Personality Psychology MCQs With Answer for Online Test

1. Modern personality theory began to take formal shape in.
A. 1930s
B. 1935
C. 1932
D. 1940s
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A. 1930s
2. John Broadus Watson was.
A. Russian Psychologist
B. Austrian Psychologist
C. Russian Psychologist
D. American Psychologist
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D. American Psychologist
3. Watson was a professor.
A. Yes
B. No
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A. Yes 
3. Skinner was born in.
A. 1919
B. 1905
C. 1904
D. 1804
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C. 1904
4. The theory of operant conditioning is given by.
A. Carl Jung
B. Watson
C. Abraham Maslow
D. Skinner
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D. Skinner
5. Principles of Behavior were given by.
A. Melanie
B. Watson
C. Skinner
D. Clark Hull
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D. Clark Hull
6. Clark Hull was born in.
A. Russia
B. New York
C. Austria
D. None of Them
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B. New York
7. The third main sculptor of modern personality theory was.
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Henry Murray
C. Friedman
D. Herschel Browning
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B. Henry Murray
8. Sigmund Freud was born in.
A. 1939
B. 1832
C. 1839
D. 1919
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B. 1832
9. Francis Galton begins measuring individual differences in.
A. 1990s
B. 1890s
C. 1980s
D. 1880s
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D. 1880s
10. Personality testing begins in USA Army from.
A. 1917
B. 1920
C. 1916
D. 1915
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A. 1917
11. Watson found behaviourism in.
A. 1819
B. 1920
C. 1919
D. 1917
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C. 1919 
12. The “Interpretation of Dreams” book was written by.
A. BF Skinner
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Carl Roger
D. None of Them
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B. Sigmund Freud 
13. Personality and health related psychology established in.
A. 1980s
B. 1990s
C. 1985s
D. 1970s
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A. 1980s
14. Abraham Maslow was follower of humanistic school of psychology.
A. Yes
B. No
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A. Yes
15. Internal consistency is often measured by a statistic called.
A. validity
B. Cronbach coefficient alpha
C. Test–Retest Reliability
D. All of Them
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B. Cronbach coefficient alpha
16. TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) is a type of non-projective test.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
17. Thematic Apperception Test was developed by.
A. BF Skinner
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Henry Murray
D. None of Them
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C. Henry Murray 
18. IRT stands for.
A. Information Resources and Technology
B. Item Response Theory
C. Incident Response Team
D. None of Them
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B. Item Response Theory 
19. Which are the types of personality measures.
A. Self-report tests
B. Q-sort tests
C. Projective tests
D. All of Them
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D. All of Them
20. Major Contribution and limitation of psychosexual stages were given by.
A. Carl Jung
B. Sigmund Freud
C. Carl Rogers
D. All of Them.
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B. Sigmund Freud
21. Carl Gustav Jung was born in.
A. 1870
B. 1876
C. 1875
D. 1975
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C. 1875
22. Who was follower of Humanistic school of psychology?
A. Paul Jung
B. David Jung
C. Carl Rogers
D. Aristotle
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C. Carl Rogers
23. Carl Gustav Jung was died in.
A. July 1870
B. July 1876
C. June 1875
D. July 1875
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D. July 1875
24. Jung describe two major attitudes extroversion and.
A. Sensing
B. Introversion
C. worth full
D. None of Them
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B. Introversion
25. What is the prime motivator for Freud.
A. Idealization
B. Personality
C. Determination
D. Pleasure
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D. Pleasure
26. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) revised in 1990.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
27. What part of the body mostly scanned by fMRI.
A. Brain
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Kidneys
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A. Brain
28. The most commonly used non-projective tests is the Thematic Apperception Test.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
29. In correlational studies, we assess the degree of relationship between two variables.
A. Yes
B. No
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A. Yes 
30. Father of Psychoanalysis was.
A. Anna Freud
B. Alfred Adler
C. Theodor Adorno
D. Sigmund Freud
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D. Sigmund Freud  
31. Charcot and Pierre Janet successfully used hypnosis to cure hysteria.
A. Janet, 1909
B. Janet, 1907
C. Janet, 1910
D. Janet, 1905
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B. Janet, 1907
32. How many stages of psychosexual development are there.
A. Four
B. Three
C. Five
D. None of Them
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C. Five
33. A defense mechanism is usually used.
A. Unconsciously
B. Consciously
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A. Unconsciously
34. Who first identified defense mechanisms as a way of protecting against anxiety.
A. John Bowlby
B. Carl Jung
C. Sigmund Freud
D. None of Them
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C. Sigmund Freud
35. Which of the following is considered as basis of many other defense mechanisms.
A. Repression
B. Social Comparison
C. Sublimation
D. All of Them
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A. Repression
36. Who gave the theory of Individual Psychology.
A. Carl Rogers
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Alfred Adler
D. Albert
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C. Alfred Adler 
37. The Oedipus complex is fixation at.
A. Psychoanalytic Theory
B. Item Respones Thoery
C. Oral Stage
D. Latency Period
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A. Psychoanalytic Theory 
38. The Oedipus complex was proposed by Carl Rogers.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
39. The processes that the ego uses to distort reality to protect itself are called.
A. ID
B. Defense Mechanisms
C. Super Ego
D. All of Them.
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B. Defense Mechanisms
40. Who is founder of Psychoanalytic Child Psychology.
A. Melanie Klein
B. Karen Horney
C. Anna Freud
D. Mary Answorth
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C. Anna Freud 
41. Anna Freud is the wife of Sigmund Freud.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
42. Who Give the Idea of Identity Formation.
A. Erik Erikson
B. Alfred Alder
C. Carl Jung
D. Carl Rogers
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A. Erik Erikson
43. Erik Erikson was born in.
A. Germany
B. Austria
C. USA
D. None of Them
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A. Germany 
44. Who Give the 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development.
A. Freud
B. Alfred Alder
C. Abraham Maslow
D. Erik Erikson
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D. Erik Erikson
45. Erikson termed the first ego crisis as “Trust Versus Mistrust”.
A. Yes
B. No
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A. Yes 
46. Ego Integrity Versus Despair occurs at stage.
A. Childhood
B. Early Adulthood
C. Teen Year
D. Late Adulthood
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D. Late Adulthood
47. Initiative Versus Guilt is third stage of.
A. Freud Theory
B. Erik Erikson Theory
C. Karen Horney Theory
D. None of Them
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B. Erik Erikson Theory 
48. Theory of Evolution is given by.
A. Carl Rogers
B. Abraham Maslow
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sigmund Freud
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C. Charles Darwin
49. Studies of Families and Twins were carried out by.
A. Francis Galton
B. Abraham Maslow
C. Charles Darwin
D. Sigmund Freud
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A. Francis Galton
50. Charles Darwin Proposes brain-based model of personality.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No
51. How many basic aspects of temperament are there.
A. Five
B. Three
C. Four
D. Eight
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C. Four
52. Ivan Pavlov was.
A. American physiologist
B. Russian physiologist
C. Austrian physiologist
D. None of Them
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C. Austrian physiologist
53. The fourth basic aspects of temperament is.
A. Emotionality
B. Sociability
C. Aggressive/Impulsive
D.  Activity
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C. Aggressive/Impulsive 
54. RST stands for.
A. Rapid Strep Test
B. Reinforcement sensitivity theory
C. Rigid Surface Technology
D.  None of Them
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B. Reinforcement sensitivity theory
55. The study of Genetic Influences on Personality, said by.
A. Carl Jung
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Sir Francis Galton
D. Charles Darwin
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C. Sir Francis Galton
56. Sir Francis Galton is cousin of.
A. Carl Jung
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Carl Rogers
D. Charles Darwin
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C. Carl Rogers
57. Who was Founder of Psychometrics.
A. Sir Francis Galton
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Freud
D. Charles Darwin
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A. Sir Francis Galton 
58. Vincent van Was.
A. Psychologist
B. Surgeon
C. Impressionist Painter
D. Philosopher
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C. Impressionist Painter
59. The theory of biological evolution was developed by.
A. Darwinism
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Sir Francis Galton
D. Charles Darwin
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A. Darwinism 
60. The classical conditioning of Personality was discovered by.
A. Darwinism
B. Pavlov
C. Sir Francis Galton
D. Charles Darwin
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B. Pavlov
61. Pavlov was.
A. Russian Psychologist
B. Austrian Physiologist
C. Russian physiologist
D. None of Them
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C. Russian physiologist
62. Pavlov was the son of an Austrian Orthodox priest.
A. Yes
B. No
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B. No 
63. The first laboratory dedicated to psychology is given by.
A. Darwinism
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. Sir Francis Galton
D. Charles Darwi
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B. Wilhelm Wundt 
64. The key learning approach in psychology was found by.
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Wilhelm Wundt
C. John B. Watson
D. Charles Darwin
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C. John B. Watson
65. Social learning theory given by.
A. J.B Watson
B. Alfred Adler
C. Albert Bandura
D. B.F Skinner
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C. Albert Bandura
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