CHAPTER 2.self and Personality - MCQ
CHAPTER 2.self and Personality - MCQ
CHAPTER 2.self and Personality - MCQ
4. A person who believes that he/she has the ability or behaviours required by a
particular situation demonstrates high ______
a. Self-esteem
b. Self-efficacy
c. Self-regulation
5. A man is unfaithful to his wife but he accuses his wife of being unfaithful to
him. This is a case of ______
a. Repression
b. Projection
c. Reaction Formation
6. When someone says he is a South Indian he is revealing his ______identity.
a. Social
b. Personal
c. Relational
7. Savio says that he is the one who is usually chosen for the games, so he
makes judgement about his value of worth, the term used to identify ones
worth is ______
a. Self concept
b. Self actualization
c. Self –esteem
9. The people who prefer to be alone, shy, avoid others, withdraw themselves
in the face of emotional conflicts are called _________by Jung.
a. Extraverts
b. Introverts
c. Sociable
15. The structure of personality which directs the Id towards more appropriate
ways of behaving and is patient, reasonable and works by the reality
principle is termed_____
a. Ego
b. Superego
c. Id
18. Identify the defense mechanism in which a child who faced abuse by a
parent , later has no memory of the events but has trouble forming relationships
is called ______
a. Repression
b. Regression
c. Fixation
20. A young boy bullies a young girl because he is attracted to her, consciously,
he can’t face the reality of his romantic feelings, so he expresses distaste toward
her instead of appreciation . The defense mechanism displayed is _______
a. Rationalization
b. Reaction Formation
c. Regression
21.The male child experiences love for the mother , hostility towards the
father. Identify the______ complex.
a. Electra
b. Oedipus
c. Phallic
24. The term personality is derived from the latin word persona which
means______
a. Mask used by actors in Roman theatre for changing their facial make-up
b. Mask worn in greek tragedy
c. Mask worn by Hollywood stars
25.The people who are outgoing, sociable , drawn to occupations that allows
them to directly deal with people is termed _____
a. Sociable
b. Introverts
c. Extraverts
26. By temperament the people are relaxed and sociable but they are soft, fat
and round, the personality types identified by Sheldon is ____
a. Mesomorphs
b. Endomorphs
c. Ectomorphs
27.The highly generalized dispositions that influences the goal around which a
person’s entire life seems to resolve is ______traits
a. Central
b. Cardinal
c. Secondary
28. The traits used in writing a testimonial or job recommendation for a person
is _____
a. Secondary
b. Central
c. Trait
29.People who have strong body build, rectangular and have strong musculature
share the _____types of personality by Sheldon.
a. Ectomorphic
b. Mesomorphic
c. Endomorphic
32.In which level of consciousness the person is aware of his thoughts, feelings
and actions
a. Preconscious
b. Conscious
c. Unconscious
37.In _______technique the person being assessed is not told about the purpose
of assessment and the method of scoring and interpretation.
a. Personality
b. Projective
c. Self- report measure
41. A man is unfaithful to his wife but he accuses his wife of being
unfaithful to him. This is a case of _____
a. Repression
b. Projection
c. Reaction formation