Quiz 1: The Self and Personality

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Lao Tzu

It is the set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that identifies an individual.

• Self

• Personality

• Persona

• Self-discovery

"Understanding self represents the sum total of people's conscious perception of their identity as distinct from others. It is not a static phenomenon but continues to develop and change throughout our lives."

• George Herbert Mead

• Walt Whitman

• Socrates

• Lao Tzu

The following are the benefits of self-understanding, EXCEPT one:

• Knowing what is bothering you instead of feeling bad without knowing why brings you to happiness.

• Not feeling lost because you will know exactly where you fit in life.

• To influence others around.

• The more you understand yourself, the more you understand others.

It is the concrete dimension that can be directly observed and examined.

• Psychological Dimension

• Spiritual Dimension

• Physical Dimension

• Emotional Dimension

This cannot be observed but can be subjectively altered and perceived by the person.

• Self-concept

• Self-esteem

• Psychological Dimension

• Spiritual Dimension

"I am short. I have dark hair. I am a student."

This is an example of _________.

• Self-knowledge

• Self-concept

• Self-esteem

• Social self

Which of the following is an example of a HIGH SELF-ESTEEM.

• Pleaser of other people

• Pessimism

• Tolerance of other people think of them

• A whim to be like or look like someone else deemed "superior"

It is how people perceive themselves.

• Ideal self

• Expected self

• Social self

• Actual self

This is how people would like others to see them.

• Social self

• Ideal self

• Ideal social self

• Expected self