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WorksheetsD004 Personality and Stress
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
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1.
The term 'personality' refers to:
a)
An enduring personal characteristic that reveals itself in a particular pattern of behaviour across a variety of situations.
b)
A particular pattern of thinking and behaving that prevails across time and situations, differentiating one person from another.
c)
The different categories into which personality characteristics can be assigned.
d)
Individual differences in cognition and behaviour.
2.
The "Big Five' refers to:
a)
Analytical, creative, and practical
b)
Blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
c)
Self-awareness, regulating feelings, motivation, empathy, and social skills
d)
Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness. and neuroticism
3.
Blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile are _________.
a)
Jung's personality theory
b)
Body humours
4.
The 'Big Five' personality traits are: organization, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Which of the 'Big Five' traits is assessed on a range from adapter (good-natured, trusting, compliant, soft-hearted) to challenger (rude, quarrelsome, uncaring, irritable, uncooperative)?
a)
Agreeableness
b)
Extraversion
c)
Neuroticism
d)
Openness
6.
Which of the following is a Type A personality characteristic?
a)
Competitive
b)
Works at a steady pace
c)
Easygoing
d)
Seldom impatient
7.
Which of the following is a Type B characteristic?
a)
Works fast
b)
Agressive
c)
High need for achievement
d)
Not easily frustrated
8.
Which of the following does NOT reflect Type A personalities?
a)
They thrive on long hours, large amounts of work, and tight deadlines.
b)
They are able to relax and stand back from a complex problem.
c)
They are socially and organizationally desirable characteristics, as are competitiveness and a high need for achievement.
d)
They are three times more likely to suffer heart disease than Type Bs.
9.
Which of the following is not usually a symptom of stress?
a)
Moodiness
b)
Relaxing after work
c)
Dizziness
d)
Bad breath
10.
The Jungian approach to personality analysis formed the basis for the __________ classification.
a)
BCAD
b)
MBTI
c)
KPMG
d)
MUFC
11.
Personality may be viewed as consisting of __________________ characteristics that explain why a person behaves in a particular way.
a)
variable
b)
rigid
c)
stable
d)
unusual
12.
Attitudes are learned throughout life and are embodied within our socialisation process.
a)
True
b)
Flase
13.
The psychologist who influenced the creation of the Myersdash–Briggs Personality Type Indicator by Isabel Briggs-Myers and Katherine Briggs was...
a)
Celement Freud
b)
George Melly
c)
Kenny Rogers
d)
Carl Jung
14.
Which of the following strategies does not help individuals deal with stress?
a)
Problem-focused
b)
Environment-focused
c)
Emotion-focused
d)
Psychological
15.
Which of the following statements would be true of a person with, in Jung’s (1923) terms, an extraverted personality?
a)
They gain energy from social situations
b)
Social situation drain them of energy
c)
They get energy from within
d)
They thrive on working alone
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