AP Psychology Quiz 11A - Personality (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with Personality based questions.

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1 Freud believed that the ego reduces anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality via

	defense mechanisms
	the id
	the latency stage
	Oedipal complex
	fixation

2 A person with anorexia nervosa tells her therapist that she couldn’t eat all day because she was too busy at work. Which defense mechanism is she using?

	Regression
	Reaction formation
	Projection
	Rationalization
	Repression

3 Freud would explain the cause of an adult’s problem with excessive smoking as

	lack of control during the anal stage
	sexual conflict during the genital stage
	incestuous sexual feelings during the phallic stage
	difficulties during the oral stage
	conflict during the latency phase

4 Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five personality factors?

	Neuroticism
	Extraversion
	Openness
	Conscientiousness
	Creativeness

5 Which of the following is NOT one of the four humors the Greeks used to describe personality?

	Choleric
	Phlegmatic
	Sanguine
	Dyspeptic
	Melancholic

6 A news reporter is writing a story about a robber who was caught breaking into an apartment. The story talks about the robber’s difficult life, discussing how his family abandoned him and his boss treated him unfairly. The reporter blames society, not the man for his transgression. The news reporter is likely from

	an American society
	an individualistic society
	a Western society
	a high self-monitoring society
	a collectivistic society

7 Individuals who are part of a collectivist culture

	are more likely to attribute behavior to personality traits
	focus on the achievements of the individual
	identify themselves based on their personality attributes
	emphasize the group achievements over the individual
	are highly independent

8 One of the earliest personality theories was Hippocrates' idea of the humors within the body determining a personality. The four humors were blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phelgm. This theory is most like which type of personality theory?

	Biological
	Behaviorist
	Social Cognitive
	Humanistic
	Psychoanalytic

9 Most of Maslow’s ideas were based on studies of

	depressed patients
	only women
	healthy, creative people
	mentally ill patients
	low-functioning individuals

10 Which of the following psychologists believes that unconditional positive regard is necessary for growth?

	Rogers
	Freud
	Adler
	Jung
	Sheldon

11 According to psychologist B.F Skinner, one's personality can be changed by

	his or her environment
	thinking processes
	subjective experiences
	personal constructs
	drives and motivations

12 Base your answer on the image below:

The above image is an example of the

	Thematic apperception test
	Rorschach inkblot test
	Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
	Beck Depression Inventory
	WAIS

13 Which of the following is an example of a projective test?

	Rorschach inkblot test
	Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
	Myers-Briggs type indicator
	16PF Personality Questionnaire
	WISC

14 Asking someone to create a story based on a picture in order to assess their personality is an example of

	a fluid intelligence test
	a trait assessment test
	a personality inventory
	a scanned test
	a projective test

15 The idea that people overestimate how much other’s notices them and what they are doing is called

	reciprocal determinism
	the spotlight effect
	self-serving bias
	representativeness heuristic
	self-fulfilling prophecy

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