PSYCHOLOGY QUESTION BANK 4 (ENGLISH)
MCQ: Phrenologists tried to find out about personality by
- reading a person’s horoscope
- feeling a person’s skull
- looking at a person’s hands
- asking people questions
B
MCQ: A limitation of selective breeding studies is that they cannot:
- tell us anything about the role of genes
- be used to study human beings
- provide information relevant to the nature/nurture debate
- tell us anything about the role of the environment
B
MCQ: Which neo-Freudian challenged his ideas about penis envy?
- Adler
- Fromm
- Jung
- Horney
D
MCQ: Someone who feels as though they are not living up to expectations would be described by Adler as having
- low self-realization
- an Adlerian complex
- an inferiority complex
- low actualization
C
MCQ: According to Freud, the mind’s three components are:
- ego, id, superego
- unconscious, moral, immoral
- oral, anal, phallic
- primary, secondary, tertiary
A
MCQ: The idea that you can assess someone’s personality by studying their face is called:
- phrenology
- physiology
- somatology
- physiognomy
D
MCQ: The ________ complex is to girls as the ________ complex is to boys.
- Electra, Oedipus
- Oedipus, Electra
- oral, phallic
- phallic, oral
A
MCQ: The discovery that the heritability of the Big Five personality traits is around 40% – 50% suggests that
- the environment plays no role in personality
- genes play no role in personality
- the environment plays an important role in personality
- the Big Five traits account for about half of our personality
C
MCQ: Humanistic psychologists embraced the idea of
- repression
- free will
- unconscious drives
- the id
B
MCQ: According to Eysenck, extraverts seek to ________ their arousal while introverts seek to ________ their arousal.
- decrease, increase
- hide, reveal
- increase, decrease
- reveal, hide
C
MCQ: Allport believed that traits could be organized into three levels:
- primary, secondary, tertiary
- cognitive, emotional, physiological
- id, ego, superego
- cardinal, central, secondary
D
MCQ: The MMPI is used to measure:
- unconscious drives
- the Big Five traits
- personality and psychological disorders
- leadership potential
C
MCQ:Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five traits?
- sense of humour
- openness to experience
- conscientiousness
- extraversion
A
MCQ: Freud founded the ________ approach to understanding human behaviour.
- palliative
- psychodynamic
- patronymic
- psychedelic
B
MCQ: The influence of parents on the personality of their children is:
- non-existent
- weakest in early childhood
- strongest in early childhood
- consistent across the lifespan
C
MCQ: What is special about “knockout” mice?
- they are very attractive
- their DNA has been modified
- they are easy to knock out
- they are unusually aggressive
B
MCQ: The aim of behavioural genetics is to learn about:
- the extent to which geneticists can modify people’s behaviour
- the possibility of eradicating behavioural problems in children
- the genetic and environmental influences on human behaviour
- the ability of animals to learn language
C
MCQ: Monozygotic is to ________ twins as dizygotic is to ________ twins.
- male, female,
- female, male
- fraternal, identical
- identical, fraternal
D
MCQ: Which of the following characteristics describe someone who, according to Maslow, is self-actualized?
- creativity
- confidence
- spontaneity
- all of the above
D
MCQ: According to Freud, children pass through 4 stages of psychosexual development. Which of the following shows the stages in the correct developmental order?
- oral, anal, phallic, latency
- latency, oral, anal, phallic
- phallic, anal, oral, latency
- oral, phallic, latency, anal
A
MCQ: Projective tests claim to reveal information about:
- career aptitude
- intellectual attainment
- unconscious processes
- parenting style
C
MCQ: Traits are defined as:
- physical characteristics that distinguish us from other people
- relatively enduring characteristics that influence our behaviour across many situations
- unconscious tendencies to act in different ways according to the situation
- permanent personality tendencies that determine our behaviour in any situation
B
MCQ: Sheldon’s theory that people with different body types have different personalities has been:
- supported by research
- discredited
- shown to be accurate for thin people but not overweight people
- shown to be accurate for women but not for men
B
MCQ: Which of the following is not a defence mechanism?
- projection
- regression
- ingratiation
- sublimation
C
MCQ:Rohan is self-disciplined, focused on achievement and keen to do his duty. He would be expected to score highly on:
- neuroticism
- agreeableness
- extraversion
- conscientiousness
D
MCQ: The Barnum effect helps to explain people’s belief in:
- fortune-telling
- astrology
- horoscopes
- all the above
D
MCQ: ________ are the basic biological units that transmit characteristics from one generation to the next:
- genes
- neurons
- glia
- instincts
A
MCQ: Which of the following would NOT be useful to a behavioural geneticist?
- family studies
- case studies
- adoption studies
- twin studies
B
MCQ:.According to Freud, the id is to the ________ principle as the ego is to the ________ principle.
- aggressive, sexual
- sexual, aggressive
- pleasure, reality
- reality, pleasure
C
MCQ: Lana is friendly, always willing to help others and compassionate. We would expect Lana to score highly on:
- extraversion
- agreeableness
- neuroticism
- openness to experience
B