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Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the main focus when discussing the importance of genes vs. environment?
2. Personality inventories typically gather information by means of:
3. A ..... is a relatively stable characteristic. A ..... , however, by definition, is short-lived.
4. Which perspective would focus on different styles of parenting used among various ethnic communities?
5. Which theory focuses on traits as stable characteristics?
6. As an employer, installing self locking doors and offering a retirement plan satisfies which level of Maslow's Hierarchy?
7. Which of the following is a potential issue when studying personality types?
8. What is a person's perception of their own identity and abilities called?
9. Can medications temporarily influence personality traits?
10. Which types of motives are conscious?
11. This is considered "the ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality."
12. Someone who is organized, careful, and disciplined is high in which Big Five category?
13. The reason experimental designs are counterbalanced is to control .....
14. Mary really wanted to borrow her mom's necklace, but knew her mom would be angry if she took it without asking, so she asked her mom if she could wear it.What is this an example of?
15. The process of pushing distressing thoughts into the unconscious is known as
16. What is an example of regression?
17. Which approach to personality emphasizes the description of traits rather than the explanation of their development?
18. Which of the following is a common criticism of the humanistic perspective?
19. According to Freud, the structure of the mind that demands instant gratification
20. Your distinguishing characteristics that make you different from everyone else
21. The ego operates on which principle?
22. Randy's substandard academic performance is both a result and a cause of his feelings of academic inferiority. This best illustrates the importance of:
23. After getting pulled over, Chad starts crying uncontrollably and stomps his feet on the steering wheel. What defense mechanism does this best describe?
24. ..... theorists have determined five major characteristics of personality.
25. A person is persuaded to buy a product after carefully considering the evidence and arguments presented. Which route of persuasion is this?
26. What is one limitation discussed in the evolutionary perspective?
27. Parents who disguise hostility toward their children by becoming overly protective of them are very likely using the defense mechanism of:
28. What personality inventory might you take if you are participating in research at a university?
29. The 'Actor/Observer Bias' is a type of:
30. Which of the following is included in Maslow's "hierarchy of needs?"
31. Acting overly nice to someone you actually dislike.
32. Mrs. Hall was asked by her psychotherapist to look at some ambiguous pictures and make up a story about each. She was likely taking the:
33. The founder of the scientific psychology is .....
34. A personality trait is:
35. According to Freud's structural model of the mind, the ..... is the structure of the mind that develops last, guiding behavior to follow the rules of society, parents, or other authority figures
36. The Behavior Feedback Effect suggests that:A) Behavior can influence emotions B) Emotions can influence behavior C) Behavior and emotions are unrelated D) None of the above.
37. Internal Locus of Control means that
38. Cults are an extreme form of groupthink with isolation, indoctrination, and loyalty to a leader.
39. When a person believes that lying is wrong and experiences guilt or discomfort because he or she realizes that he or she is not being truthful with their friends, then this person may be experiencing:
40. One's experience or image of oneself, developed through interaction with others.
41. What bias occurs when you attribute others' failures to laziness but your own to bad luck?
42. According to Social Psychologist Mischel, what does personality predict?
43. Which of the following is true of personality traits?
44. We have certain stable and enduring characteristics, influenced by genetic predispositions.
45. If you are asked to tell a story about a semi-ambiguous image, you are likely being given which of the following tests?
46. A tendency to react to a situation in a way that remains stable over time.
47. In the Big Five Personality Model, which trait is associated with being organized, dependable, and disciplined?
48. To assume that someone will tend to display a trait with regularity is to assume that the person has a(n)
49. What is groupthink?
50. He is most associated with the social cognitive perspective and reciprocal determinism.
51. The "id" consists of biological urges, such as hunger and thirst.
52. According to Maslow's theory, which level of needs is expressed when a person buys a weapon for home defense?
53. The failure of bystanders to give victims of automobile accidents needed assistance is sometimes explained as an instance of
54. What is the primary goal of personality psychology?
55. The girl who was not invited to the school dance told her friends that she would not have attended if asked. She said that her teachers had assigned more homework than usual and that she was simply too busy for any unimportant social functions.
56. According to evolutionary psychology, certain personality traits evolved because they .....
57. ..... is made up of the group traits that make you unique.
58. The MMPI-2 is considered to be a(n) .....
59. A ..... person is someone who is always nice and has many friends
60. A person who scores low in "extraversion" would be
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