This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Base or central part of something. A) Dividing Line. B) Base. C) Core. D) Foundation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Core. 2. Reaction formation A) Regression is a defense mechanism where one reverts to an earlier stage of development in the face of stress. B) Projection is a defense mechanism where one attributes their own unacceptable qualities onto others. C) Rationalization is a defense mechanism where one provides logical reasons to justify their unacceptable behavior. D) Reaction formation is a defense mechanism. Acting opposite to how the unconscious(id)wishes to behave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reaction formation is a defense mechanism. Acting opposite to how the unconscious(id)wishes to behave. 3. Which concept refers to the extent to which research findings can be applied to settings outside the study? A) Replicability. B) Generalizability. C) Case study. D) Experimental study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalizability. 4. An INTROVERT is ..... ? A) A shy person. B) An outgoing person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A shy person. 5. What is the method of testing that involves telling a story about a picture? A) Thematic Apperception Test. B) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. C) Big Five Personality Test. D) Rorschach Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thematic Apperception Test. 6. Freud identified many defense mechanisms, including regression (coping with anxiety by retreating to an earlier developmental stage) and projection (disguising threatening impulses by attributing them to others). All defense mechanisms distort or disguise reality and all are ..... A) Precinscious. B) Conscious. C) Unconscious. D) Rationalizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconscious. 7. Defense mechanisms operate consciously and are used deliberately. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. One difference between Karen Horney and Sigmund Freud is that Horney emphasized the role of ..... , whereas Freud emphasized the role of ..... A) Sexuality; anxiety. B) Inferiority; relationships. C) Relationships; sexuality. D) Anxiety; inferiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relationships; sexuality. 9. The id operates on A) The pleasure principle. B) The Oedipus Complex. C) The Unconscious. D) The Conscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The pleasure principle. 10. How many dimensions does the Big Five model propose for defining personality? A) Four. B) Two. C) Five. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five. 11. Lizzie refuses to eat her eggs. Their mom sends them to school without eating breakfast. A) Positive Punishment. B) Negative Punishment. C) Positive Reinforcement. D) Negative Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative Punishment. 12. In which defense mechanism do you try and explain the reasoning to justify your actions. Ex:You were late to class because Mr. Emering stopped me in the hallway. A) Repression. B) Rationalization. C) Projection. D) Reaction formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rationalization. 13. Peer groups influence socialization by: A) Supporting traditional values. B) Shaping identity through shared experiences. C) Providing discipline. D) Enforcing legal norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaping identity through shared experiences. 14. A 3-year old child who has been toilet-trained starts wetting the bed after the birth of a sibling. This child uses the defense mechanism of: A) Repression. B) Regression. C) Sublimation. D) Reaction Formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regression. 15. Fill in the blank:Agreeing to a request from someone with no authority over you is known as ..... A) Compliance. B) Conformity. C) Obedience. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compliance. 16. Which of the following traits is NOT part of the Big Five Personality Model? A) Neuroticism. B) Openness. C) Agreeableness. D) Introversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introversion. 17. What is an example of a basic physiological need (according to Maslow)? A) Belonging. B) Confidence. C) Shelter. D) Employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shelter. 18. In order to assess a client's personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between ..... and ..... A) The client's values; the therapist's values. B) Ideal self; actual self. C) Self-esteem; locus of control. D) Locus of control; self-actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ideal self; actual self. 19. A therapists asks a client to describe how they think about close family/friends A) Object Relations Theory. B) Psychodynamic Theory. C) Neo-Analytic Theory. D) Object Integration Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object Relations Theory. 20. Which of the following statements is true regarding the developmental psychology of personality? A) Personality is fully developed by age 5. B) Personality remains static throughout life. C) Personality can change and develop over the lifespan. D) Personality is solely determined by genetic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personality can change and develop over the lifespan. 21. According to McCrae and Costa, Openness to Experience includes which characteristic? A) Preference for routine and tradition. B) Curiosity and imagination. C) Focus on external validation. D) Resistance to change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Curiosity and imagination. 22. Malfunctioning of a scuba diving oxygen tank is an example of what level? A) Physical. B) Safety and security. C) Self-actualization. D) Love and belonging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 23. Attitude is defined as ..... + emotion. A) Belief. B) Desire. C) Habit. D) Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belief. 24. Speaking of Nisbett & Cohen, which best reflects their research design? A) Naturalistic observation. B) True experiment. C) Quasi-experiment. D) Survey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quasi-experiment. 25. Which of the following could help boost someone's self-esteem? A) Sleeping. B) Eating fries. C) Getting good grades. D) Wearing seat belts in the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Getting good grades. 26. You decide to set up a dating service based on the Big Five principles of personality. You measure people for their personality types. Which of the following personality types would you think would be the best match? A) Hostile and Hostile. B) Open and Closed. C) Open and Open. D) Neurotic and Neurotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Open and Open. 27. Why is personality considered stable? A) Because it is created by short-term emotions. B) Because it is built gradually through long-term experiences and social interactions. C) Because it never changes after childhood. D) Because it is only influenced by genetics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it is built gradually through long-term experiences and social interactions. 28. The psychologist who proposed two personality dimensions:introversion-extroversion and stability-instability A) Sigmund Freud. B) Erik Erikson. C) Hans Eysenck. D) Carl Jung. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hans Eysenck. 29. The defense mechanism that involves switching an unacceptable impulse into its opposite A) Displacement. B) Rationalization. C) Reaction formation. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reaction formation. 30. Fill in the blank:The study that showed people are likely to follow orders that conflict with their morals under authority pressure is called the ..... A) Asch Conformity Experiment. B) Stanford Prison Experiment. C) Milgram Obedience Study. D) Little Albert Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Milgram Obedience Study. 