This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Psychology > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank:Lewin's Equation is Behavior = f( ..... , Environment). A) Society. B) Culture. C) Person. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person. 2. Overestimating other's noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders A) Spotlight Effect. B) Barnum Effect. C) Superego. D) Individualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spotlight Effect. 3. What term is used to describe speech errors that reveal unconscious desires, according to Freud? A) Cognitive lapse. B) Linguistic error. C) Verbal mistake. D) Freudian slip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freudian slip. 4. Theory of motivation that suggests our behaviors are influenced by attraction to or repulsion from the positive or negative qualities of external stimuli. A) Instincts. B) Evolutionary. C) Incentives. D) Drive-Reduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incentives. 5. Maslow believed all individuals are motivated by what? A) Money. B) Time. C) Needs. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Needs. 6. According to Freud, a boy's sexual desire toward the opposite-sex parent is a(n) ..... A) Electra complex. B) Reality principle. C) Oedipus complex. D) Projective test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oedipus complex. 7. The part of the mind that contains material of which we are unaware but that strongly influence conscious processes and behaviors. A) Superego. B) Conscious. C) Unconscious. D) Id. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unconscious. 8. Real self vs. ideal self refers to A) Hans Eysenck. B) Carl Jung. C) Karen Horney. D) Carl Rogers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carl Rogers. 9. According to Freud, a defense mechanism involving the channeling of unacceptable impulses into socially sanctioned behaviors or interests is A) Reaction formation. B) Repression. C) Sublimation. D) Rationalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sublimation. 10. An evolutionary approach to personality suggests that personality traits evolved to ..... A) Maximize social status. B) Create complex social hierarchies. C) Adapt to specific cultural practices. D) Help individuals survive and reproduce in their environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Help individuals survive and reproduce in their environment. 11. After his divorce, Jeremy calls his mother on the phone while crying. He continues calling her multiple times per day and asks if he could potentially move back in with her for awhile until he is ready to move on. Which defense mechanism is Jeremy exhibiting in this scenario? A) Sublimation. B) Rationalization. C) Denial. D) Regression. E) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regression. 12. A view of oneself as an individual A) Self-esteem. B) Ego. C) Self-Concept. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-Concept. 13. Billy is always the life of the party! Everyone knows when he walks through the door because of his big personality. His football team just got beat, but he says they will get them next time. A) Openness. B) Agreeableness. C) Conscientiousness. D) Extraversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extraversion. 14. Id is to ego as ..... is to ..... A) Reality principle; morality principle. B) Pleasure principle; reality principle. C) Pleasure principle; morality principle. D) Identification; Oedipus Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pleasure principle; reality principle. 15. What does the 'O' in the Big Five personality traits stand for? A) Openness. B) Orderliness. C) Objectivity. D) Optimism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Openness. 16. Which test is mentioned as a part of projective techniques for measuring personality? A) Emotional Intelligence Test. B) IQ Test. C) Personality Trait Assessment. D) Thematic Apperception Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thematic Apperception Test. 17. What is a key feature of research that allows other scientists to repeat the study and obtain similar results? A) Observational study. B) Replicability. C) Experimental study. D) Generalizability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Replicability. 18. Part of the personality that operates using the pleasure principle ..... A) Id. B) Collective Unconscious. C) Superego. D) Ego. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Id. 19. What is the role of the frontal lobe in personality development? A) It is mainly responsible for memory storage, not personality. B) It controls the autonomic nervous system, which has no impact on personality. C) It is primarily involved in regulating basic survival functions like breathing. D) It helps in emotional regulation, decision-making, and controlling impulsive behavior, which affect personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps in emotional regulation, decision-making, and controlling impulsive behavior, which affect personality. 20. Which is a real finding from the Kroll and Crenshaw study? A) Wrestlers and American Footballers did not differ significantly in their personality profiles. B) Gymnasts were the most rule bound. C) Karateka were the most relaxed. D) American Footballers and Wrestlers were more self reliant than athletes in the other sports. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrestlers and American Footballers did not differ significantly in their personality profiles. 