This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 47 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 47 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He is most associated with the social cognitive perspective and reciprocal determinism. A) Albert Bandura. B) Abraham Maslow. C) Gordon Allport. D) Abraham Bandura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Albert Bandura. 2. The "id" consists of biological urges, such as hunger and thirst. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. According to Maslow's theory, which level of needs is expressed when a person buys a weapon for home defense? A) Physiological Needs. B) Safety Needs. C) Belongingness Needs. D) Esteem-Needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safety Needs. 4. The failure of bystanders to give victims of automobile accidents needed assistance is sometimes explained as an instance of A) Group polarization. B) Deindividuation. C) Situational attribution. D) Diffusion of responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diffusion of responsibility. 5. What is the primary goal of personality psychology? A) To categorize people into personality types. B) To understand and explain individual differences. C) To predict behavior in all situations. D) To determine intelligence levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To understand and explain individual differences. 6. The girl who was not invited to the school dance told her friends that she would not have attended if asked. She said that her teachers had assigned more homework than usual and that she was simply too busy for any unimportant social functions. A) Denial. B) Projection. C) Rationalization. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rationalization. 7. According to evolutionary psychology, certain personality traits evolved because they ..... A) Caused stress. B) Increased social conflict. C) Were random mutations. D) Promoted survival and reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Promoted survival and reproduction. 8. ..... is made up of the group traits that make you unique. A) Environment. B) Personality. C) Traits. D) Heredity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personality. 9. The MMPI-2 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: A) Objective Test. 10. A ..... person is someone who is always nice and has many friends A) FRIENDLY. B) KIND. C) SHY. D) BOSSY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FRIENDLY. 11. A person who scores low in "extraversion" would be A) Outgoing, lively, and talkative. B) Trusting of most people. C) Calm, stable, and cool in adverse situations. D) Quiet, shy, and independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quiet, shy, and independent. 12. ..... refers to perceptions about specific capabilities while ..... is one's general self perception. A) Skills / motivation. B) Self-concept / self-efficacy. C) Self-efficacy / self-concept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-efficacy / self-concept. 13. What is the first stage in the General Adaptation Syndrome? A) Resistance. B) Exhaustion. C) Alarm. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alarm. 14. At a large rock concert, Carmen lost her inhibitions and acted in a way not consistent with her personality. What best explains this? A) Deindividuation. B) Bystander Effect. C) Social Facilitation. D) Mere Exposure Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deindividuation. 15. Self-serving bias is best defined as A) Seeing yourself as average on nearly any personality dimension. B) Accepting more responsibility for successes than failures. C) Being overly critical of other people. D) Exhibiting heightened racial prejudice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accepting more responsibility for successes than failures. 16. What theory emphasizes innate drives like hunger, thirst, and sex? A) Biological Theories of Motivation. B) Cognitive Dissonance Theory. C) Self-Determination Theory. D) Social Learning Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological Theories of Motivation. 17. Which personality theory is focused on unconscious conflicts, childhood, and psychosexual stages? A) Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud). B) Humanistic Theory (Rogers and Maslow). C) Trait Theory (Allport and Eysenck). D) Behaviorist Theory (Skinner and Watson). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalytic Theory (Freud). 18. Fill in the blank:Behavior intended to harm another person is known as ..... A) Aggression. B) Empathy. C) Cooperation. D) Altruism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aggression. 19. What does the Big Five trait 'Openness' refer to? A) The tendency to be reliable and disciplined. B) The tendency to appreciate new art, ideas, values, feelings, and behaviors. C) The tendency to be outgoing and energetic. D) The tendency to experience positive emotions like joy and excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tendency to appreciate new art, ideas, values, feelings, and behaviors. 20. Diverts impulses from a threatening source to a less threatening on. A) Projection. B) Sublimation. C) Displacement. D) Regression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displacement. 21. He believed the libido was not just sexual energy, but instead generalized psychic energy. A) Carl Jung. B) William James Sheldon. C) Albert Bandura. D) Karen Horney. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carl Jung. 22. Fill in the blank:The Id is associated with ..... drives and the pleasure principle. A) Primal. B) Rational. C) Social. D) Ethical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primal. 23. What is the primary focus of cognitive psychology in relation to personality? A) Unconscious motives. B) Observable behavior. C) Mental processes. D) Emotional responses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mental processes. 24. The psychologist who believed that people are basically motivated by a need to overcome feelings of inferiority A) Alfred Adler. B) Carl Jung. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Gordon Allport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alfred Adler. 25. According to Freud, which of the following is considered the "moral" part of personality? A) The Id. B) The superego. C) The ego. D) The defense mechanism. 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