WorksheetsSemi-final Examination in Theories of Personality (PSY106)
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Abraham Maslow sought to gain a deep understanding of particular individuals, he developed his attention to psychologically healthy people. His main interest was in
Self-actualization
Self-realization
Self-efficacy
Self-reliance
Maslow differed from other humanistic psychologists because he
based his theory primarily on factor-analytic studies.
devoted his attention to psychologically healthy people.
produced objectively testable scientific hypotheses.
did not see needs as primary determinants of personality.
Carl Rogers believed that when people feel they are not themselves as they often do, it is because they sense
incongruence between their self-concept and their actual thoughts or behavior.
incongruence between their own ideal self and that most respected by their culture.
conflict between the anima and animus.
conflict between the phenomenological self and the actualizing self.
Carl Rogers believed if a child received feeling of total love and acceptance, he/she would be able to self-actualize and become his/her ideal self. The "feeling of total love and acceptance" is an example of
conditions of worth
unconditional positive regard
actualizing tendency
self-worth
He claimed that all people are unique because has a different combination of traits.
Gordon Allport
Hans Eysenck
David Buss
Erik Erickson
Based on Allport's theory, ______________ are traits that are so much a part who the person is, you can define person by the trait.
Cardinal traits
Central traits
Secondary traits
Primary traits
Bree was known as a student to be very conservative in her ways of talking and dressing up and reserved in dealing with people. Right after graduating from college, she was given a chance to work in an advertising company given her high level of intelligence and creativity. Not long after, she had a chance to be assigned overseas and had a chance to meet and work with known personalities in the advertising world. Five years after, she attended their college reunion and was observed different from her old self now seen smart and outspoken. The interpersonal traits that have changed over the years can be called
Cardinal traits
Central traits
Secondary traits
Primary traits
Following Bree's changes, she remained modest and conservative in her manner of dressing and act in spite of the exposure to the modern world. Her conservative ways in said to be her
Cardinal traits
Central traits
Secondary traits
Primary Traits
The Five-Factor Model began as an attempt to identify basic personality traits as revealed by factor analysis. It was investigated by
Rotter and Mischel
McCrae and Costa
Eysenck and Cattell
Freud and Jung
Raymond Cattell who is a trait theorist applied a technique called ________________ to the questionnaire data they collected.
factor analysis
free association
projective testing
pseudopsychological assessment
There is fairly good consensus among trait theorists that _________________ in personality can be described in terms of differences along different dimensions.
Individual differences
Different patterns
Relativity
Uniqueness and relatedness
Which of the following is true of traits as they are seen from the perspective of trait theory?
A trait is a characteristics that a person either has or doesn't have in all-or-non fashion.
Trait and state are equivalent terms but the former is applied to cognitive characteristics, whereas the latter is applied to motivational and emotional characteristics.
Traits are characteristics of the person rather than the environment.
Traits are temporary, changeable characteristics that can be inferred from current behavior patterns.
Bruno took a series of psychological test as requirement for employment overseas. In a paper and pencil personality test, he checked off a number of adjectives that rated himself in ways indicating that he is honest. According to trait theory, results of the scale
is 100% assurance that he will try to return a wallet packed with cash left by a costumer in his work area or report all his tip income in his income tax return.
shows his tendency but not a guarantee to return a wallet packed with cash left by a costumer in his work area or report all his tip income in his income tax return.
does not in any way help in showing his future work value in terms of honesty.
this is a sure taking good issue and would not guarantee anything until he is on the work area and shows actual behavior.
Carl Rogers labeled all those aspects of one's being and one's experience that are perceived in awareness by the individual as
Self-concept
Ideal self
Real self
Imaginary self
Incongruence for Rogers can be seen in terms of
a lack of empathy
a discrepancy between self-concept and ideal self
an inability to actualize the formative tendency
a minimal level of external evaluation and reinforcement
Ideally Rogers said that
There should be a dose agreement between one's ideal self and perceived self.
One should bring the organismic self in line with the self-concept.
The ideal self should remain on a higher level than the organismic self.
There should be a wide gap between the ideal self and the perceived self.
Roger believed that positive self-regard
Can exist independently of other people's attitude towards you
Depends on other people's continued positive attitude
Depends on other's continued negative attitude
Is pathological
When a person perceived evaluation from another person, Rogers believed that he or she will
Deny the evaluation
Experience conditions of worth
Learn something of value from the experience
Develop unconditional positive regard for that person
Maslow criticized the first two forces in psychology for their
Overemphasis on unconscious motivation
Inability to successfully treat neurons
Unscientific viewpoints on personally
Limited view of humanity
Maslow adopted this approach to motivation
Dualistic
Homeostatic
Deterministic
Holistic
Which of these is NOT an assumption underlying Maslow's theory of motivation?
People are continually motivated by one need or another.
Unconscious forces lie behind much surface motivation.
People in different cultures have different basic needs.
Human needs can be arranged on a hierarchy.
