Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 49 (25 MCQs)

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1. How are characteristic adaptations different from basic tendencies?
2. An outgoing, active person who directs his or her energies and interests toward other people and things
3. Learning self-defense is an example of what level on the hierarchy of needs?
4. Which of These three things combine in Social Cognitive Theory-Albert Bandura to explain personality.
5. A durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations is called
6. People have developed a false association between mental illness and violence. This is an example of
7. Abraham Maslow is associated with
8. Fred mistakenly believes that his classmates at school are unusually hostile. In fact, Fred is the most quarrelsome and aggressive child in the school. According to psychoanalytic theory, Fred's belief that his classmates are hostile is a:
9. The term "personality" comes from the Latin word:
10. This personality type tries to meet the desires of the id in a way that is socially acceptable in the world. It deals with the reality.
11. A commercial uses a famous athlete to endorse a product, hoping viewers will be persuaded to buy it. Which persuasion technique is being used?
12. Sarah has a big exam coming up but instead of studying, she spends the day watching movies. She later tells her friend that she didn't study because the teacher made the test too difficult anyway. This is an example of which defense mechanism?
13. The term Personality is derived from the Latin word 'Persona', which means a
14. B.F. Skinner is associated with
15. Vanessa bites her nails so badly that they bleed, but she can't seem to stop herself from doing this. According to Freud, Vanessa's nail biting may be evidence of fixation at the
16. The two major aspects of people that are studied by personality theorists are
17. Which of the following works on the pleasure principle?
18. What is the term for the belief that external forces, rather than personal actions, determine one's fate, people assume that they have no control over events?
19. A person who is diagnosed with schizophrenia starts to see a hand floating above his television set. What is this perception called?
20. The consistent, enduring, and unique characteristics of a person is .....
21. This theory suggests that physical arousal led to the labeling of the emotion. For example, "I am nervous because my stomach is fluttering" .
22. Which of the following personality traits is characterized by being cooperative and compassionate?
23. The Stanford Prison Experiment showed the world that people will:
24. Humanistic psychology has been most closely associated with an emphasis on the importance of what?
25. The humanistic approach emphasizes: