SparkNotes: Personality: Sample Quiz Questions

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1. What is the MMPI-2?

(A) An objective personality test

(B) A self-report inventory

(D) All of the above

2. According to Freud, during what stage does the superego emerge?

(A) Genital

(B) Oral

(D) Anal

3. Attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone else is called what?

(A) Reaction formation

(B) Projection

(D) Sublimation

4. What is the part of the personality that compels people to act in perfect accordance with moral ideals?

(A) The id

(B) The superego

(D) The reality principle

5. Which theorist focused on the importance of the self-concept in personality?

(A) Carl Rogers

(B) Alfred Adler

(D) Hans Eysenck

6. Which one of the following statements about humanistic theories is false?

(A) They do not provide insight into the evil side of human nature

(B) They are biased because they are based on individualistic values

(D) They are difficult to test empirically

7. Studies of temperament provide evidence for which of the following?

(A) The concept of congruence

(B) Maslow’s concept of the self-actualizing person

(D) Genetic contributions to personality

8. When he was young, Greg’s father was consistently promoted at work for his diligence. Greg saw this and learned to be a conscientious worker himself. This fact could most easily provide evidence for whose theory of personality?

(A) Sigmund Freud

(B) Albert Bandura

(D) Hans Eysenck

9. What is an advantage of projective personality tests?

(A) Different people would score them the same way

(B) They are very reliable

(D) They have lie scales that indicate whether subjects are being deceptive

10. Which of Jung’s beliefs differed from Freud’s theories?

(A) Everyone has a collective unconscious

(B) The unconscious is important in shaping personality

(D) Behavior depends on the consequences that follow it