This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Spraying a cat with water after they scratch the couch is an example of: A) Negative Punishment. B) Positive Punishment. C) Negative Reinforcement. D) Positive Reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive Punishment. 2. Interaction of behavior, cognitions, and environment make up you. A) Regression. B) Collectivistic. C) Locus of Control. D) Reciprocal Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reciprocal Determinism. 3. The hierarchy of needs is most related to A) Sigmund Freud. B) Abraham Maslow. C) Gordon Allport. D) BF Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abraham Maslow. 4. When parents refuse to accept several psychologists' diagnosis of a child's mental illness, they are using which of the following defense mechanisms? A) Rationalization. B) Projection. C) Denial. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denial. 5. A researcher is looking at how changes in brain structure influence personality traits. They are likely focusing on ..... A) The life course domain. B) The dispositional domain. C) The cognitive domain. D) The biological domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The biological domain. 6. If I believed that society was to blame for the rise in the crime rate, whose theory does this reflect? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Alfred Adler. C) Carl Jung. D) Albert Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carl Jung. 7. People who feel oppressed and so perceive control as external may develop A) A reaction formation. B) An internal locus of control. C) Self-serving bias. D) Learned helplessness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learned helplessness. 8. When referring to Personality, what is the trait approach? A) Trait approach states all personality traits you're born with. B) You learn traits from the people and the environment around you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trait approach states all personality traits you're born with. 9. Failure to take action because of the presence of others is an example of A) Altruism. B) Polarization. C) Social loafing. D) The bystander effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bystander effect. 10. Mrs. Scott can't understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn't her fault that he didn't get to play in last weeks basketball game. A) Denial. B) Displacement. C) Sublimatin. D) Reaction formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 11. The individual will forego his immediate satisfaction in conformity with society so that greater pleasures later are assured. A) Ego. B) Superego. C) ID. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ego. 12. What coping strategy involves solving the cause of stress directly? A) Problem-focused coping. B) Emotion-focused coping. C) Avoidance coping. D) Social support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem-focused coping. 13. Bandura believes personality is formed through A) Conditioning. B) Reinforcement. C) Modeling. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 14. The most basic needs according to Maslow are A) Self-actualization | morality. B) Physiological needs like feed and water. C) Safety needs like health care. D) Self-esteem needs like a job promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiological needs like feed and water. 15. Name the Approach:Basic personality characteristics, such as friendliness, and aggression hold the essential components of our personality A) Cognitive. B) Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic. C) Trait Theory. D) Social Learning Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trait Theory. 16. Freud divided personality into: A) Mind, brain, body. B) Id, ego, superego. C) Self, identity, persona. D) Thoughts, feelings, actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Id, ego, superego. 17. One's belief about one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes is called A) Self-efficacy. B) Self-actualization. C) Self-confidence. D) Self-concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-efficacy. 18. The high school teacher was criticized by the principal for having a disruptive class. When the teacher got home that night he argued with his wife and kicked the dog: A) Reaction formation. B) Displacement. C) Sublimation. D) Rationalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 19. Alan is failing his math class. He blames the teacher and the fact that he has to work at night. Alan A) Has high self efficacy. B) Has internal locus of control. C) Is engaging in sublimation. D) Has external locus of control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has external locus of control. 20. The psychologist who proposed the "inner conflict" approach to personality theory A) Carl Jung. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Abraham Maslow. D) Erik Erikson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sigmund Freud. 21. What is the term for individuals who generally expect negative outcomes? A) Type A personality. B) Full functioning person. C) Pessimists. D) Optimists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pessimists. 22. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is based on the idea that A) Most needs are a reaction to unconscious anxiety. B) Many drives are learned through observation. C) Perceived needs are a function of self-concept. D) Some needs are more basic than others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some needs are more basic than others. 