficacy. C) Terror management. D) Reciprocal determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reciprocal determinism. 51. The term "personality psychology" primarily studies: A) Individual differences and uniqueness. B) Group conflicts. C) Memory and perception. D) Organizational behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individual differences and uniqueness. 52. What is your personality? A) How you take care of yourself. B) A pattern of behavior which reflects a blend of your traits, talents, tendencies and preferences. C) How you treat others. D) How others treat you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pattern of behavior which reflects a blend of your traits, talents, tendencies and preferences. 53. Sigmund Freud is responsible for the following ideas except for ..... A) Id, ego, superego. B) Levels of conscioussness. C) Inferiority complex. D) Defense mechisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inferiority complex. 54. You don't like alcohol, but all your friends are drinking beer at a party so you do too. This is an example of A) Obedience. B) Catharsis. C) Groupthink. D) Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conformity. 55. Prejudice is a(n) ..... , whereas discrimination is a(n) ..... A) Response; cognition. B) Behavior; attitude. C) Hatred; dislike. D) Dislike; hatred. E) Attitude; behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Attitude; behavior. 56. ..... are enduring and consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors. A) Traits. B) Quirks. C) Habits. D) Elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traits. 57. Fully functioning A) Behavior theory. B) Humanistic theory. C) Social cognitive theory. D) Psychoanalytic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanistic theory. 58. Real self vs. ideal self A) Albert Bandura. B) Alfred Adler. C) Julian Rotter. D) Carl Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carl Rogers. 59. What are basic tendencies in personality psychology? A) Broad traits (e.g., extroversion). B) Temporary moods and emotions. C) Specific learned behaviors. D) Physical characteristics like height. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broad traits (e.g., extroversion). 60. What is the proper order of Maslow's hierarchy of needs? A) Biology, safety, esteem, love, self-actualization. B) Safety, biology, esteem, love, self-actualization. C) Biology, safety, love, esteem, self-actualizaion. D) Love, biology, safety, esteem, self-actualization. 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