The difficulty with type theories of personality is that they are ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following are FALSE regarding the role of theories in psychology?
   1. Facts have to be integrated in terms of theoretical explanations
   2. Theories are statements of what rather than why
   3. Theories are capable of accounting for multiple facts, but cannot predict what might happen in novel situations
   4. All of the above

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

2. Behavioral theories of personality are often criticized for their:

   A. inability to test or verify concepts
   B. limited recognition of temperament, emotion and subjective factors
   C. ability to explain behavior after the fact only
   D. emphasis on the conditions under which behaviors occur

3. 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

4. Which is FALSE? Humanistic theories of personality:

   A. Present a positive and optimistic view of human behaviour
   B. Regard people as victims of their unconscious motivations and conflicts
   C. Place an emphasis on individual experiences, relationships and ways of understanding the world
   D. Are based on beliefs that everyone’s experience is unique, and that he individual’s perception of the world is critical to their understanding and behaviour

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. 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

7. 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

8. If you know the personality of an identical twin, you can expect the personality of the other twin to be:

   A. unrelated
   B. similar
   C. identical
   D. conflicting

9. 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

10. 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