This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Psychology Chapter 10 Personality Quiz 74 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A professor assigns a group project for class and notices that the students do not put in as much work as they do when they work individually. Which of the following phenomena can best explain the professor's observation? A) Groupthink. B) Group polarization. C) Social loafing. D) Social facilitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social loafing. 2. Abraham Maslow studied the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Eleanor Roosevelt in order to understand the nature of A) Reciprocal determinism. B) Incongruence. C) Self-actualization. D) Defense mechanisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-actualization. 3. What is not one of Eysenk's 3 Major Dimensions of personality traits? A) Agreeableness. B) Psychotism. C) Extraversion. D) Neuroticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agreeableness. 4. The belief that one has the ability to perform behaviors that lead to expected outcomes is A) Self-efficacy. B) Self-monitoring. C) Self-control. D) Self-justification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Self-efficacy. 5. A personality test consisting of 20 cards containing vague images ..... A) MMPI-2. B) Thematic Apperception Test. C) Myers-Briggs Test. D) Rorschach Test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thematic Apperception Test. 6. Stimulation of this area would cause a rat to begin eating. A) Lateral hypothalamus. B) Ventromedial hypothalamus. C) Hippocampus. D) Prefrontal cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lateral hypothalamus. 7. Six-year-old Lucas decides that he likes his first-grade classmate Julia, but isn't sure how to tell her or how to handle his emotions. Instead, he shoots a spit wad at her during lunch recess. Lucas is exhibiting the defense mechanism of ..... A) Displacement. B) Rationalization. C) Reaction formation. D) Regression. E) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regression. 8. The personality theory that teaches that environmental forces shape people's behavior A) Social learning/Socialization. B) Behaviorism. C) Observation learning. D) Latency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social learning/Socialization. 9. James attributes his failing grade in chemistry to an unfair final exam. His attitude exemplifies A) Internal locus of control. B) Unconditional positive regard. C) Self-serving bias. D) Reciprocal determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Self-serving bias. 10. Which approach emphasizes personal growth and potential? A) Behavioral. B) Psychodynamic. C) Humanistic. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanistic. 11. Archetypes, a symbol, dream or image that all humans share, which express underlying fears or ideas we all experience. A) Anna Freud. B) Karen Horney. C) Alfred Adler. D) Carl Jung. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carl Jung. 12. Sarah just goes with the flow. She rarely has much input in group decisions and is usually just happy with riding along with what everyone else is doing. A) Conscientiousness. B) Extraversion. C) Agreeableness. D) Neuroticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agreeableness. 13. The acronym for the "Big Five" personality traits is ..... A) NACEO. B) COAEN. C) BIGFIVE. D) OCEAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OCEAN. 14. In Mischel's marshmallow test, what was a key finding regarding children who delayed gratification? A) They had higher SAT scores and better relationships later in life. B) They were more likely to develop health issues. C) They showed no significant differences in academic performance. D) They were more impulsive as adults. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had higher SAT scores and better relationships later in life. 15. Ken fell off a float during a parade and was knocked unconscious. At first, observers were hesitant to help and looked around at each other until one of the parade workers called for help. Then, people came forward to help Ken. This scenario reflects which of the following concepts? A) Out-group homogeneity bias. B) Groupthink. C) The bystander effect. D) Group polarization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bystander effect. 16. Terror-Management Theory could best explain A) Deep religious convictions. B) The spotlight effect. C) The false consensus effect. D) Self-efficacy. E) The Big Five personality factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deep religious convictions. 17. The trait theory researches and defines personality throught: A) The struggle between the ID & Superego. B) The perception and interpretation of ink images. C) Stable and lasting behavior patters. D) Aspects found only in the subconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stable and lasting behavior patters. 18. In the trait theory created by Hippocrates, how many "humors" did humans have? A) Three. B) Two. C) Five. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four. 19. According to Jung, this is the repository of universal memories. It helps explain why we see common themes in cultures across the world (ex:human origin stories, good v. evil, etc.) A) Collective unconscious. B) Pleasure principle. C) Projective test. D) Identification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collective unconscious. 20. The idea that behavior should be understood relative to one's culture. Fill in the blank: ..... A) Cultural Relativism. B) Ethnocentrism. C) Universalism. D) Cultural Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Relativism. 21. According to Abraham Maslow, developing one's potential to its fullest extent results in ..... A) Self-esteem. B) Safety. C) Belongingness. D) Self-actualization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-actualization. 22. Taking out one's anger on an object that is not the source of the anger A) Projection. B) Displacement. C) Reaction formation. D) Repression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Displacement. 23. .) Abraham Maslow's theory focuses on a lifelong process of striving to realize one's potential that is known as: A) HUMANISM. B) SELF ACTUALIZATION. C) SUBLIMATION. D) PSYCHIC DETERMINISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SELF ACTUALIZATION. 24. What is operant conditioning? A) Learning by watching others. B) Shaping behavior through administration of rewards and punishment. C) Associating eating with salivating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaping behavior through administration of rewards and punishment. 25. His Birth Order Personality Theory Has been studied and used by many personality psychologists A) Albert Bandura. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Alfred Adler. D) Carl Rogers. 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