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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior, mental processes, emotions, and personality. It is an important subject for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, NTS, OTS, KPPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, CSS, and PMS.

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Which of the following is true of traits?
A Traits are descriptors used to label personality
B Sheldon (1974) categorized people according to four body types
C Modern theorists view traits as discrete rather than continuous entities
D According to trait theorists, categorizing people into separate groups of ‘sociable’ versus ‘unsociable’ is extremely useful
Correct Answer: Traits are descriptors used to label personality
Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions in Cattell’s 18 Personality Factors are (18PF)?
A Forthright-shrewd
B Placid-Neurotic
C Undisciplined-controlled
D Tough-minded-tender-minded
Correct Answer: Placid-Neurotic
Which of the following traits is not part of the five-factor model of personality?
A Openness
B Anxiety
C Extraversion
D Agreeableness
Correct Answer: Anxiety
Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.
A 1 & 2
B 3 & 4
C 1 & 3
D 2 & 4
Correct Answer: 1 & 3
Who developed a model of personality based on 16 trait dimensions?
A Allport
B Rogers
C Freud
D Cattell
Correct Answer: Cattell
According to Freud, fixation at which stage of development is associated with sarcasm, criticalness, overeating and nail-biting in adults?
A Oral
B Anal
C Phallic
D Latency
Correct Answer: Oral
Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities
Correct Answer: During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities
Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:
A Present a positive and optimistic view of human behaviour
B Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts
C Place an emphasis on individual experiences, relationships and ways of understanding the world
D Are based on beliefs that everyone’s experience is unique, and that he individual’s perception of the world is critical to their understanding and behaviour
Correct Answer: Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts
In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by:
A environmental influences
B biological influences
C one’s perception of the environment
D collective unconscious
Correct Answer: one’s perception of the environment
By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:
A The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
B The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
C A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
D A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops
Correct Answer: The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
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