Which theory of gender-typing suggests that people understand and classify their own behavior and personality traits in terms of masculine and feminine categories?

Related Mcqs:

1. The theory which suggests that people learn attitude by observing their own behavior is __________?

   A. Operant conditioning
   B. CR
   C. Self-perception
   D. None of these

2. Which of the following is true of personal construct theory? 1: George Kelly developed personal construct theory to examine how individuals view the world. 2: Personal construct theory portrays people as victims of unconscious desires and impulses. 3: Personal construct theory does not try to locate the individual on the personality theorists, dimensions. 4: Kelly basically took the view that we are all artists.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

3. The nomothetic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______whereas the idiographic approach to personality emphasizes that people are_______.

   A. Introverts: extroverts
   B. Extroverts; introverts
   C. Similar; unique
   D. Unique; similar

4. During which stage do children understand the world primarily by observing the effects of their own actions on other people, objects and events?

   A. concrete operational
   B. sensorimotor
   C. formal operational
   D. preoperational

5. Saima often has temper tantrums and pouts when she can’t have her own away. She often behaves impulsively and becomes extremely impatient if she can’t have the things that she wants immediately. According to Freud’s view of the personality, Saima’s personality appears to be dominated by:

   A. her id
   B. her alter ego
   C. her ego
   D. reaction formation

6. Nami’s actions resemble movie stereotype of “crazy” behavior. Her personality disintegration is extreme. She engages in silly laughter, bizarre mannerisms, and obscene behavior. Her diagnosis is probably:

   A. paranoid schizophrenia
   B. borderline schizophrenia
   C. catatonic schizophrenia
   D. disorganized schizophrenia

7. Diagnosis of AD/HD depends on a patient being rated against three categories of symptoms. Two of the categories are Inattention and Hyperactivity. What is the third?

   A. Disruptiveness
   B. Aggression
   C. Impulsivity
   D. Intelligence

8. The strongest support for the theory that personality is heavily influenced by genetics is provided by strong personality similarity between:

   A. identical twins reared together
   B. identical twins reared apart
   C. fraternal twins reared together
   D. non-twins reared together

9. To understand personality, trait theorists attempt to:

   A. create traits that fit people
   B. increase the number of basic traits that have been identified
   C. classify traits and discover how they are related to behavior
   D. reduce the common traits to measures of temperament

10. Which of the following traits is not part of the five-factor model of personality?

    A. Openness
    B. Anxiety
    C. Extraversion
    D. Agreeableness