THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

INSTRUCTIONS:
Encircle the best and correct answer.
1. Marvin is angry and upset after an argument 6. A personality theory is a(n)
with his boss. At home that evening he is A. Category used to describe personality.
harshly and unreasonably critical of his son for B. Interrelated system of concepts used to
not getting all his homework completed. explain personality.
According to Freud, Marvin is using. C. Relatively permanent set of behavior
A. Identification patterns.
B. Repression
D. Subjective evaluation of a person.
C. Rationalization
D. Displacement
7. The actualizing tendency and self-concept are to
_______ as reciprocal determination and self-
2. Cherry considers herself to be an outgoing, fun-
efficacy are to ______.
loving person, and she goes to a lot of parties.
A. Abraham Maslow; Hans Eysenck
Susan, on the other hand, thinks herself as fairly
B. Alfred Adler; Albert Bandura
quiet and shy, and enjoys being by herself,
C. Raymond Cattell; Carl Jung
reading a book and listening to classical music.
D. Carl Rogers; Albert Bandura
In Jung’s theory, Cherry’s and Susan’s different
behavior reflect.
8. An HR assistant busy selecting from among the
A. The two basic personality types
applicants the contender for a position of a pre-
B. The two important archetypes
school teacher. Who among the following
C. A superior complex and inferiority
should she choose?
complex
A. an applicant who is thinking extrovert
D. Penis envy and womb envy
B. an applicant who is a feeling extrovert
C. an applicant who is a seeming introvert
3. Behavioral theories of personality are often
D. an applicant who is an intuiting introvert
criticized for their
A. Inability to test or verify concepts
9. Victor is born from a poor family whose parents
B. Limited recognition of temperament
are illiterate. His parents cannot afford to send
motion and subjective factors.
him to school but he wants to be different from
C. Ability to explain behavior after the fact
his parents. He worked and supported himself.
only
Now he has already enter a university through
D. Emphasis on the conditions under which
scholarship program. What theory of personality
behavior occur.
will best explain Victor’s behavior?
A. May
4. Kung babalangkas ng isang batas patungkol sa
B. Adler
karapatan ng mga kababaihan, alin sa mga
C. Rogers
sumusunod ang batayan:
D. Freud
A. Psychodynamic
B. Humanistic
10. Horney believed that personality was typified by
C. Behavioristic
A. A balance use of the neurotic trends in a
D. Evolutionary
neurotic personality.
B. A lack of struggle in the use of the
5. Every time two year old Kati is given a bath, she
neurotic trends in a healthy individual.
plays with her genital area. If her parents punish
C. A balance between the idealized self-
her, she is likely to experience frustration, which
image and real self
of the following can explain if said child
D. A consistency in the organismic self and
becomes sexually preoccupied?
the ideal self
A. Freud
B. Skinner
11. Unlike his brother and sister, Cynthia is lax
C. Bandura
when it comes to her studies. She would
D. Ericson
normally be absent or when she comes to school
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 she is usually late or drunk. Everyone was 17. Darwin is employed by his university as a
surprise to see her studying and preparing for the telephone operator for a fund- raising drive. He
board exams. She had proved them wrong that lists a set amount of money for every ten calls he
she is nobody when she toped the board exam makes, regardless of whether he is successful in
and now a well- known psychologist. What raising funds. Darwin’s telephone is reinforced
theory can explain the change in Cynthia’s on schedule of reinforcement
behavior? A. Fixed- Interval
A. Horney B. Variable- Interval
B. May C. Fixed- Ratio
C. Fromm D. Variable- Ratio
D. Adler
18. David is a very quiet, pessimistic, anxious and
12. During the meeting, an employee just went becomes emotionally upset very easily. His
along to the majority decision. This best reflects personality type is
which of the following? A. Introverted- Neurotic
A. Pakikitungo B. Introverted- Stable
B. Hiya C. Extraverted- Neurotic
C. Pakikibagay D. Extraverted- Stable
D. Pakikisama
19. According to Jung, art, religion, myths, and
13. Miguel is giving a lecture on the five- factor drama are important to individual functioning
model of personality. Which of the personality because they
dimensions is not likely to be included in his A. Facilitate conscious development.
talk? B. Are symbols that appeal to basic
A. Anal Retentiveness archetypes.
B. Extraversion C. Provide the means of achieving control
C. Neuroticism over a hostile environment.
D. Agreeableness D. Transparent specific information for
solving the developmental task.
