Top 80+ Solved Personality Psychology MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. Jung believed that there are basic universal concepts in all people regardless of culturecalled

a. person

b. collective consciousness.

c. archetypes.

d. mandalas.

  • c. archetypes.

Q. The description of a person's character implies

a. the use of rating scales.

b. the use of multiple observers.

c. the use of situational testing.

d. judgment about the desirability of traits.

  • d. judgment about the desirability of traits.

Q. The main criticism of humanistic theory is that

a. it emphasizes the negative dimensions of personality.

b. it is research rather than experience oriented.

c. its concepts are imprecise and difficult to study objectively.

d. its approach is more empirical than philosophical.

  • c. its concepts are imprecise and difficult to study objectively.

Q. If self-esteem is too high, the person may be

a. boring.

b. ineffective.

c. dull.

d. arrogant.

  • d. arrogant.

Q. Behaviorists are to the external environment as humanists are to

a. stress.

b. personal growth.

  • b. personal growth.

Q. Freud believed that at each psychosexual stage a different part of the body becomes

a. id-fixated.

b. archetypical.

c. an erogenous zone.

d. a source for modeling.

  • c. an erogenous zone.

Q. Self-actualization refers to

a. a tendency that causes human personality problems.

b. what it is that makes certain men and women famous.

c. anyone who is making full use of his or her potentials.

d. the requirements necessary for becoming famous, academically distinguished, or rich.

  • c. anyone who is making full use of his or her potentials.

Q. The term personality refers to

a. the hereditary aspects of one\s emotional nature.

b. unique and enduring behavior patterns.

c. favorable and unfavorable personal characteristics.

d. charisma, character, or temperament.

  • b. unique and enduring behavior patterns.

Q. __________ theories stress private, subjective experience and personal growth.

a. trait

b. humanistic

c. behavioristic

d. psychodynamic

  • b. humanistic

Q. Critics of psychoanalytic personality theory note its failure to

a. be able to predict future behavior.

b. provide a role for biological instincts in personality development.

  • a. be able to predict future behavior.

Q. Learning sex-appropriate behavior is greatly influenced by

a. self-reinforcement and resolution of unconscious conflicts.

b. identification and imitation.

c. toilet training and early feeding contacts.

d. valuing and self-regar

  • b. identification and imitation.
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