This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Donald Trump is loud and outgoing and can be self expressive at times. He may be described as A) Introvert. B) Extrovert. C) Agreeable. D) Disagreeable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrovert. 2. A stable characteristic that can be considered to be at the core of personality A) Source trait. B) Extravert. C) Introvert. D) Personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Source trait. 3. What is the Social Identity Theory? A) The theory that people define themselves by their group memberships. B) The belief that identity is solely personal. C) The idea that identity is fixed and unchangeable. D) The theory that identity is based on individual achievements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The theory that people define themselves by their group memberships. 4. People who have an ..... locus of control believe they are able to control the rewards and punishments they experience with high probability. People with an ..... locus of control, on the other hand, believe it is hard for them to predict which behaviors will lead to rewards and punishments. A) External, internal. B) Internal, external. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal, external. 5. The perception that one can strongly influence the outcome and destiny of one's own life exemplifies A) The self-reference phenomenon. B) The spotlight effect. C) An internal locus of control. D) Reciprocal determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An internal locus of control. 6. All of the following are requirements needed to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder EXCEPT that the behavior be: A) Deviant. B) Dysfunctional. C) Defiant. D) Distressing. E) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defiant. 7. When people in a group lose their sense of individual identity and act in ways they normally wouldn't, which phenomenon is occurring? A) Bystander Effect. B) Deindividuation. C) Central Route Persuasion. D) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deindividuation. 8. Which of the following places the greatest emphasis on the unconscious mind? A) The humanistic perspective. B) The social-cognitive perspective. C) The trait perspective. D) The psychoanalytic perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The psychoanalytic perspective. 9. According to the Trait Approach, personality characteristics should be: A) Variable and consistent across time and context. B) Fixed and varying across individuals. C) Consistent only in specific contexts. D) Different in every individual at all times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Variable and consistent across time and context. 10. Leah asks her teacher to delay the test a day; when the teacher refuses she asks for 10 minutes to study prior. A) Door-in-the-face. B) Group polarization. C) Social inhibition. D) Social facilitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Door-in-the-face. 11. What do we call an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting? A) Personality. B) Preconscious. C) Psychoanalysis. D) Psychodynamic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personality. 12. Neo-Freudians such as Adler and Horney believed that: A) Freud placed too great an emphasis on the conscious mind. B) Freud placed too great an emphasis on sexual and aggressive instincts. C) The years of childhood were more important in the formation of personality than Freud had indicate. D) Freud's ideas about the id, ego, and superego as personality structures were incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freud placed too great an emphasis on sexual and aggressive instincts. 13. The humanistic perspective on personality A) Emphasizes the driving force of unconscious motivations in personality. B) Emphasizes the growth potential of "healthy" individuals. C) Emphasizes the importance of interaction with the environment in shaping personality. D) Describes personality in terms of scores on various personality scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasizes the growth potential of "healthy" individuals. 14. According to Carl Rogers, what is necessary for a growth-promoting social climate? A) Authority, discipline, and strict rules. B) Empathy, genuineness, and acceptance. C) Intelligence, creativity, and assertiveness. D) Self-discipline, goal-setting, and independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Empathy, genuineness, and acceptance. 15. To study personality, a social-cognitive theorist would MOST LIKELY make use of A) Personality inventories. B) Projective tests. C) Observing behavior in different situations. D) Factor analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Observing behavior in different situations. 16. What does the Interactionist Perspective suggest about personalities? A) Personalities are static and unchanging. B) Personalities determine our environmental responses. C) Personalities have no role in choosing environments. D) Personalities are solely influenced by environmental factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personalities determine our environmental responses. 17. Because Ramona identifies with her politically conservative parents, she chose to enroll in a conservative college. After four years in this environment, Ramona's politics have become even more conservative. Which perspective best accounts for the mutual influences of Ramona's upbringing, choice of school, and political viewpoint? A) Psychoanalytic. B) Trait. C) Humanistic. D) Social cognitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Social cognitive. 18. Which term refers to the belief that people overestimate how much others notice and evaluate them? A) Self-serving bias. B) Spotlight effect. C) Fundamental attribution error. D) Social desirability bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spotlight effect. 19. Melissa conducts a study of environmental awareness at a university and collects data from a sample of 1000 students and 500 academic staff over a two-month period. Samples are given a set of questionnaire. This study is using A) Life-report data. B) Observer-report data. C) Test-report data. D) Self-report data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-report data. 20. Suzy bought a used, high-mileage car because it was all she could afford. Attempting to justify her purchase, she raves to her friends about the car's attractiveness, good acceleration, and stereo. According to Freud, Suzy is using the defense mechanism of A) Displacement. B) Reaction formation. C) Rationalization. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rationalization. 21. Which of the following best describes the role of the 'Superego' in Freud's psychoanalytic theory? A) Balances the demands of the id and ego. B) Is responsible for basic instincts. C) Acts as the moral conscience. D) Operates on the pleasure principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acts as the moral conscience. 22. What is implied by the statement "it is not either-or, but both-and" in the context of the person-situation controversy? A) Only personality traits affect behavior. B) Only situations affect behavior. C) Both personality traits and situations affect behavior. D) Neither personality traits nor situations affect behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both personality traits and situations affect behavior. 23. Carl Rogers said that people are trying to move toward their actual self and their ..... A) Ideal self. B) Someone else. C) Intelligence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ideal self. 24. The Rorschach Test is considered to be a(n) ..... A) Objective Test. B) Projective Test. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Projective Test. 25. Individual uniqueness in personality psychology focuses on ..... A) How people react to social influences. B) The shared emotional responses of all humans. C) What makes each person different from others. D) What people have in common with each other. 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