21. Which personality trait is associated with organization and reliability? A) Extraversion. B) Neuroticism. C) Conscientiousness. D) Openness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conscientiousness. 22. Jody failed her last history midterm. Which of the following conclusions would be most representative of a self-serving bias on Jody's part? A) " I really didn't prepare well enough for that test.". B) "I think the test questions were ambiguous and confusing.". C) "I lack ability in history.". D) "I wasn't concentrating very hard during the test.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I think the test questions were ambiguous and confusing.". 23. A school of psychology that emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of maximum potential by each unique individual. A) Cultural Psychology. B) Behavioral Psychology. C) Humanistic Psychology. D) Psychoanalytic Psychology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanistic Psychology. 24. What is one of the strengths of the trait theory of personality? A) It provides a clear genetic basis for personality. B) It is based on precise mathematical modeling. C) It is scientifically testable through personality inventories. D) It fully explains personality development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is scientifically testable through personality inventories. 25. A reward is given out after a random amount of time A) Variable-ratio reinforcement. B) Fixed-interval reinforcement. C) Fixed-ratio reinforcement. D) Variable-interval reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Variable-interval reinforcement. 26. The humanistic model views humans as: A) Active agents with free will. B) Passive recipients of environment. C) Determined solely by biology. D) Controlled by unconscious forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active agents with free will. 27. Race, age belong to ..... dimension of personality A) Internal. B) Organizational. C) Outer. D) External. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal. 28. The "nature" of personality refers to: A) Cultural influences. B) Inborn traits and characteristics. C) Peer pressure. D) Social media effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inborn traits and characteristics. 29. The ability of brain tissue to take on new functions, usually occurs after parts of the brain have been damaged A) Stem Cell Lesions. B) Somatic Regeneration. C) Brain Plasticity. D) Neurogenesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brain Plasticity. 30. Positive Psychology differs from Humanistic Psychology in that A) It is based on scientific support. B) It is more philosophical. C) It takes a more negative view of human potential. D) It focuses more on unconscious motivations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is based on scientific support. 31. Which of the following best defines personality in psychology? A) The set of psychological traits and mechanisms within an individual that are organized and relatively enduring. B) A person's behavior shaped only by genetics. C) The skills a person uses in social settings. D) A temporary emotional state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The set of psychological traits and mechanisms within an individual that are organized and relatively enduring. 32. This type of test uses true-false or agree-disagree questions determine's a person's personality test. A) Projective tests. B) Personality inventories. C) Achievement tests. D) Aptitude tests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personality inventories. 33. What is personality in psychology? A) A combination of traits and psychological characteristics that define identity and social value. B) A person's physical appearance. C) Only the way a person communicates. D) Temporary emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A combination of traits and psychological characteristics that define identity and social value. 34. The psychologist who suggested that traits can be inherited and are fixed in the nervous system A) Gordon Allport. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Carl Jung. D) Raymond Cattell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gordon Allport. 35. "Locus" of Control means A) The "person" connected to self-control. B) The "reward" of your self-control. C) The "method" of your self-control. D) The "location" of your self-control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The "location" of your self-control. 36. Which of the following describes the human nature level of personality analysis? A) It studies the behavior of individual groups. B) It considers only genetic differences between individuals. C) It focuses on traits that are universally shared by all humans. D) It emphasizes what makes people different from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It focuses on traits that are universally shared by all humans. 37. An EXTROVERT is ..... ? A) A shy person. B) An outgoing person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An outgoing person. 38. Which theory emphasizes self-actualization, free will, and a positive view of human nature? A) Humanistic Theory (Rogers, Maslow). B) Behaviorist Theory (Skinner, Watson). C) Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud). D) Trait Theory (Allport, Eysenck). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic Theory (Rogers, Maslow). 39. Stimulate this area of brain and you will feel FULL. A) Lateral Hypothalamus. B) Ventromedial hypothalamus. C) Full hypothalamus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ventromedial hypothalamus. 