14. If a psychologist relies heavily on interview
techniques rather than self- report, said 20. One of Freud’s major contributions was his
psychologist is influenced by __________ A. Belief that the first years of life help to
paradigm. shape personality.
A. Trait B. Belief in the concept of libido, sexual
B. Humanistic desires, and biological instincts.
C. Cognitive C. Discovery of complexes during the
D. Behaviorist genital stage.
D. Elaboration of the humanistic approach
15. Sheila was often rejected by her parents, as a to personality development.
result she mistrust other people and treats them
with hostility, which leads to the rejection of 21. What do psychologist mean by the term trait-
her. The cycle of rejection, mistrust and further situation interaction?
rejection illustrates A. Situation change traits.
A. Self-Efficacy B. Situation create new traits.
B. Identification C. Traits determine situations.
C. Self- Fulfilling Prophecy D. Situation affects how traits are
D. Reciprocal Determinism exhibited.

16. __________ theory maximized and _________ 22. Juan is a very experienced car mechanic who
theory minimized the role of the unconscious believes he can fix any problem of a car or truck.
A. Trait; Humanistic Juan is demonstrating
B. Psychoanalytic; Behaviorist A. Self- Concept
C. Psychoanalytic; Humanistic B. Superiorly Complex
D. Trait; Behaviorist C. Self- Efficacy

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 D. Actual Tendency A. individualism
B. self-actualization
23. Gina loves playing the slot machine even though C. transcendence
she wins money only once in a while. Gina’s D. style of life
gaming behavior likely to be very resistant to
expectation because 30. The _________ contains material of which you
A. Partial Reinforcement Effect may be unaware but can easily be brought to
B. Spontaneous Recovery awareness.
C. Stimulus Extinction A. subconscious
D. Stimulus Generalization B. preconscious
C. unconscious
24. Psychologist who believe that people grow and D. conscious
develop throughout their lives and that people
are inherently good are 31. “To pamper a child is the same as to neglect.”
A. Psychoanalysts This statement is given by
B. Radical Behaviorist A. Ma’am Oba
C. Social Learning Theorists B. Carl Rogers
D. Humanist C. Alfred Adler
D. Karen Horney
25. The highest level of interaction that Filipinos
show if others are considered as hindi-ibang tao. 32. Safeguarding tendencies present exaggerated
A. Pakikisangkot feelings of superiority against.
B. Pakikipagpalagyang- Loob A. Anxiety
C. Pakikiisa B. Guilty
D. Pakikisama C. Public disgrace
D. An uncontrollable id
26. According to the humanist, __________ occurs
when people are free from independence on 33. Juan suddenly lost his awareness to his physical
external authority or on other people. surrounding because of a minor accident. Juan
A. Autonomy lost which of the following?
B. Spontaneity A. Diwa
C. Peak Experience B. Ulirat
D. Task Centering C. Kamalayan
D. Isip
27. A psychiatrist who explains pathological
behavior as a conflict between underlying 34. Which is included as one of the traits Maslow
psychological forces is using the ________ theorized were possessed by self-actualizers?
model. A. Egocentrism
A. Psychoanalytical B. Extraversion
B. Behavioral C. Superior intelligence
C. Medical D. Capacity to laugh at oneself
D. Humanistic
35. It is the last two-minute drive
28. According to behaviorists, A. Ningasbao
A. Hostile, generous, or destructive B. Ningas cogon
impulses arise in the unconscious. C. Pagpupursigi
B. Personality is acquired through D. Loob
conditioning and observational learning.
C. Personality is strongly influenced by 36. A key element of Carl Rogers’ personality
one’s self-image. theory is the concept of
D. Personality develops from initial A. Meta-needs
feelings of inferiority. B. The self of self-image
C. Self-reinforcement
29. The need to arise above ones passive accident is D. The pleasure principle

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37. According to Freud, the Oedipal and Electra
conflicts end when a child takes on the values
and behaviors of the same sex parent in a
process called
A. Fixation
B. Limitation
C. Observation
D. Identification
38. A person who is high in which the following
traits would be most likely to be psychologically
and physically healthy?
