MCQs on Personality and Adjustment

The word personality is derived from the Latin word persona, which means:

• Character

• Mask

• Role

• Soul

Personality refers to:

• External appearance only

• A set of temporary moods

• The dynamic organization of traits, behavior, and mental processes

• Intelligence alone

Which of the following best explains personality?

• Only inherited characteristics

• Combination of heredity, environment, and experiences

• Academic performance

• Social status only

The psychodynamic approach to personality is mainly associated with:

• Allport

• Skinner

• Freud

• Bandura

The behavioral approach emphasizes:

• Unconscious motives

• Learned behavior through reinforcement

• Biological instincts

• Self-actualization

The humanistic approach to personality emphasizes:

• Free will, self-concept, and personal growth

• Biological drives

• Childhood experiences only

• Social conditioning

Hippocrates classified personality types based on:

• Intelligence

• Body fluids (humors)

• Social behavior

• Emotions only

Sheldon's body type theory relates personality to:

• Nervous system

• Somatotypes (endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph)

• Intelligence quotient

• Archetypes

Eysenck's theory classified personality mainly on:

• Introversion-extraversion and neuroticism-stability

• Optimism and pessimism

• Emotional vs rational thinking

• Cultural values

Trait theories of personality emphasize:

• Temporary states of mind

• Enduring characteristics that influence behavior

• Only unconscious drives

• Environmental pressures only