This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Angry with his professor because of a difficult exam, Martin returns home and takes out his anger on his best friend. Martin's behavior illustrates A) Rationalization. B) Displacement. C) Sublimation. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 2. The belief that one's personality is shaped by childhood experiences and unconscious motivations is characteristic of which theory? A) Psychoanalytic theory. B) Humanistic theory. C) Trait theory. D) Social-cognitive theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalytic theory. 3. Strategies used to deal with stress or negative emotions (e.g., problem-focused or emotion-focused) are called ..... A) Cognitive Biases. B) Motivational Factors. C) Defense Mechanisms. D) Coping Mechanisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coping Mechanisms. 4. Which of the following is associated with self-actualization? A) The need for approval from others. B) Achieving one's full potential and personal growth. C) Repressing one's true emotions. D) Living in accordance with societal norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Achieving one's full potential and personal growth. 5. When I was in Boston, I picked up a Boston accent. Whose theory does this reflect? A) Sigmund Freud. B) B.F. Skinner. C) Carl Jung. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Albert Bandura. 6. The Humanistic Approach said people are not free to do as they choose and are not responsible for their choices. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Who believed that personality problems were from feelings of weakness & inadequacy? A) Adler. B) Freud. C) Jung. D) Horney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adler. 8. The tendency of people to exert less effort when they are pooling their efforts towards a common goal. A) Deindividuation. B) Bystander effect. C) Social loafing. D) Foot-in-the-door phenomenon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social loafing. 9. What question is important when considering evolution in the biological approach? A) What does it mean for a trait to be adaptive?. B) How do genes mutate?. C) How do animals communicate?. D) What is the role of culture?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What does it mean for a trait to be adaptive?. 10. Personality is best defined as A) A set of personal attitudes. B) An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. C) Unpredictable responses to environmental stimuli. D) What others say about you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. 11. People who score high in ..... are characterized as anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and vulnerable. A) Neuroticism. B) Conscientiousness. C) Extraversion. D) Openness to experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Neuroticism. 12. Selene was born in a culture that prioritizes the achievements of the individual and views success in terms of personal prestige and wealth. Selene was likely born into a(n) A) Relativistic culture. B) Collectivistic culture. C) Solipsistic culture. D) Individualistic culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Individualistic culture. 13. The superego is Freud's term for A) Mediation. B) Biological impulses. C) Defensive thought. D) Morality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morality. 14. According to Freud, the Oedipus and Electra complexes form during the ..... stage. A) Anal. B) Oral. C) Latency. D) Phallic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phallic. 15. The study of the importance of satisfying love and acceptance needs best describes which school of psychology. A) Behavioral. B) Functionalist. C) Structuralist. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanistic. 16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of someone with high agreeableness? A) Aggressiveness. B) Altruism. C) Trust. D) Warmth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aggressiveness. 17. Which part of the brain is often associated with regulating emotions and controlling impulsive behavior? A) Frontal lobe. B) Cerebellum. C) Occipital lobe. D) Temporal lobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frontal lobe. 18. Which of the following is NOT one of the five dimensions of personality? A) Agreeableness. B) Creativity. C) Conscientiousness. D) Emotional stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creativity. 19. The study of how personality helps people cope with stress is part of the ..... A) Cognitive domain. B) Biological domain. C) Dispositional domain. D) Adjustment domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjustment domain. 20. Which part of our personality tries to keep us safe and forms around 3-5 years old? A) Id. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superego. 21. Which of the following best describes the Big Five personality trait of conscientiousness? A) A tendency to be outgoing and social. B) A characteristic pattern of anxiety and mood swings. C) A disposition toward organization and goal-directed behavior. D) A preference for trying new and unusual experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A disposition toward organization and goal-directed behavior. 22. True or False:Serotonin is triggered by long term acts of pleasure A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Agreeableness measures: A) Cooperation, compassion, and trust. B) Energy level. C) Aggression. D) Openness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperation, compassion, and trust. 24. Which of the following anxiety disorders is marked by persistent, unexplained feelings of apprehension and tension? A) Post-traumatic stress disorder. B) Obsessive compulsive disorder. C) Generalized anxiety disorder. D) Panic disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generalized anxiety disorder. 25. What does the speaker aim to help viewers improve? A) Their social skills. B) Their understanding of psychology. C) Their physical health. D) Their academic performance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their understanding of psychology. 26. Which term describes the acceptance and support of a person regardless of what they say or do? A) Classical conditioning. B) Unconditional positive regard. C) Reciprocal determinism. D) Type B personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditional positive regard. 27. How are objective tests used in psychology? A) To assess personality traits. B) To diagnose medical conditions. C) To measure physical abilities. D) To evaluate intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To assess personality traits. 28. The tendency to accept favorable descriptions of one's personality that could really be applied to almost anyone is known as A) Projection. B) Unconditional positive regard. C) The Barnum effect. D) The halo effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Barnum effect. 29. This culture is more likely to conform because of their collectivist culture A) Eastern Cultures (such as Asian countries). B) Western Cultures (such as the US and England). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eastern Cultures (such as Asian countries). 30. Ronnie is constantly worried and has lots of anxiety about his grades, even when they are doing well. A) Agreeableness. B) Extraversion. C) Neuroticism. D) Conscientiousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neuroticism. 31. What does the humanistic theory of personality emphasize? A) Social Facilitation. B) Unconditional Positive Regard. C) Reciprocal Determinism. D) Defense Mechanisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditional Positive Regard. 