31. Which of the following is NOT listed as a concept related to how one conceives of oneself? A) Self-regulation. B) Self-concept. C) Self-esteem. D) Self-awareness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-awareness. 32. Trait theorists are more concerned with ..... personality than ..... it. A) Describing; explaining. B) Changing; analyzing. C) Interpreting; observing. D) Predicting; assessing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describing; explaining. 33. How many brain receptors does dopamine touch? A) 5. B) 3. C) 14. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 34. What is the term for the statistical method used to identify and group personality traits? A) Agreeableness. B) Factor analysis. C) Objective tests. D) Emotional stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factor analysis. 35. Which neurotransmitter is associated with both effects and specific traits in biochemistry? A) Cortisol. B) Serotonin. C) Dopamine. D) Adrenaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dopamine. 36. Theory of emotion that suggests physical arousal and emotional experience arise simultaneously. A) Yerkes-Dodson. B) Two-Factor. C) James-Lange. D) Cannon-Bard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cannon-Bard. 37. Cross-cultural universality refers to the assumption that A) A trait has to be codified in various cultures which mean it is important in those cultures. B) An attribute has more than one descriptive trait in different culture. C) All traits are listed and defined in dictionary form that acceptable for all cultures. D) All important differences have become encoded within natural language of all cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A trait has to be codified in various cultures which mean it is important in those cultures. 38. A test that yields consistent results is: A) Standardized. B) Projective. C) Valid. D) Reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reliable. 39. The modern view of temperament asserts that it ..... A) Is biologically based. B) Is a mixture of the four humors. C) First emerges during adolescence. D) Changes radically at adolescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is biologically based. 40. The principle that governs the operation of the unconscious mind A) Reality Principle. B) Topographical Principle. C) Structural Model. D) Pleasure Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasure Principle. 41. The ..... classifies people according to Carl Jung's personality types A) MMPI. B) TAT. C) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. D) Locus of control scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 42. Which study design is characterized by observing subjects without manipulating variables? A) Experimental study. B) Case study. C) Observational study. D) Survey study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observational study. 43. What are the false beliefs experienced by people with schizophrenia called? A) Dysphagia. B) Hypochondriasis. C) Neuroses. D) Delusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delusions. 44. Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated with an emphasis on the importance of: A) Free association. B) Empirically derived tests. C) Reciprocal determinism. D) A positive self-concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A positive self-concept. 45. Level of the mind where thoughts, feeling, memories, and other information are kept that are not easy to bring to consciousness. A) Personality. B) Defense mechanisms. C) Conscious mind. D) Unconscious mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconscious mind. 46. Which statement best captures why we study personality scientifically? A) To prove pre-existing theories about human behavior. B) To systematically and objectively explore the complexities of human nature. C) To promote specific personality traits. D) To compare personality across different cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To systematically and objectively explore the complexities of human nature. 47. What did Carl Jung call the shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history? A) Archetypes. B) Neurosis. C) Collective unconscious. D) Terror management. E) Inferiority complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collective unconscious. 48. If people who score high on extraversion also score high on measures of self-esteem, extraversion and self-esteem are A) Not correlated. B) Positively correlated. C) Negatively correlated. D) Inferential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positively correlated. 49. Obedience to authority would most likely occur between a: A) Psychology student and a sociology student. B) Viola player and a violin player. C) Store manager and a store clerk. D) Chef and a food critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store manager and a store clerk. 50. Research has shown that individuals who are made to feel insecure are subsequently A) More likely to display self-serving bias. B) Less critical of others. C) Less likely to display self-serving bias. D) More critical of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More critical of others. 51. Alexis is very organized. She rarely shows up late to meetings and is very reliable. A) Neuroticism. B) Extraversion. C) Conscientiousness. D) Agreeableness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conscientiousness. 52. According to Alfred Adler, overcompensation may be found in those who A) Are fixated at one of the psychosexual stages. B) Have an inferiority complex. C) Have not sucessfully used defense mechanisms. D) Have a superiority complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have an inferiority complex. 53. What is the central route in persuasion techniques based on? A) Argument strength. B) Likeability. C) Attractiveness. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argument strength. 54. The people who thought social forces had more to do with our personality than the unconscious did were the: A) Behaviorists. B) Humanists. C) Trait Theorists. D) Neo-Freudians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neo-Freudians. 55. A person who appreciates material things and hardly has idealistic views A) Idealistic. B) Materialistic. C) Creative. D) Considerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Materialistic. 56. Ted is friendly and is perceived by others as warm and considerate. He loves to tell jokes at parties. Ted probably obtains high scores on ..... and ..... of the Big Five traits? A) Conscientiousness; neuroticism. B) Agreeableness; extraversion. C) Neuroticism; openness to experience. D) Extraversion; conscientiousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agreeableness; extraversion. 57. Having the person and self coincide. A) Fully Functioning. B) Complete. C) Whole. D) Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fully Functioning. 58. What does neuroticism indicate? A) Mental stability. B) Emotional instability and anxiety. C) Extroverted tendencies. D) Positive outlook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emotional instability and anxiety. 59. Who is recognized as the founder of modern personality psychology? A) Floyd Allport. B) Gordon Allport. C) Raymond Cattel. D) Hans Eysenck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gordon Allport. 60. Which hardy characteristic is described? "Hardy individuals have a sense of purpose in life. They do not go through the motions but tackle tasks head on, as though they want to rather than have to." A) Commitment. B) Control. C) Challenge. D) All other options. 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