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Health Chapter 2: Personality, Self-Esteem, & Emotions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A set of behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that are unique to an individual.

a)

peer group

b)

identity

c)

personality

d)

self-actualization

2.

A person who studies how people think, feel, and behave.

a)

psychologist

b)

modeling

c)

peer group

d)

self-actualization

3.

Learning how to behave by copying the behavior of others.

a)

coping strategy

b)

modeling

c)

peer group

d)

emotion

4.

A group of people who are about the same age and share similar interests.

a)

identity

b)

modeling

c)

peer group

d)

defense mechanism

5.

A sense of self

a)

emotion

b)

self-actualization

c)

modeling

d)

identity

6.

Personality traits are influenced by a combination of HEREDITY and ENVIRONMENT.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Of the 5 central traits that researchers use to describe how people behave, relate to others, & react to change, which one does NOT belong?

a)

Extroversion

b)

Agreeableness

c)

Conscientiousness

d)

Playfulness

e)

Openness to Experiences

8.

At what life stage does the search for identity begin?

a)

toddler

b)

teenager

c)

middle adulthood

d)

late adulthood

9.

Your opinion of yourself; how much you respect and like yourself.

a)

emotion

b)

self-esteem

c)

learned emotion

d)

identity

10.

The process by which people achieve their full potential.

a)

modeling

b)

hierarchy of needs

c)

learned emotion

d)

self-actualization

11.

An arrangement of human needs in a pyramid with physical needs at the base and self-actualization at the top.

a)

hierarchy of needs

b)

learned emotion

c)

self-actualization

d)

primary emotion

12.

Which of the following strategies will NOT improve your self-esteem?

a)

Do not be too hard on yourself

b)

Learn to accept compliments

c)

Give in to the negative things people say

d)

Do not focus too much on appearance

13.

Self-esteem drops in early adolescence (teen years).

a)

True

b)

False

14.

High self-esteem has a positive effect on health.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Low self-esteem has a positive effect on health.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following describes people with low self-esteem?

a)

They judge themselves harshly

b)

They have a positive attitude

c)

They accept themselves for who they are

d)

They have a realistic view of their abilities

17.

A reaction to a situation that involves the mind, body, and behavior.

a)

emotion

b)

primary emotion

c)

coping strategy

d)

psychologist

18.

An emotion that is expressed by people in all cultures.

a)

secondary emotion

b)

primary emotion

c)

coping strategy

d)

defense mechanism

19.

A period of deep sorrow.

a)

grief

b)

defense mechanism

c)

hierarchy of needs

d)

primary emotion

20.

An emotion whose expression depends on the social environment in which a person grows up.

a)

primary emotion

b)

identity

c)

coping strategy

d)

learned emotion

21.

A way of dealing with an uncomfortable or unbearable feeling or situation.

a)

coping strategy

b)

defense mechanism

c)

emotion

d)

learned emotion

22.

A coping strategy that helps protect a person from difficult feelings.

a)

copying strategy

b)

emotion

c)

self-actualization

d)

defense mechanism

23.

Happiness, sadness, anger, and fear are examples of...

a)

Primary emotions

b)

Learned emotions

24.

Love, guilt, and shame are examples of...

a)

Primary emotions

b)

Learned emotions

25.

RECOGNIZING YOUR EMOTIONS is the important first step toward dealing with them in healthful ways.

a)

True

b)

False