23. Social Psychology is the study of how we ..... one another. A) Think about, relate to, and influence. B) Understand, feel about, and behave toward. C) Perceive, think about, and talk about. D) Observe, understand, and communicate with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Think about, relate to, and influence. 24. Which basic approach to personality focuses on unconscious processes? A) Psychoanalytic approach. B) Humanistic approach. C) Trait approach. D) Biological approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalytic approach. 25. Which of the defense mechanisms is considered the most controversial by psychologists today? A) Repression. B) Displacement. C) Denial. D) Reaction formation. E) Regression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repression. 26. What is the Obedience? A) Following orders from an authority figure. B) Ignoring authority figures. C) Challenging authority. D) Acting independently of social norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Following orders from an authority figure. 27. Personality means A) You have lot of ornaments. B) You have lot of money. C) You are eating in a five star hotel. D) Inner beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inner beauty. 28. A business leader who welcomes a variety of opinions from her employees and invites expert critique of protocols would most limit what from developing in the company? A) Cognitive Dissonance. B) Social Inhibition. C) Social Loafing. D) Groupthink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groupthink. 29. Rogers said that happiness comes from congruence. What does congruence mean? A) Consistent stability and harmony between your ideals and your actions (your concept of yourself and the way your life is going). B) Having freedom and choice. C) When your personality melds smoothly with people you choose to spend time with. D) The emotion that comes along with finding your ultimate calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consistent stability and harmony between your ideals and your actions (your concept of yourself and the way your life is going). 30. A person who alternates between hopelessness and an overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state might be most likely to be diagnosed with which disorder? A) Generalized anxiety disorder. B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder. C) Bipolar disorder. D) Major depressive disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bipolar disorder. 31. According to the video, what can psychologists do with personality data? A) Solve personal conflicts. B) Determine life expectancy. C) Predict future behavior. D) Diagnose mental illness exclusively. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predict future behavior. 32. Carmen has always done well in her math courses and even though she has never taken a statistics class before, she is confident she will do well in the one she just signed up for next semester. In this example, Carmen shows evidence of having A) Low self-efficacy in math. B) High incongruence with math. C) High self-efficacy in math. D) Mathematical neurosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High self-efficacy in math. 33. Adam is interested in investigating unconscious conflict in a sample of college students. Adam will most likely use the methods and theories associated with the ..... domain of personality. A) Dispositional. B) Intrapsychic. C) Biological. D) Social and cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intrapsychic. 34. Present at birth and completely unconscious A) Self-concept. B) Social cognitive theory. C) Unconditional positive regard. D) Id. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Id. 35. Which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to another person? A) Denial. B) Repression. C) Projection. D) Regression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Projection. 36. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by A) Alfred Adler. B) Gordon Allport. C) Carl Rogers. D) Carl Jung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carl Jung. 37. According to Maslow, our need for A) Adequate clothing must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for self-esteem. B) Religious fulfillment must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for adequate housing. C) Love must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for food. D) Self-actualization must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adequate clothing must be met before we are preoccupied with satisfying our need for self-esteem. 38. The Ideal Self versus the Despised Self, the concept of Neurosis and a Neo Freudian. Which of the following theorists best fits these characteristics A) CARL JUNG. B) ABRAHAM MASLOW. C) ALFRED ADLER. D) KAREN HORNEY. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) KAREN HORNEY. 39. Which of the following best describes how certain factors could HELP or HINDER Viktor during this process? A) They only make the process more difficult for Viktor. B) They can either support or create obstacles for Viktor. C) They always guarantee Viktor's success. D) They have no impact on Viktor's process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can either support or create obstacles for Viktor. 