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Psychology 6096 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.

In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

A ideal self and actual self

B the pleasure principle and the reality principle

C introversion and extroversion

D the client’s values and the therapist’s values

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Correct Answer: ideal self and actual self

The perception that one’s fate is determined by luck reflects:

A self-serving bias

B an external locus of control

C the pleasure principle

D reciprocal determinism

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Correct Answer: an external locus of control

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

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In assessing a client’s personal growth, Carl Rogers measured the correspondence between:

The perception that one’s fate is determined by luck reflects:

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: