Module I - Introduction to study of Personality

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Module I – Introduction to the study of Personality of SYBA Semester III of SNDT University
Geetha Ravichandran
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Question 1

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Psychology's roots can be traced to the ancient __________ and __________.
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  • Greeks and Romans
  • Romans and Persians
  • Greeks and Mayans
  • Chinese and Egyptians

Question 2

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The formal beginning of psychology as a separate discipline was in the year
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  • 1879
  • 1876
  • 1892
  • 1997

Question 3

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The first laboratory for experimental study of psychological phenomena was established by whom?
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  • Wilhelm Wundt
  • Sigmund Freud
  • William James
  • Henry Murray

Question 4

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Where was the first psychological laboratory established?
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  • Leipzig, Germany
  • Calcutta, India
  • Maryland, USA
  • Munich, Germany

Question 5

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Personality psychology's main objective is to explain why people behave as they do from an empirical and scientific perspective.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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__________ prefers to work with relatively simple, straight-forward concepts that are open to empirical test.
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  • Scientific psychology
  • Pseudo-psychology
  • Graphology
  • Phrenology

Question 7

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Who coined the term personology/personologists?
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  • Henry Murray
  • Wilhem Wundt
  • William James
  • Gordon Allport

Question 8

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Who are called Personologists?
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  • Personality researchers & theorists
  • Personality development teachers
  • Personality experts
  • Psychotherapists

Question 9

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Personality psychology emphasizes on assessment methods to ________ , ________ , ________ , and make valid decisions about individuals.
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  • study, understand, predict
  • research, experiment, change
  • define, improve, change
  • study, improve, predict

Question 10

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Personality is an __________ concept which integrates the many aspects that characterize what the person is like.
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  • abstract
  • basic
  • simple
  • artificial

Question 11

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The term personality originated from the Latin word
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  • persona
  • hominem
  • personalem
  • leporem

Question 12

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The conceptual meaning of personality is multifaceted, encompassing a wide spectrum of __________ , __________ processes that influence how the person acts across different situations.
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  • internal, mental
  • external, physical
  • physical, psychological
  • internal, external

Question 13

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What does the Greek term of personality refer to?
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  • Mask worn by theatrical players
  • Thieves
  • Person who is obnoxious
  • Smart and intelligent

Question 14

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Who described personality in terms of 'self, an organized, permanent, subjectively perceived entity which is at the heart of all our experiences.'?
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  • Carl Rogers
  • Abraham Maslow
  • George Kelley
  • Sigmund Freud

Question 15

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Gordon Allport defined personality as
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  • an individual really is, an internal "something" that determines the nature of the person's interactions with the world
  • life proceeds in terms of series of psychosocial crises, with personality a function of their outcome
  • complex pattern in which person, behaviour and situation continually influence each other
  • individual's unique way of "making sense"

Question 16

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Who defined personality as life proceeds in terms of a series of psychosocial crises, with personality a function of their outcome?
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  • George Kelley
  • Raymond Cattell
  • Erik Erikson
  • Julian Rotters
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