This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People who feel oppressed and so perceive control as external may develop A) An internal locus of control. B) A reaction formation. C) Learned helplessness. D) Self-serving bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learned helplessness. 2. When referring to Personality, what is the trait approach? A) Trait approach states all personality traits you're born with. B) You learn traits from the people and the environment around you. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trait approach states all personality traits you're born with. 3. Which of the following is NOT one of the Big 5 personality traits? A) Consciousness. B) Agreeableness. C) Neurotic-ism. D) Openness. E) Introversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Introversion. 4. Failure to take action because of the presence of others is an example of A) Altruism. B) Polarization. C) Social loafing. D) The bystander effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bystander effect. 5. Mrs. Scott can't understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn't her fault that he didn't get to play in last weeks basketball game. A) Denial. B) Displacement. C) Sublimatin. D) Reaction formation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 6. The individual will forego his immediate satisfaction in conformity with society so that greater pleasures later are assured. A) Ego. B) Superego. C) ID. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ego. 7. What coping strategy involves solving the cause of stress directly? A) Avoidance coping. B) Social support. C) Emotion-focused coping. D) Problem-focused coping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Problem-focused coping. 8. Bandura believes personality is formed through A) Conditioning. B) Reinforcement. C) Modeling. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 9. The most basic needs according to Maslow are A) Self-actualization | morality. B) Physiological needs like feed and water. C) Safety needs like health care. D) Self-esteem needs like a job promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physiological needs like feed and water. 10. Name the Approach:Basic personality characteristics, such as friendliness, and aggression hold the essential components of our personality A) Psychoanalytic or Psychodynamic. B) Social Learning Theory. C) Cognitive. D) Trait Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trait Theory. 11. Freud divided personality into: A) Self, identity, persona. B) Id, ego, superego. C) Thoughts, feelings, actions. D) Mind, brain, body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Id, ego, superego. 12. One's belief about one's ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes is called A) Self-concept. B) Self-actualization. C) Self-confidence. D) Self-efficacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-efficacy. 13. The high school teacher was criticized by the principal for having a disruptive class. When the teacher got home that night he argued with his wife and kicked the dog: A) Sublimation. B) Reaction formation. C) Rationalization. D) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Displacement. 14. Alan is failing his math class. He blames the teacher and the fact that he has to work at night. Alan A) Has high self efficacy. B) Has external locus of control. C) Has internal locus of control. D) Is engaging in sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has external locus of control. 15. The psychologist who proposed the "inner conflict" approach to personality theory A) Sigmund Freud. B) Carl Jung. C) Erik Erikson. D) Abraham Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sigmund Freud. 16. What is the term for individuals who generally expect negative outcomes? A) Optimists. B) Pessimists. C) Type A personality. D) Full functioning person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pessimists. 17. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is based on the idea that A) Many drives are learned through observation. B) Perceived needs are a function of self-concept. C) Some needs are more basic than others. D) Most needs are a reaction to unconscious anxiety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some needs are more basic than others. 18. Social Psychology is the study of how we ..... one another. A) Think about, relate to, and influence. B) Understand, feel about, and behave toward. C) Perceive, think about, and talk about. D) Observe, understand, and communicate with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Think about, relate to, and influence. 19. Which basic approach to personality focuses on unconscious processes? A) Trait approach. B) Biological approach. C) Psychoanalytic approach. D) Humanistic approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychoanalytic approach. 20. Which of the defense mechanisms is considered the most controversial by psychologists today? A) Regression. B) Reaction formation. C) Repression. D) Denial. E) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repression. 21. What is the Obedience? A) Following orders from an authority figure. B) Ignoring authority figures. C) Challenging authority. D) Acting independently of social norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Following orders from an authority figure. 22. Personality means A) Inner beauty. B) You have lot of money. C) You are eating in a five star hotel. D) You have lot of ornaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inner beauty. 23. A business leader who welcomes a variety of opinions from her employees and invites expert critique of protocols would most limit what from developing in the company? A) Cognitive Dissonance. B) Social Inhibition. C) Social Loafing. D) Groupthink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groupthink. 24. Rogers said that happiness comes from congruence. What does congruence mean? A) Consistent stability and harmony between your ideals and your actions (your concept of yourself and the way your life is going). B) Having freedom and choice. C) When your personality melds smoothly with people you choose to spend time with. D) The emotion that comes along with finding your ultimate calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consistent stability and harmony between your ideals and your actions (your concept of yourself and the way your life is going). 25. A person who alternates between hopelessness and an overexcited and unreasonably optimistic state might be most likely to be diagnosed with which disorder? A) Major depressive disorder. B) Generalized anxiety disorder. C) Bipolar disorder. D) Obsessive-compulsive disorder. 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