40. One good contribution to Freud's psychodynamic theories to the science of psychology is A) Importance of childhood experiences on development. B) Ethnographic studies of Guatemalan teenagers. C) Emphasis on sexuality. D) Penis envy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Importance of childhood experiences on development. 41. Which psychologist coined the theory of reciprocal determinism? A) Raymond Cattell. B) Gordon Allport. C) Albert Bandura. D) Eugene Dabbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert Bandura. 42. The superego is our A) Moral compass. B) True self. C) Aggression trying to satisfy basic needs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moral compass. 43. What measure was used to test if athletes were being truthful in describing their personality traits? A) SCAT test. B) MMPI. C) POMS. D) Cattell's 16PF. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MMPI. 44. After experiencing prolonged and seemingly inescapable physical abuse from her husband, Kayla became increasingly depressed and hopelessly resigned to her suffering. Her reaction best illustrates: A) An inferiority complex. B) Learned helplessness. C) A reaction formation. D) An Electra complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learned helplessness. 45. Which of the following best illustrates the biological domain of personality? A) Problem-solving patterns. B) The effect of stress on social behavior. C) Childhood experiences shaping adult behavior. D) Differences in brain activity between introverts and extroverts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Differences in brain activity between introverts and extroverts. 46. Give priority to the goals of the group, your identity is part of that group (China) A) Individualistic culture. B) Collectivism culture. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collectivism culture. 47. Areas of the body where the id's psychic energy is focused, according to Freud. A) Fixation zones. B) Erogenous zones. C) Id. D) Unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erogenous zones. 48. What was the experiment on conformity where subjects knowingly gave incorrect answers to conform to the group norm? A) Bjorner & Lowe Experiment. B) Milgram Experiment. C) Asch Experiment. D) Stanford Prison Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asch Experiment. 49. The psychologist who believed that people wish to reach their full potential but much follow individual paths to do so A) Sigmund Freud. B) Alfred Adler. C) Abraham Maslow. D) Carl Jung. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Maslow. 50. Freud's proposed stages of development are the A) Psychosocial stages. B) Cognitive stages. C) Morality stages. D) Psychosexual stages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychosexual stages. 51. Which Neo-Freudian theorist was most interested in the common images found in myths from around the world? A) Karen Horney. B) Hermann Rorschach. C) Carl Jung. D) Alfred Adler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carl Jung. 52. A stable characteristic that can be observed in certain situations A) Source trait. B) Surface trait. C) Introvert. D) Extravert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface trait. 53. Mr. Gonzalez believes that most students can be classified as "Type A" or "Type B" according to the intensities of their personalities and competitiveness. Mr. Gonzalez is working within the ..... perspective. A) Psychoanalytic. B) Humanistic. C) Social-cognitive. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trait. 54. What is gender expression? A) Sense of self, roles, subjective experience. B) Social, legal status, expectations from society. C) How you communicate your gender identity. D) Sexual/romantical/emotional attaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How you communicate your gender identity. 55. Carl Rogers believed that our growth is fostered by people who support us and like us with no strings attached. This concept of support is called A) Spotlight effect. B) Unconditional positive regard. C) Self-actualization. D) Self-serving bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditional positive regard. 56. People who believe in the ..... , such as Abraham Maslow, wanted psychology to focus on the things that make people uniquely human, such as subjective emotions and the freedom to choose one's own destiny. A) Psychoanalytic Perspective. B) Freudian Perspective. C) Trait Perspective. D) Humanistic Perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humanistic Perspective. 57. Psychoanalytic method of exploring the unconscious mind where people say whatever comes to their mind. A) Free association. B) Big 5. C) MMPI. D) TAT. E) Personality Assessment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Free association. 58. Which defense mechanism involves redirecting an impulse toward a less threatening target? A) Projection. B) Reaction formation. C) Rationalization. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Displacement. 59. Being accepted into the Juilliard School of Music after 10 years of intense study is an example of what level on the hierarchy? A) Self-esteem. B) Self-actualization. C) Safety and security. D) Love and belonging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-actualization. 60. Allport's term for personality characteristics that have widespread influence on the individual's behavior across many situations is A) Surface traits. B) Secondary traits. C) Central traits. D) Cardinal traits. 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