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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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The extent to which people believe that they can bring about an outcome is referred to as________.
A Extraversion
B Neuroticism
C Self-efficacy
D Self-regulation
Correct Answer: Self-efficacy
According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?
A Competencies
B Goals and values
C Affects
D Encodings
Correct Answer: Encodings
The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______.
A Introverts: extroverts
B Extroverts; introverts
C Similar; unique
D Unique; similar
Correct Answer: Similar; unique
Recent work in behavioural genetics has examined the contribution of genetic and environmental factors to human behavior. But which of the four assertions below is NOT true?
A Research as shown monozygotic twins to have much more similar personality traits than dizygotic twins
B Both adoption studies and twin studies are consistent with a genetic influence on personality
C Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality
D Children who are genetically more active and impulsive can cause their parents to be more responsive to their needs than other children
Correct Answer: Adoption studies have shown that environment plays no part in the development of personality
Which of the following are commonly accepted dimensions of attribution? (Please highlight all the correct answers.) 1. Internal-external. 2. Stable-unstable. 3. Wide-narrow. 4. None of the above.
A 1 & 2
B 4
C 2 & 3
D 1 & 3
Correct Answer: 1 & 2
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
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