According to psychoanalytic theory, the basic elements of personality are id, ego and super-ego. These three are respectively represented as:

Related Mcqs:

1. By the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud had begun to write about psychoanalysis, which he described as ‘a theory of the mind or personality, a method of investigation of unconscious process and a method of treatment’. Identify the true statement from those given below, in relation to his concept to his psychoanalytic theories:

   A. The concept of unconscious mental processes is the idea that unconscious motivations and needs have a role in determining or behaviour
   B. The concept of unconscious mental processes emphasizes the rational aspects of human behaviour
   C. A psychogenetic model of development shows how the mind is organized
   D. A topographic model of the psyche shows how personality develops

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 architects of the “Psychoanalytic theory” was:

   A. Freud
   B. Cattell
   C. Kundu
   D. None of these

4. According to Freud, the ego is governed by the:

   A. pleasure principle
   B. reality principle
   C. ego ideal
   D. partial ego principle

5. According to_____the ego is not merely the result of drive-reality conflict result too from the evolution of innate or autonomous functions:

   A. Freud
   B. Maslow
   C. Miller
   D. Heinz Hartmann

6. 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

7. 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

8. According to Mischel and Shoda’s (1995) cognitive-effective units in the personality system, what category refers to how processes such as selective attention, interpretation, and categorization of events affect personality?

   A. Competencies
   B. Goals and values
   C. Affects
   D. Encodings

9. The theory of personality in which “basic anxiety” is the primary concept was associated with the name ____________?

   A. Fromm
   B. Sullivan
   C. Horney
   D. Murray
   E. None of these

10. In which year Sigmund Freud published the book ‘The Ego’ and ‘The Id’?

    A. 1927
    B. 1972
    C. 1980
    D. 1908