Noma is optimistic, impulsive, excitable, and restless. In terms of the Eysenck’s’ basic personality dimensions, he would be classified as:

Related Mcqs:

1. Coretta is quite pessimistic, anxious, and moody. In terms of the Eysenck’s basic personality dimensions she would be classified as:

   A. passive-aggressive
   B. manic-depressive
   C. unstable-introverted
   D. external-dependent

2. All of the following are dimensions of Eysenck’s personality type theory EXCEPT:

   A. Introversion
   B. Melancholy
   C. Extroversion
   D. Neuroticism

3. Personality theorists believe there may be______factors or very board dimensions that make up a person’s personality.

   A. 3
   B. 10
   C. 7
   D. 5

4. Maham forgot to bring a pillow on the camping trip, so she spent a very uncomfortable and restless night. Unfortunately, she never thought of using her down-filed jacket as a pillow. Maham’s oversight best illustrates:

   A. functional fixedness
   B. confirmation bias
   C. overconfidence
   D. the availability heuristic

5. Who developed a model of personality based on 16 trait dimensions?

   A. Allport
   B. Rogers
   C. Freud
   D. Cattell

6. 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

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions in Cattell’s 18 Personality Factors are (18PF)?

   A. Forthright-shrewd
   B. Placid-Neurotic
   C. Undisciplined-controlled
   D. Tough-minded-tender-minded

8. People whom make impulsive, regrettable decisions, such as spending large amounts of money at once, suffer from which of these?

   A. Dysthymia
   B. Major depression
   C. Bipolar disorder
   D. Psychotic depression

9. Enduring dimensions of personality characteristics differentiating people from another is called ___________?_

   A. Factor analysis
   B. Trait
   C. Determinism
   D. None of these

10. 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