A. Neurotism, hostility, pessimism
B. Extraversion, hardiness, optimism
C. Conscientiousness, hostility,
extraversion
D. Agreeableness, pessimism, introversion
39. Selina is noted for her tact, charm, and
sociability by her friends and family. Her
personality type is
A. Extraverted thinking
B. Extraverted feeling
C. Introverted judgment
D. Introverted feeling
40. Horney believed that cultural conditions are
largely responsible for the development of
A. Basic trust
B. Basic mistrust
C. Basic anxiety
D. Basic psychoses
41. Jung believed that there are basic universal
concepts in all people regardless of culture
called
A. Persona
B. Collective consciousness
C. Archetypes
D. Mandalas
42. The description of a person’s character implies
A. The use of rating scales.
B. The use of multiple observers.
C. The use of situational testing.
D. Judgment about the desirability of traits.
43. The main criticism of humanistic theory is that
A. It emphasized the negative dimensions
of personality.
B. It is research rather than experience
oriented.
C. Its concepts are imprecise and difficult
to study objectively.
D. Its approach is more empirical than
philosophical.
44. Best friends Vah, Gina and She failed in their
major subject. Both Vah and Gina believed that
it’s the end of the world and blamed their
teacher for their failure whereas she sees the
failure as a challenge to improve on her study
habits. If She were a psychologist she is
probably influence by:
A. Behavioristic
B. Humanistic
C. Cognitive
D. Psychodynamic
45. Horney believed that a competitive and hostile
society encourages.
A. Hatred
B. Love
C. Isolation
D. Superiority and success
46. Behaviorists are to the external environment as
humanist are to
A. Stress
B. Personal growth
C. Humankind
D. Internal conflicts
47. In conducting research in Filipino Psychology,
which of the following would be MOST likely
important in establishing rapport?
A. Pakikisama
B. Pakikitungo
C. Pakikipagpalagayang-loob
D. Pakikibagay
48. Self- actualization refers to
A. A tendency that personality problems.
B. What it is that makes certain men and
women famous
C. Anyone who is making full use of his or
her potential
D. The requirement necessary for becoming
famous, academically distinguished, or rich
49. According to the existential view, anxiety is
seen as a
A. Result of repressed sexuality
B. Part of the human condition
C. Neurotic symptom that needs to be
cured
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 D. Result of faulty learning B. Analytical
C. Humanistic
50. __________ theories stress private, subjective D. Dispositional
experience and personal growth.
A. Trait 56. Vince experiences headaches every time he is
B. Humanistic asked to turn in his projects. Vince is
C. Behavioristic experiencing
D. Psychodynamic A. Style of life
B. Fictional finalism
51. Horney regarded the idealized self- image and C. Organ dialect
self-hatred as D. Organ inferiority
A. Interpersonal conflicts
B. Psychosexual conflicts 57. Armida tend to argue whenever her group
C. Psychosocial conflicts members do not agree with her ideas, this
D. Intrapsychic conflicts illustrates
A. Cardinal traits
52. Which of the following is an example of a B. Central traits
circular thinking commonly manifested among C. Secondary traits
the traits psychologist. D. Source traits
A. Men are basically for they are made in
the image and likeness of God 58. Henry has a natural aptitude for mathematics
B. Men are evil because of their and philosophy, according to Jung, his
unexpressed complex and complex are personality type would be
unlearned A. Extroverted thinking
C. Behaviors are the unlearned leads to B. Introverted thinking
primary thought process when unlearned C. Extroverted sensing
leads to secondary thought process. D. Introverted sensing
D. Stella is a leader where people listen to
her. When people listen to her she 59. According to Adler, the creative power
demonstrates leadership. A. Usually leads to outstanding
accomplishments
53. Learning sex- appropriate behavior is greatly B. Shapes one’s style of life
influence C. Is a deterministic concept
A. Self- informed and resolution of D. Is a secondary to heredity and
unconscious conflict environment in shaping personality
B. Identification and imitation
C. Toilet training and early feeding 60. Arthur is a shy and timid boy. He operates in
contacts this belief that “if I give in, I won’t get hurt”.
