This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for the statistical method used to identify and group personality traits? A) Objective tests. B) Factor analysis. C) Emotional stability. D) Agreeableness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factor analysis. 2. Which neurotransmitter is associated with both effects and specific traits in biochemistry? A) Dopamine. B) Cortisol. C) Serotonin. D) Adrenaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dopamine. 3. Theory of emotion that suggests physical arousal and emotional experience arise simultaneously. A) Yerkes-Dodson. B) James-Lange. C) Cannon-Bard. D) Two-Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cannon-Bard. 4. Cross-cultural universality refers to the assumption that A) A trait has to be codified in various cultures which mean it is important in those cultures. B) An attribute has more than one descriptive trait in different culture. C) All traits are listed and defined in dictionary form that acceptable for all cultures. D) All important differences have become encoded within natural language of all cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A trait has to be codified in various cultures which mean it is important in those cultures. 5. A test that yields consistent results is: A) Standardized. B) Projective. C) Valid. D) Reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reliable. 6. The modern view of temperament asserts that it ..... A) Is biologically based. B) Is a mixture of the four humors. C) First emerges during adolescence. D) Changes radically at adolescence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is biologically based. 7. The principle that governs the operation of the unconscious mind A) Reality Principle. B) Structural Model. C) Topographical Principle. D) Pleasure Principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pleasure Principle. 8. The ..... classifies people according to Carl Jung's personality types A) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. B) MMPI. C) Locus of control scale. D) TAT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 9. Which study design is characterized by observing subjects without manipulating variables? A) Experimental study. B) Observational study. C) Case study. D) Survey study. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Observational study. 10. What are the false beliefs experienced by people with schizophrenia called? A) Neuroses. B) Delusions. C) Hypochondriasis. D) Dysphagia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delusions. 11. Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated with an emphasis on the importance of: A) Free association. B) Empirically derived tests. C) Reciprocal determinism. D) A positive self-concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A positive self-concept. 12. Level of the mind where thoughts, feeling, memories, and other information are kept that are not easy to bring to consciousness. A) Conscious mind. B) Defense mechanisms. C) Personality. D) Unconscious mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unconscious mind. 13. Which statement best captures why we study personality scientifically? A) To prove pre-existing theories about human behavior. B) To systematically and objectively explore the complexities of human nature. C) To promote specific personality traits. D) To compare personality across different cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To systematically and objectively explore the complexities of human nature. 14. What did Carl Jung call the shared, inherited reservoir of memory traces from our species' history? A) Neurosis. B) Archetypes. C) Collective unconscious. D) Inferiority complex. E) Terror management. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collective unconscious. 15. If people who score high on extraversion also score high on measures of self-esteem, extraversion and self-esteem are A) Not correlated. B) Positively correlated. C) Negatively correlated. D) Inferential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positively correlated. 16. Obedience to authority would most likely occur between a: A) Psychology student and a sociology student. B) Viola player and a violin player. C) Store manager and a store clerk. D) Chef and a food critic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store manager and a store clerk. 17. Research has shown that individuals who are made to feel insecure are subsequently A) More critical of others. B) Less critical of others. C) More likely to display self-serving bias. D) Less likely to display self-serving bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More critical of others. 18. Alexis is very organized. She rarely shows up late to meetings and is very reliable. A) Conscientiousness. B) Extraversion. C) Agreeableness. D) Neuroticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conscientiousness. 19. According to Alfred Adler, overcompensation may be found in those who A) Have a superiority complex. B) Have an inferiority complex. C) Are fixated at one of the psychosexual stages. D) Have not sucessfully used defense mechanisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have an inferiority complex. 20. What is the central route in persuasion techniques based on? A) Attractiveness. B) Argument strength. C) Likeability. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argument strength. 21. The people who thought social forces had more to do with our personality than the unconscious did were the: A) Humanists. B) Behaviorists. C) Trait Theorists. D) Neo-Freudians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neo-Freudians. 22. A person who appreciates material things and hardly has idealistic views A) Idealistic. B) Materialistic. C) Considerate. D) Creative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Materialistic. 23. Ted is friendly and is perceived by others as warm and considerate. He loves to tell jokes at parties. Ted probably obtains high scores on ..... and ..... of the Big Five traits? A) Agreeableness; extraversion. B) Extraversion; conscientiousness. C) Conscientiousness; neuroticism. D) Neuroticism; openness to experience. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreeableness; extraversion. 24. Having the person and self coincide. A) Complete. B) Whole. C) Fully Functioning. D) Agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fully Functioning. 25. What does neuroticism indicate? A) Mental stability. B) Emotional instability and anxiety. C) Extroverted tendencies. D) Positive outlook. 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