According to Sigmund Freud, an individual’s personality is largely determined by:

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

   A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
   B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
   C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
   D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities

2. 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

3. 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

4. Sigmund Freud is regarded as the father of __________ in psychology.

   A. Gestalt school
   B. Behaviouristic school
   C. Functionalistic school
   D. Psychoanalytic school

5. In the year 1913, C. G. Jung, established his school after separated from Sigmund Freud, which is known as __________?

   A. Psychoanalysis School
   B. Individual Psychology
   C. Psychoanalytical School
   D. Child Psychology

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

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

7. 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

8. Freud believed that all thoughts and actions are determined by:

   A. the first year of life
   B. forces in the personality that are often unconscious
   C. needs for love and self-esteem
   D. the drive for self-actualization

9. All of the following are parts of Freud’s structure of the personality EXCEPT the:

   A. Id
   B. Self
   C. Superego
   D. Ego

10. Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

    A. the failure of parents to reinforce healthy behavior
    B. a poor self-concept resulting from excessive parental demands
    C. unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences
    D. the exposure of children to unhealthy role models