This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 62 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The defense mechanism that involves providing self-justifying explanations for an action A) Reaction formation. B) Rationalization. C) Displacement. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rationalization. 2. This personality focuses only on what can be seen and does not consider the unconscious to play a role in determining personality. A) Trait Perspective. B) Humanism. C) Social-Cognitive. D) Behaviorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behaviorism. 3. Charles has an anger problem, so he joins athletics so he can have a positive outlet for his anger. A) Regression. B) Sublimation. C) Rationalization. D) Compensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sublimation. 4. Models A) Behavior theory. B) Humanistic theory. C) Social cognitive theory. D) Psychoanalytic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social cognitive theory. 5. What do we call the process of fulfilling our potential? A) Free association. B) Self-efficacy. C) Unconditional positive regard. D) Self-concept. E) Self-actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Self-actualization. 6. If a person attributes their success in a competition to their own hard work and talent, which concept does this best illustrate? A) External Locus of Control. B) Internal Locus of Control. C) Peripheral Route Persuasion. D) Bystander Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Locus of Control. 7. Turning the feeling into it's opposite. A) Reaction formation. B) Sublimation. C) Regression. D) Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reaction formation. 8. Which of the following best applies to our current understanding of personality? A) It exists only if everyone acted and thought alike. B) It is mostly unstable. C) It is relatively stable over time. D) It is not enduring, or it changes over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is relatively stable over time. 9. Who came up with the hierarchy of needs? A) Rogers. B) Maslow. C) Freud. D) Neo-Freudians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maslow. 10. Which theory would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies? A) James-Lange theory. B) Drive-reduction theory. C) Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. D) Optimal arousal theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Optimal arousal theory. 11. What are the 3 tiers that were added to Maslow's Heirarchy in the 1960's? A) Esteem, Cognitive, Aesthetic. B) Love and Belonging, Transcendance, Cognitive. C) Aesthetic, Cognitive, Self-Actualization. D) Cognitive, Aesthetic, Transendence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cognitive, Aesthetic, Transendence. 12. People who score low in ..... are thought of as suspicious, antagonistic and aggressive. A) Neuroticism. B) Extraversion. C) Conscientiousness. D) Agreeableness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agreeableness. 13. Alfred Adler A) Behavior theory. B) Humanistic theory. C) Social cognitive theory. D) Psychoanalytic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalytic theory. 14. A sequence of needs that must be satisfied for humans to reach their full potential describes A) Maslow's hierarchy of needs. B) Conditions of worth. C) Free will. D) Congruence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 15. "I don't have a problem." "I can stop drinking anytime I want to." A) Displacement. B) Denial. C) Sublimation. D) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denial. 16. Men are more likely to use ..... aggression, while women are more likely to use ..... aggression. A) Physical; relational. B) Verbal; physical. C) Relational; physical. D) Emotional; verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical; relational. 17. This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "It's OK to post hurtful comments online because everyone does it." A) Denial. B) Reaction Formation. C) Rationalization. D) Compensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rationalization. 18. According to Freud, the part of our personality that mediates demands from the id and the superego is the: A) Ego. B) Repression. C) Self-concept. D) Unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ego. 19. What is the missing part of the definition on human being:psychosocio ..... omorphic being A) Avatar. B) Athrop. C) Antrop. D) Bio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athrop. 20. Why does personality have the characteristic of social interaction? A) It exists independently without other people. B) It develops only from genetic factors. C) It forms and expresses itself through communication and relationships. D) It is unrelated to social environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It forms and expresses itself through communication and relationships. 21. According to Gordon Allport, what makes people different from each other? A) Values. B) Behaviors. C) Traits. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Values. 22. Which theory of personality focuses on the interplay between the conscious and unconscious aspects of the mind? A) Psychodynamic theory. B) Humanistic theory. C) Social-cognitive theory. D) Trait-situation theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychodynamic theory. 23. Finally for Nisbett & Cohen, a confound may be that it occurred at a Northern university that even the Southern students had chosen to attend. Which university was it? A) Michigan. B) Ohio State. C) Wisconsin. D) Perdue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Michigan. 24. Joining a fraternity or sorority in college is an example of what level on the hierarchy? A) Safety and security. B) Love and belonging. C) Self-esteem. D) Physical needs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love and belonging. 25. Abraham Maslow A) Behavior theory. B) Social cognitive therapy. C) Humanistic theory. D) Psychoanalytic theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanistic theory. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 1Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 2Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 3Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 4Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 5Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 6Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 7Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 8Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 9Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books