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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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.

A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

A repression

B displacement

C projection

D identification

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Correct Answer: identification

A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

A environmental factors that could promote aggression

B feelings of repressed hostility

C instinctual explanations

D early learning experiences and reinforcement history

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Correct Answer: early learning experiences and reinforcement history

A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

A regression

B identification

C projection

D reaction formation

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Correct Answer: reaction formation

Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):

A self-serving bias

B reaction formation

C an external locus of control

D fixation

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Correct Answer: reaction formation

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by:

A Carl Rogers

B Albert Bandura

C Carl Jung

D Abraham Maslow

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Correct Answer: Carl Jung

Coretta is quite pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In terms of the Eysenck’s basic personality dimensions she would be classified as:

A passive-aggressive

B manic-depressive

C unstable-introverted

D external-dependent

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Correct Answer: unstable-introverted

The id, is to pleasure principle as.

A superego is to repetition principle

B ego is to reality principle

C ego is repetition principle

D ego is executive principle

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Correct Answer: ego is to reality principle

Behavioral theories of personality are often criticized for their:

A inability to test or verify concepts

B limited recognition of temperament, emotion and subjective factors

C ability to explain behavior after the fact only

D emphasis on the conditions under which behaviors occur

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Correct Answer: limited recognition of temperament, emotion and subjective factors

The concept of traits is used to account for personal characteristics that are:

A biologically determined

B relatively permanent and enduring

C situation specific

D shared by a group

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Correct Answer: relatively permanent and enduring

Maslow most clearly interjected his own personal values into his study of self-actualized individuals by:

A using projective tests to assess their motives

B using free association and dream analysis

C interpreting their flattering self-description as a self-serving bias

D selectively studying people with qualities he admired

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Correct Answer: selectively studying people with qualities he admired

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Psychology 6084 MCQs [All-Courses]

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A high school junior admires a movie star and follows the star’s life on the screen and in the newspapers, experiencing the same emotions as the star would. The student is using what type of defense mechanism?

A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

A man who has numerous reasons to hate his mother instead lavishes her with unrealistic amounts of attention and love. He is probably exhibiting the defense mechanism of:

Unrealistic optimism could best be describes as a (n):

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator classifies people according to personality types identified by:

Coretta is quite pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In terms of the Eysenck’s basic personality dimensions she would be classified as:

The id, is to pleasure principle as.

Behavioral theories of personality are often criticized for their:

The concept of traits is used to account for personal characteristics that are:

Maslow most clearly interjected his own personal values into his study of self-actualized individuals by: