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.

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. All of the following are dimensions of Kelly’s attribution theory EXCEPT___________?

   A. Consensus
   B. Consistency
   C. Distinctiveness
   D. Cooperation

3. According to Freud, children develop unconscious sexual desires for the parent of the opposite sex during the_______stage.

   A. latency
   B. phallic
   C. oral
   D. anal

4. 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

5. 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

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

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

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

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

9. All of the following were personality type theorists EXCEPT:

   A. Maslow
   B. Galen
   C. Hippocrates
   D. Eysenck

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