Personality Development Test Questions
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Personality Development explores the various theories, concepts, and practical approaches related to the growth and enhancement of an individual's personality. The course covers key aspects such as self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communication skills, confidence building, and stress management. Students will analyze psychological frameworks, participate in self-assessment exercises, and engage in activities that foster positive attitudes, leadership qualities, and interpersonal relationships. The aim is to provide students with insights and tools that support their personal and professional progress, enabling them to interact effectively and adaptively in diverse social and organizational contexts.
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Theories of Personality 10th Edition by
Richard M. Ryckman
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Chapter 1: Studying Personality: Assessment, research, and Theory
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Q1) Girls and boys are still reared according to
A) the norms of the neighborhood where they were raised.
B) the explicit wishes of the grandparents.
C) books on parenting.
D) traditional stereotypes.
Answer: D
Q2) In the past,____ ____were more likely to be used in research on personality theory.
A) white women
B) Latino men
C) white men
D) black men
Answer: C
Q3) The MMPI is considered a projective measure of assessment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalysis
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Q1) According to Freud,childhood sexual fantasies are always
A) based in reality for the patient.
B) based on a dream or a figment of the imagination of the patient.
C) based on direct evidence revealed through hypnosis.
D) the cause of adult neurosis.
Answer: D
Q2) Primary-process thought is believed to function within the ego.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) For Freud,the basis of anxiety and neurosis is A) parenting.
B) sex.
C) hypnotic.
D) marriage.
Answer: B
Q4) Freud held a "free will" point of view,not a deterministic point of view. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Carl Jung: Analytical Psychology
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Q1) The functions of sensing and intuiting
A) can both be dominant at the same time.
B) are rational.
C) make judgments about experiences.
D) accept experiences and do not evaluate them.
Answer: D
Q2) What Jung called our psychic birth
A) is the childhood period when the ego begins to form.
B) occurs during puberty.
C) is characterized by extraversion.
D) refers to the development of the self.
Answer: B
Q3) The reaction of most psychologists to the bulk of Jung's theory has been A) unenthusiastic.
B) uncritical.
C) complimentary.
D) interested.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Alfred Adler: Individual Psychology
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Q1) Last-borns tend to be more ____ than first-borns and second-borns.
A) popular
B) intelligent
C) depressed
D) dependent on others
Q2) On the Social Interest Index,women who scored high in social interest were also significantly higher in
A) superiority feelings.
B) overall life satisfaction.
C) social conflicts.
D) dominant behaviors.
Q3) Adler's primary research method was the
A) Style of Life Inventory.
B) word-association test.
C) case study.
D) IQ test.
Q4) Adler believed the father's role was vital in developing the child's social interest as well as other aspects of the personality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Karen Horney: Neurotic Needs and Trends
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Q1) Compare and contrast Freud's defense mechanisms and Horney's self-protective mechanisms,such as moving away,against,and toward people.
Q2) The four protective mechanisms
A) are symptoms of a child who needs security.
B) defend against basic anxiety.
C) are unhealthy defense mechanisms.
D) are food, shelter, warmth, and love.
Q3) People who rely on their own resources,have a great need for privacy,and deny feelings for others represent the ____ personality type.
A) psychotic
B) detached
C) aggressive
D) compliant
Q4) Horney suffered from an inferiority complex from events that occurred when she was a young girl.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Erik Erikson: Identity Theory
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Q1) The basic strength called purpose should be realized during the muscular-anal stage,which is characterized by Autonomy versus Doubt and Shame.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Erikson,older people must do more than reflect upon the A) past.
B) present physical decline of their bodies.
C) various illnesses they are now experiencing.
D) helplessness they feel now that their life is almost finished.
Q3) On the free will-determinism dimension,Erikson's image of human nature
A) is only partially deterministic.
B) rejects determinism in favor of free will.
C) proposes no ultimate life goal.
D) focuses on biological forces.
Q4) Erikson believes that basic strengths are
A) goals to strive for but not reach.
B) potentially achievable by everyone.
C) not fully expressed because of id interference.
D) biologically determined and inevitable.
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Chapter 7: Gordon Allport: Motivation and Personality
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Q1) In Allport's view,the healthy personality changes from being a biologically dominated organism in infancy,to a mature psychological organism in adulthood.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Our instincts,according to Allport,include those aspects of our personality that are distinctive and which unite our attitudes,perceptions,and intentions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Allport believed that the emotionally healthy adult is
A) no longer dominated or determined by childhood drives.
B) guided primarily by unconscious forces.
C) functionally related to childhood experiences.
D) functionally autonomous of common traits.
Q4) The final stage in the development of the proprium is
A) reached in adulthood.
B) accomplished when young people begin to formulate long-range goals and plans.
C) reached before the age of five.
D) coping with parental expectations.
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Chapter 8: Raymond Cattell, hans Eysenck, and Other Trait
Theorists
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Q1) The word erg derives from the Latin word,energia,while sentiments are derived from internal non-social and mental influences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During his formal training in psychology,Cattell worked with A) Charles E. Spearman.
B) Henry Murray.
C) B.F. Skinner
D) Alfred Adler.
Q3) As a researcher,Cattell preferred what he called the A) bivariate approach, or laboratory experiment.
B) clinical method, or case studies.
C) multivariate approach, involving the statistical procedure of factor analysis.
D) Cattell used each of these approaches.
Q4) Cattell's image of human nature stresses the concept of A) universal psychosexual conflicts.
B) an innate drive for self-actualization.
