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Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 20 (60 MCQs)

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1. ..... refers to perceptions about specific capabilities while ..... is one's general self perception.
2. What is the first stage in the General Adaptation Syndrome?
3. At a large rock concert, Carmen lost her inhibitions and acted in a way not consistent with her personality. What best explains this?
4. Self-serving bias is best defined as
5. What theory emphasizes innate drives like hunger, thirst, and sex?
6. Which personality theory is focused on unconscious conflicts, childhood, and psychosexual stages?
7. Fill in the blank:Behavior intended to harm another person is known as .....
8. What does the Big Five trait 'Openness' refer to?
9. Diverts impulses from a threatening source to a less threatening on.
10. He believed the libido was not just sexual energy, but instead generalized psychic energy.
11. Fill in the blank:The Id is associated with ..... drives and the pleasure principle.
12. What is the primary focus of cognitive psychology in relation to personality?
13. The psychologist who believed that people are basically motivated by a need to overcome feelings of inferiority
14. According to Freud, which of the following is considered the "moral" part of personality?
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of the 'Ego' in Freud's psychoanalytic theory? Operates on the pleasure principle, Balances the demands of the id and superego, Acts as the moral conscience, Is responsible for basic instincts
16. How many total questions does the EPI Test contain?
17. A person who doesn't easily become angry
18. Which defense mechanism is being used in this scenario? "Laughing off a serious injury and pretending it doesn't hurt."
19. Jonny has a ton of work to do. As soon as he gets off the bus, he goes inside and gets straight to work.
20. Jennifer has aggressive tendencies and, feeling guilty about her propensity for violence, has decided to pursue a career as an MMA fighter
21. Self-concept is how you ..... yourself.
22. What question is raised about animal personality in the biological approach?
23. Who proposed a theory of personality based on four bodily fluids?
24. How many brain receptors does serotonin touch?
25. When someone accepts responsibility for their actions.
26. Which perspective on human personality emphasizes reciprocal determinism?
27. ..... is generally defined as the relatively stable pattern of psychological characteristics called traits.
28. What is a social role?
29. "The ego's protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality"Which of the following is true for the above statement?
30. Which term refers to a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, a consistent way of thinking, feeling, or behaving?
31. Defense Mechanism:Regina George plays lacrosse so that she has an outlet for her aggression that is socially acceptable.
32. What is the most important stage in the hierarchy of needs according to Maslow?
33. Rogers used the term ..... to describe the experience of conflict between the real self and the ideal self.
34. Andy is softhearted, good-natured, trusting, helpful, forgiving, gullible, and straightforward. Based on these characteristics, he is most likely to score high on which of the Big Five trait measures?
35. Which personality type prefers working on long projects without interruptions?
36. As Erica watched the televised drawing of lottery numbers, she realized she had the winning combination. If her heart starts to race at the same instant that she feels euphoria over winning the lottery, Erica's response pattern would lend support to
37. Ideas and images of the accumulated experience of all human beings
38. Kaiti is taking a test to determine her sociability (the ability to get along with others). Kaiti scores extremely low on the test which classifies her as a loner. As a person with a large number of friends and acquaintances, Kaiti feels the test does not provide a true measure of sociability. Kaiti is questioning the test's:
39. How are characteristic adaptations different from basic tendencies?
40. An outgoing, active person who directs his or her energies and interests toward other people and things
41. Learning self-defense is an example of what level on the hierarchy of needs?
42. Which of These three things combine in Social Cognitive Theory-Albert Bandura to explain personality.
43. A durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations is called
44. People have developed a false association between mental illness and violence. This is an example of
45. Abraham Maslow is associated with
46. Fred mistakenly believes that his classmates at school are unusually hostile. In fact, Fred is the most quarrelsome and aggressive child in the school. According to psychoanalytic theory, Fred's belief that his classmates are hostile is a:
47. The term "personality" comes from the Latin word:
48. This personality type tries to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world. It deals with the reality.
49. A commercial uses a famous athlete to endorse a product, hoping viewers will be persuaded to buy it. Which persuasion technique is being used?
50. Sarah has a big exam coming up but instead of studying, she spends the day watching movies. She later tells her friend that she didn't study because the teacher made the test too difficult anyway. This is an example of which defense mechanism?
51. The term Personality is derived from the Latin word 'Persona', which means a
52. B.F. Skinner is associated with
53. Vanessa bites her nails so badly that they bleed, but she can't seem to stop herself from doing this. According to Freud, Vanessa's nail biting may be evidence of fixation at the
54. The two major aspects of people that are studied by personality theorists are
55. Which of the following works on the pleasure principle?
56. What is the term for the belief that external forces, rather than personal actions, determine one's fate, people assume that they have no control over events?
57. A person who is diagnosed with schizophrenia starts to see a hand floating above his television set. What is this perception called?
58. The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person is .....
59. This theory suggests that physical arousal led to the labeling of the emotion. For example, "I am nervous because my stomach is fluttering" .
60. Which of the following personality traits is characterized by being cooperative and compassionate?
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