40. Denial(psychology) A) Denial is a coping mechanism in psychology where individuals accept reality easily. B) Denial is a defense mechanism in psychology. It is refusing to accept facts or events as true; belief that problems don't exist. C) Denial is a form of acceptance in psychology where individuals embrace facts readily. D) Denial is a form of acknowledgment in psychology where individuals face reality head-on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denial is a defense mechanism in psychology. It is refusing to accept facts or events as true; belief that problems don't exist. 41. Mass media contributes to socialization by: A) Raising children. B) Passing cultural norms and values. C) Enforcing school rules. D) Creating families. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Passing cultural norms and values. 42. Emotion = physiological arousal + cognitive interpretation of the context. This describes which theory? A) James-Lange Theory. B) Lazarus Cognitive-Mediational Theory. C) Cannon-Bard Theory. D) Schachter-Singer (Two-Factor) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schachter-Singer (Two-Factor) Theory. 43. Freud's theory suggests that early childhood experiences have little impact on adult personality. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. The process of adapting to a new or different culture A) Projection. B) Repression. C) Denial. D) Acculturation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acculturation. 45. The Neo-Freudians placed less emphasis on ..... ? ..... than Freud did? A) Defense Mechanisms. B) Sexual motivation. C) Early childhood experiences. D) Social factors. E) Id, Ego, Superego. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sexual motivation. 46. The ..... conflict is for boys while the ..... is for girls A) Vanity, lowliness. B) Kooty, yucky. C) Electra, Daredevil. D) Oedipus, Electra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oedipus, Electra. 47. The unconscious awareness of our stereotypes or out attitudes toward groups of people is called A) Implicit bias. B) Bystander effect. C) Unconscious bias. D) Freudian slips. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Implicit bias. 48. How many different types are in the original Myers-Briggs test? (Without the Assertive and Turbulent indicators.) A) 8. B) Infinitely many. C) 4. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 49. Which of the following structured tests is used to assess psychological distress? A) CPI. B) NEO-PI-R. C) MBTI. D) MMPI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MMPI. 50. The original idea for Milgram's experiment was based on ..... A) An interest in the civil disobedience marches of the 1960s. B) The defense of former Nazis during the Nuremberg trials claiming they were just following orders. C) A desire to show that Americans were not in any way like the Nazis. D) A fear that he and other Americans would be conscripted to go to Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An interest in the civil disobedience marches of the 1960s. 51. Level of the mind in which thoughts, feelings, memories, and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness A) Neuroticism. B) Superego. C) Conscientiousness. D) Unconscious mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconscious mind. 52. Which of the following is NOT part of the contemporary view of the unconscious? A) Repressed memories of anxiety-provoking events. B) Schemes that influence our perceptions and interpretations. C) Stereotypes that affect our information processing. D) Instantly activated emotions and implicit memories of learned skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repressed memories of anxiety-provoking events. 53. What is the fourth stage of the hierarchy? A) Love and belonging. B) Self-esteem. C) Safety and security. D) Self-actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-esteem. 54. A period of abnormally high emotion and activity is called: A) Phobia. B) Generalized anxiety disorder. C) Panic disorder. D) Mania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mania. 55. Jose is one of the top baseball players in his league, but last week, he struck out on an easy pitch. When this happened, he smashed the water cooler in the dugout with his bat. According to Freud, Jose may be using the defense mechanism of A) Reaction formation. B) Regression. C) Projection. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Displacement. 56. The tendency for people to do worse on a task when in the presence of other people. A) Social Facilitation. B) Altercation. C) Other-race-effect. D) Social inhibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social inhibition. 57. Relationships with family and friends fulfill this need in Maslow's Hierarchy A) Esteem. B) Love & belonging. C) Safety. D) Self-actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love & belonging. 58. Cutting, burning, and other self-mutilating gestures are common in one with this personality disorder diagnosis. A) Borderline. B) Histrionic. C) Avoidant. D) Schizotypal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borderline. 59. What personality trait is characterized by being organized and dependable? A) Introversion. B) Antagonism. C) Neuroticism. D) Conscientiousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conscientiousness. 60. What type of language do extroverted athletes prefer when they communicate with their teammates during a game? A) Contextually complex, contingent, weasel-word sentences. B) Black-and-white, concrete, simple language. C) Poetic, metaphorical, abstract language. D) Technical, precise, scientific language. 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