D. Valuing and self-regard Arthur is using
A. Moving away
54. Which of the following is POOR advice for a B. Moving toward
person who wishes to promote self- C. Moving against
actualization? D. Moving on
A. Seek peak experiences.
B. Take responsibility. 61. Ed has very few friends. When he is with his
C. Be willing to change. classmates he acts like them scholarly; when he
D. Try to live up to what others think you is around his childhood neighbors he is as rude
should be. as them and when he is at home he is as meek as
his father. Ed’s personality according to Fromm
55. If you were asked to described the personality of is
your best friend, and you said she was A. Hoarding
optimistic, reserved, and friendly, you would be B. Exploitative
using the ________ approach. C. Marketing
A. Psychodynamic D. Receptive

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62. In Adlers’s view, the main personality for a. Social learning theory
A. Dominance b. Gestalt theories
B. Sophistication c. Behaviorism
C. Instincts d. Instrumental conditioning
D. Superiority
70. __________ theorists believe humans have free
63. An overly strict or harsh superego will cause will
A. Increasing levels of principle process A. Humanistic
thinking B. Behavioristic
B. An anti-social personality C. Psychoanalytic
C. Inhibition, or intolerable guilt D. Trait
D. A breakdown of the libido
71. If positive reinforcement is not given within a
64. Concerning pure extroversion and pure short time following the response, learning will
introversion, it is most accurate to say proceed slowly. This phenomenon is called
A. A person is either one or the other. A. Delay of reinforcement
B. Most people fall somewhere between B. Extinction
these extremes. C. Conditioned response
C. These terms were coined by the famous D. Consistency
Swiss psychologist, Gordon Allport.
D. They represent basic physical traits. 72. A poor person who is a kind and honest person
and respects the dignity of hard work has a lot
65. Classifying people as having either a Type A or of:
Type B personality has been used to predict. A. Dangal
A. Competency as a parent. B. Paninindigan
B. Chances of suffering a heart attack. C. Katapatan
C. Success in education D. Kagandahang-loob
D. Chances of developing a serious mental
illness. 73. Abraham Maslow developed the concept of self-
actualization by initially studying
66. Rogers calls the image if the person you would A. The maze-learning abilities of rats with
like to be the sub cortical lesions.
A. Ego ideal B. His own patients.
B. Self-archetype C. How children reacted to viewing
C. Ideal self aggressive role models on television.
D. Reinforced self D. People who lives unusually effective
lives.
67. Which personality theories attempt to explain
behavior by focusing on the inner workings of 74. Rogers called believed that when the real self
the personality including internal conflicts? and ideal self are different
A. Trait A. An individual cannot attain self-
B. Behavioristic actualization
C. Psychodynamic B. An individual can achieve self-
D. Humanistic actualization
C. An individual is in a state of imbalance
68. Delaying action until it is appropriate describes D. An individual is experiencing existential
the ego’s use of the vacuum
A. Ego-dystonic behavior
B. Ego-systonic behavior 75. The messy and disorderly person is describe by
C. Primary thought process Freud as being
D. Secondary thought process A. Orally retentive
B. Anally retentive
69. The psychological situation, expectancy and C. A phallic personality
reinforcement various important concepts in D. Anally expulsive

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76. Sa oras ng sakuna ang pinoy ay kinakikitaan ng A. Fixed ratio
pagiging matulungin ng dahil sa anong value? B. Fixed interval
A. Bayanihan C. Variable ratio
B. Kapwa D. Variable interval
C. Hiya
D. Pakikisama 84. The personality theorist if Sullivan, Maslow,
Rogers, and others that emphasize
77. Suppose the ego were a hungry person in a interpersonal relation deal mostly with ______
crowded cafeteria. The ego would most likely A. Umwelt
A. Do nothing. B. Mitwelt
B. Wait in line. C. Eigenwelt
C. Push to the head of the line. D. Dasein
D. Feel guilty about being so hungry.
85. During a discussion of various perspectives on
78. If you wanted to teach a chicken to “play” the personality, Dr. Oh points to all evidence that
piano, you should human beings are destructive and aggressive,
A. Wait for musically inclined chicken to She points out to the million who died in wars
show up. and the ongoing killings by riding in tandem that
B. Extinguish piano-playing behavior. continue in large part of Metro Manila. Dr. Oh
C. Use shaping. observation about basic human nature support
D. Use negative reinforcement. the _______ perspective and is a criticism
________ perspective.
79. Doing things on a usual and routinely basis A. Humanistic; psychoanalytic
Tina’s life boring. What theory can help explain B. Trait; social cognitive
said boredom? C. Social cognitive, trait
A. Fromm D. Psychoanalytic; humanistic
B. Adler
C. Horney 86. Dr. Mega Minds studies the effects of heredity
D. May on behavior. One of the areas of his research
focuses on the similarities and differences in
80. Which of the following could account for a identical twins who were separated at birth or
major personality changes in middle adulthood? early infancy and raised by different families.