32. MBTI stands for what? A) Myers Boggs Temperate Investment. B) McDonald Briggs Temperate Investigator. C) Myers Briggs Type Indicator. D) Myers Boggs Type Indicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myers Briggs Type Indicator. 33. What was a reported downside of acting extraverted for a week by naturally introverted participants? A) They lost their ability to be alone. B) They felt more authentic. C) They felt less happy and more tired. D) They became permanently extraverted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They felt less happy and more tired. 34. What is the effect of shared environment on personality? A) Little effect. B) Major effect. C) It determines all personality traits. D) It has a stronger effect than genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little effect. 35. According to Hippocrates, which temperament is associated with yellow bile? A) Melancholic. B) Choleric. C) Phlegmatic. D) Sanguine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choleric. 36. According to Carl Rogers, a growth promoting environment is one that offers genuineness, acceptance, and empathy. The total acceptance Rogers advocated is called ..... A) The "ideal self". B) Self-concept. C) Self-actualization. D) Unconditional positive regard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconditional positive regard. 37. According to Rogers, three aspects are necessary to promote growth in personality. These are A) Honesty, sincerity, and empathy. B) High self-esteem, honesty, and empathy. C) High self-esteem, genuineness, and acceptance. D) Genuineness, acceptance, and empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genuineness, acceptance, and empathy. 38. Bandura's reciprocal determinism is best summarized as A) The environment continually shapes us. B) Humans shape the environment. C) Environments shape humans and humans shape environments. D) Each person's world is their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environments shape humans and humans shape environments. 39. A motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. A) Carl Jung's Theory. B) Maslow's hierarchy of needs. C) Bandura's Social Learning Theory. D) Horney's Coping Style Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 40. Heredity factors affect the ..... you inherit. A) Character traits. B) Environmental. C) Physical traits. D) Personality traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical traits. 41. What does traditional Chinese medicine believe our personalities depend on? A) The balance of four humors. B) The balance of five elements:earth, wind, water, metal, and fire. C) Our birth order in the family. D) The balance of three doshas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The balance of five elements:earth, wind, water, metal, and fire. 42. Which isn't a criticism of Roger's Humanistic Theory of Personality? A) Some concepts too vague. B) Culture bias. C) Low generisability. D) Highly reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Highly reliable. 43. Conscious thoughts are thoughts of which a person is aware. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. ..... refers to seeing our own unpleasant/unacceptable impulses in others. A) Displacement. B) Rationalization. C) Denial. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Projection. 45. Which one is NOT a neo-Freudian? A) Carl Jung. B) Alfred Adler. C) Karen Horney. D) Carl Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carl Rogers. 46. What is the term for the belief that one's own culture is superior to others? A) Collectivism. B) Individualism. C) Ethnocentrism. D) Multiculturalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethnocentrism. 47. What do most psychologists today define personality as? A) The automatic pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that come out in certain situations. B) A fixed set of traits determined at birth. C) The result of one's environment and upbringing only. D) A collection of habits formed during early childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The automatic pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that come out in certain situations. 48. What is the role of social scripts in aggression? A) They are neural influences on aggressive behavior. B) They are genetic influences on aggressive behavior. C) They are biochemical influences on aggressive behavior. D) They are culturally modeled guides for how to act aggressively. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are culturally modeled guides for how to act aggressively. 49. Humanists base great emphasis on what when it comes to self actualizing A) Unconscious Mind. B) Superego development. C) Free Will and Choice. D) Biological Factors outside our control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Will and Choice. 50. What is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes? A) Personality. B) Sociology. C) Functionalism. D) Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychology. 51. Develops out of a need to deal with reality, mostly conscious, rational, and logical A) Trait. B) Humanistic theory. C) Ego. D) Psychodynamic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ego. 52. Personality differs from social roles in that: A) Roles are internal. B) Personality is situation-based. C) Roles are external and situational. D) Personality is short-term. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roles are external and situational. 53. Which personality trait involves being reserved and solitary? A) Emotional stability. B) Agreeableness. C) Introversion. D) Extroversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Introversion. 54. In psychodynamic assessment, what is free association? A) A process of measuring brain activity during tests. B) A technique asking individuals to say whatever comes to mind without censoring their thoughts. C) A method where individuals memorize inkblot names. D) A group discussion about personality types. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A technique asking individuals to say whatever comes to mind without censoring their thoughts. 55. Theorist who identified thousands of traits by going through the dictionary. A) Gordon Allport. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Raymond Cattell. D) Abraham Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gordon Allport. 56. Name the Psychological Approach:Rewards and punishments shape our actions, which shapes our personalities A) Behavioral. B) Trait Theory. C) Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic. D) Humanistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behavioral. 57. According to Freud's psychosexual theory, which stage is characterized by a child's focus on toilet training? A) Phallic stage. B) Latency stage. C) Anal stage. D) Oral stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anal stage. 58. Which of the following works on the reality principle? A) The defense mechanism. B) The Ego. C) The Id. D) The superego. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ego. 59. After failing your drivers test, you go home and run 10 miles to feel better. Which defense mechanism does this desribe? A) Repression. B) Compensation. C) Reaction formation. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compensation. 60. Research on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) suggests that it may have limited value as a predictor of future job performance. Such criticisms question this assessment's A) Validity. B) Popularity. C) Reliability. D) Empericism. 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