Personality Psychology MCQs

Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:

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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 … Read more

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?

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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 … Read more

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.

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A. 1 & 2 B. 3 & 4 C. 1 & 3 D. 2 & 4

Which of the following is true of traits?

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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