C) free will.
D) behavior as lawful, orderly, and therefore predictable.
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Chapter 9: Abraham Maslow: Needs- Hierarchy Theory
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Q1) The motivation of non-self-actualizers is called A) metapathology.
B) psychopathology.
C) neurotic pathology.
D) procrastination.
Q2) The key idea in Maslow's hierarchy of needs is that A) higher needs must be satisfied first. B) individual needs are learned, not inherited. C) lower needs have to be satisfied before higher needs become influential. D) safety needs are the most important of all the hierarchy of needs.
Q3) Metaneeds are states of being such as goodness,uniqueness,and perfection,rather than specific goal objects.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If children are overprotected and not permitted to try new behaviors,they may never become self-actualized.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the differences and give definitions for the concepts of D-motivation and B-motivation.
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Chapter 10: Carl Rogers: Self-Actualization Theory
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Q1) All of the following are characteristics of the fully functioning person except A) awareness of all experiences.
B) trust in one's own organism.
C) unconditional positive regard.
D) a sense of freedom.
Q2) Rogers' work was influenced by his early A) compensation for inferiority through athletics.
B) popularity in school.
C) solitude.
D) childhood friends and school activities.
Q3) The purpose of what Rogers called the organismic valuing process is to A) evaluate all life experiences by how well they serve actualization.
B) encourage us to take care of our bodies.
C) guard against the physically debilitating effects of stress.
D) cause a person to become a perfectionist.
Q4) The process of maturation is
A) determined by learning experiences.
B) automatic and effortless.
C) often accompanied by struggle and pain.
D) often reversed by the urge to regress.
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Chapter 11: George Kelly: Personal Construct Theory
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Q1) Compare the usefulness or utility of Kelly's 11 constructs for life events with Erikson's 8 lifespan phases.What are at least two things that are similar for both of these theories and what are at least two dissimilarities between the two?
Q2) The results of the REP Test
A) are objective.
B) depend on the skill and training of the psychologist giving it.
C) depend on the client's story.
D) are quantified through summations on the repertory grid.
Q3) For Kelly,the only way to understand people is to understand their A) childhood experiences.
B) unconscious desires.
C) interpretations of events and their social relationships.
D) past patterns of reinforcement.
Q4) In developing his theory,Kelly drew heavily on A) psychoanalysis.
B) behaviorism.
C) trait theory.
D) Kelly's theory is not based on any of these theories.
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Chapter 12: Bfskinner: Reinforcement Theory
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Q1) According to Skinner,negative reinforcement is
A) the same as punishment.
B) less effective than positive reinforcement.
C) more effective than intermittent reinforcement.
D) more successful with neurotics.
Q2) When a specific stimulus elicits a response,it is called
A) operant conditioning.
B) fixed-interval reinforcement.
C) respondent behavior.
D) extinction.
Q3) Punishment is frequently used as a form of parenting.Another form of parenting could be the use of positive reinforcement.Give a real-life example of a parent using each of these approaches.In your opinion,which of these two forms of parenting would have the greatest immediate and long term effects (positive or negative)on the child?
Q4) Skinner's assessment methods
A) followed mainstream experimental psychology.
B) rely primarily on correlation.
C) preferred the intensive study of a single subject at a time.
D) used data from the average performance of groups of subjects.
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Chapter 13: Albert Bandura: Modeling Theory
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Q1) Bandura says much of our behavior is regulated by A) pangs of conscience.
B) guilt produced by the superego.
C) imitation.
D) self-reinforcement.
Q2) Bandura believed that people are more likely to discard their inhibition against aggressive behavior if they see other people doing so.This is called A) disinhibition.
B) disinclination.
C) imitation.
D) lightening up.
Q3) Address the issue of peer pressure and Bandura's aggressive modeling.Many gangs model aggressive behaviors for new gang members to emulate.If you were a social agent in charge of helping young children avoid gang involvement,what sort of preventative program would you institute in your local neighborhood where children tend to join these gangs?
Q4) The most influential source of efficacy judgments is performance attainment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Mini- Theories: Locus of Control, sensation
Seeking, learned Helplessness, optimismpessimism,
positive Psychology, and Happiness and Success
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Q1) __________ were shown to develop stronger immune systems and to be more likely to recover from heart attacks.
A) Realists
B) Pessimists
C) Optimists
D) Wealthy adults
Q2) Zuckerman used the ______________,a 40-item paper and pencil questionnaire,as his method of research.
A) Correlation Coefficient Scale
B) Scientific-Seeking Scale
C) Sensation Seeking Scale
D) Group Analysis Survey
Q3) Learned helplessness is a condition resulting from the perception that we have no control over our environment.
A)True
B)False
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Q4) Compare and contrast Bandura's concept of self-efficacy and Rotter's concept of locus of control.Explain at least two ways they are similar and at least two ways they are dissimilar.
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Chapter 15: Personality in Perspective
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Q1) Personality can be inherited,but ____ and ____ conditions help make up our personality.
A) physiological/biological
B) experience/life
C) social/environmental
D) operational/situational
Q2) The emotional ____,as Freud envisioned it,remains the least understood factor in personality development.
A) unconscious
B) libido
C) psyche
D) conscious
Q3) Contemporary researchers focus on unconscious cognitive processes and describe them as more ____ than ____.
A) helpful/harmful
B) curative/non-curative
C) rational/emotional
D) irrational/rational
Q4) Define the conscious factor and the unconscious factor.Now give a real-life example of each one.
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