A. Moving to a new city Dr. Mega Minds is most probably a (n)/.
B. Changing your looks A. Psychoanalyst
C. Making new friends B. Humanistic psychologist
D. A personal tragedy C. Social cognitive psychologist
D. Behavior geneticist
81. According to Jung, a mental storehouse for
unconscious ideas and images shared by all 87. Although Jaja has many fond memories of her
humans is college days, she only vaguely remembers the
A. The persona. man she was engage to but left her suddenly for
B. The personal unconscious. another girl. Jaja is demonstrating
C. The collective unconscious. A. Identification
D. The anima. B. Sublimation
C. Denial
82. A defining characteristic of trait is that they are D. Repression
A. Fixed.
B. Observed. 88. Sebastian during his college years is just one of
C. Evaluative. the many class. In fact he only attends classes
D. Enduring. only when he finds the teacher interesting. Now
he is reviewing for the board exam. He attends
83. Salespeople who are paid exclusively by classes regularly and tops the quizzes and mock
commission are reinforced on which type of board exams. His classmates could not believe
schedule?

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 this change in him. What Filipino personality
can best explain what is happening to Sebastian?
A. Hiya
B. Ningas cogon
C. Kapwa
D. Amorpropio
89. Which of the following demonstrate epigenetic
principle?
A. Bob has not learned to perform addition
and is only learning it in his lesson in
division.
B. Cynthia has not learned to perform roles
with respect to her gender and is now
having difficulty in establishing intimate
relationships.
C. Ryan is developing strong feeling to her
therapist and is trying to overcome it
though the help of another therapist.
D. Ana has developed false pride because
of undeveloped concept of the self.
90. Which of the following is not true of the social
cognitive approach?
A. It emphasized the importance of
immediate experiences as determinants
of behavior.
B. It views reinforcement as necessary for
learning.
C. It argues that people’s actions are a
function of selection process acting
through evolution
D. It emphasizes the experiencing person
to an accepting environmental
condition.
91. Another term for George Kelly’s approach to the
personality
A. Person- centered
B. Personal construction
C. Self- efficacy
D. Self-concept
92. Jenna has great accomplishment and is adhered a
lot by her classmates. She got disturbed by
recurring dreams of similar content and went to
a doctor. Dr. Smith the psychologist interpreted
as a way to experience that which she is not. Dr.
Smith is probably influenced by
A. Freud
B. Adler
C. Jung
D. Horney
93. Jayson tried to train his potbellied pig to pick up
the newspaper on the doorstep and bring it into
the house. However, the pig pushed the paper
with his snout into the garden even though this
behavior would not to be rewarded. It appears
that the pig has been subject to
A. instinctual drift
B. stimulus discrimination
C. extinction
D. undoing
94. A major difference between the psychoanalytic
and trait perspective is that:
A. Trait theory defines personality in terms
of behavior, psychoanalytic theory in
terms of its underlying dynamics.
B. Trait theory describes the behavior but
does not attempt to describe it.
C. Psychoanalytic theory emphasized the
origin of personality in childhood
sexuality.
D. All of the above are differences.
95. A group of four-year old children watch a video
showing an adult hitting, kicking and punching a
large Bobo doll. These children were later asked
to imitate the model and are promised a reward
for every behavior that they can imitate. It is
very probable that the children will
A. Not imitate the adult model
B. Verbally describe what they saw but
will refuse to imitate the adult model
C. Imitate the adult’s aggressive behavior
D. Become very upset as a result of
watching the aggressive behavior
96. Which of the following best illustrates classical
conditioning?
A. Henry feels ill at the sight or smell of
peanut butter because it once made him
sick.
B. Jewel studies hard because she wants to
pass the board exam.
C. Denise goes shopping for new clothes
fairly frequently because it makes her
feel good.
D. Karina drives at the posted speed limit
after getting a number of speeding
tickets.