A woman whose physiological needs are inadequate satisfied will be motivated to
Satisfy physiological needs
Satisfy safety needs
Satisfy esteem needs
Become self-actualizing
Safety needs are most likely to be strong motivators for
Hungry people
Children
Those having problems making friends
Self-actualizing people
Safety needs differ from physiological needs in that they
are the most prepotent set of needs
represents B-values
cannot be overly satiated
are meta-motivated
The theoretical approach to personality that has been criticized for having an overly romantic view of human nature is
Humanistic theories
Post-Freudian psychodynamic theories
Social Learning theories
Freudian psychoanalysis
According to Rollo May, psychopathology is
Psychopathology is the ability to know others and to share oneself with them.
People have become alienated from the natural world, from other people, but keeps intact within themselves.
Symptoms are only temporary.
Apathy and emptiness as the malaise of modern times.
Existential theories focus
on the here and now
to reduce depressive anxieties and persecutory fears, and to lessen the harshness of internalized objects
conditions are counselor congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic listening
confession of a pathogenic secret, interpretation, explanation and elucidation, education as social beings, transformation
"Now it is no longer a matter of deciding what to do, but of deciding how to decide," helps people examine issues of personal meaning.
Holistic-Dynamic Theory
Person-Centered Theory
Existential Theory
Trait Theory
Considered as the third force in Psychology.
Psychoanalysis
Behaviorism
Humanistic
Trait theories
The American psychologist who believed that people also communicate through myths.
Rollo May
Carl Jung
Victor Frankl
Gordon Allport
According to Allport's description. A healthy individual has
insight and humor
independence
established self-concept
attained self-realization
Layla consistently obtained the highest score in their quizzes but every time her classmates would praise and recognize her achievements she denies it and say she just had a good luck. According to Maslow, this condition might refer to
John's Syndrome
Jonah Complex
Down's Syndrome
Inferiority Complex
As a daughter, Silvanna does her best to gain all achievements and recognitions so that her parents would be pleased and love her. In Rogers perspective, she is dealing with
unconditional positive regard
conditions of worth
genuineness
positive reinforcement
Zilong won in a promo last week, then he was promoted this week, then he was able to pay all his debts. But amidst that he still thinks he did not deserve to have that because his parents do see his efforts. According to person-centered theory, he
has a neurotic personality
is denying his positive experiences
has a weak ego strength
is not living his Mitwelt
After her break-up with his boyfriend who cheated her, Pharsa move on instead she kept communicating her ex-boyfriend telling that she forgave him already and that he just need to come back. What could be your insight towards Pharsa based on Rollo May's perspectives.
Her neurotic anxiety blocked her from any new and successful ways of behaving towards her ex-boyfriend.
Her basic anxiety leads her into using denial as as defense mechanism.
She is using excuses as a safeguarding tendency.
She is psychologically healthy.
Being gentleman or maginoo is expected to every Filipino men. Thus, being maginoo is referred by Allport as
common traits
personal disposition
cardinal traits
central disposition
The kind of behavioral data that is collected in actual and everyday situation is called
Q-data
G-data
A-data
L-data
It is the simplification of 16 Personality Factors.
Psychology of Individual
Big Five Factor Model
Psychogenic Needs
Evolutionary Theory of Personality
Most of the time, Masha is anxious with many things. Based on big five factor model, she is most probably high on
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Freya is always expressive and affectionate with others. Based on big five factor model, she is mostly likely high on
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
He is also known as the Father of Logotherapy.
Viktor Frankl
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers
Rollo May
It is a form of existential therapy that emphasized that people have the power to find meaning in anything they do.
Psychotherapy
Humanistic therapy
Logotherapy
Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
All of the following are the basic assumptions of Logotherapy except
Life has only meaning in the desirable circumstances
Humans have a will to meaning
Freedom to find meaning
Meaning of the moment
A technique used when a person is overly self-absorbed on an issue or attainment of a goal.
Dereflection
Paradoxical Intention
Socratic dialogue
Regression
A technique in which the logotherapist used the own person’s words as a method of self–discovery.
Dereflection
Paradoxical Intention
Socratic dialogue
Regression
This technique primarily focused on altering one’s attitude toward a situation rather than amending one’s conduct.
Attitude modification
Dereflection
Socratic dialogue
Paradoxical intention
Which of the following statement is NOT the goals of logotherapy?
To awaken the client’s sense of responsibility and meaning.
To help the client discover their true identity and place in the world.
To help the client pursue what really matters in life.
To make life better for your own self only.
It states that humans are free to achieve goals and purpose in life. We are capable of surpassing pleasure and supporting pain for a meaningful cause.
Freedom of will
Will to meaning
Meaning in life
Seeking power
It refers to a specific course of action,
or desire to act, in response to a given situation.
Attitude
Traits
Personality
Disposition
It refers to the innate drives or motives, such as
sex, hunger, loneliness, pity, fear, curiosity,
pride, sensuousness, anger, and greed that
humans share with other primates.
Ergs
Instincts
Eros
Thanatos
