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This set of Personality and Personal Growth Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Personality And Personal Growth Set 1

Q1 | ................ refers to the individual differences as well as an individual’s pattern ofresponding to the environment.
  • trait
  • temperament
  • heritability
  • personality
Q2 | Sociability constitute which one of the five factor dimension
  • psychoticism
  • extraversion
  • agreeableness
  • conscientiousness
Q3 | The sub facets of extraversion include the following except................
  • warmth
  • assertiveness
  • positive emotions
  • trust
Q4 | Spirituality is a good example for................
  • transcendence
  • bravery
  • curiosity
  • humanity
Q5 | When faced with a decision in an uncertain situation, ................ person tries to look atthe problem from all angles and never jump to conclusions.
  • courageous
  • prosocial
  • kind
  • open-minded
Q6 | John Bowlby was closely related to ..............
  • psychological well-being
  • achievement motivation
  • big five factors
  • attachment theory
Q7 | Which one of the following belongs to the 24 character strengths of VIA classificationsystem
  • optimism
  • positive illusion
  • hope
  • flow
Q8 | .......... directs organisms toward situations and experiences that potentially may yieldpleasure and reward
  • withdrawal oriented bis
  • withdrawal oriented bfs
  • approach oriented bis
  • approach oriented bfs
Q9 | ‘Architecture of sustainable happiness’ was proposed by ..........
  • seligman and colleagues
  • lyubomirsky and colleagues
  • diener et al
  • ulrich et al
Q10 | In the ABC analysis of the attributional retraining program ‘A’ stands for ..........
  • adversity
  • attribution
  • achievement
  • ability
Q11 | When two partners take a positive view of their relationship that their partners are better than others, their love is stronger than other’s love, and that they have more control over the outcome of their relationship than others and so are less likely toseparate; they are said to show ..........
  • positive illusion
  • illusion collusion
  • optimism
  • marital satisfaction
Q12 | 16PF was proposed by ..........
  • eysenck
  • erikson
  • freud
  • cattell
Q13 | Each one of the big five factors include .......... sub facets.
  • eight
  • six
  • five
  • four
Q14 | The virtue that affirms the ‘look before you leap’ dictum of everyday wisdom.
  • curiosity
  • courage
  • wisdom
  • temperance
Q15 | ........... refers to receptivity to novel ideas, fantasies, feelings and values.
  • conscientiousness
  • openness to experience
  • novelty seeking
  • creativity
Q16 | Greater persistence will occurs after the withdrawal of ...........
  • continuous reinforcement
  • intermittent reinforcement
  • positive punishment
  • negative punishment
Q17 | .......... involves accurate self-perception and acceptance of one’s strengths and accomplishments and imperfections and failures, coupled with a greater focus on thevalue of all people and things than on the self.
  • humanity
  • humility
  • optimism
  • pessimism
Q18 | Negative affect is a component of the ..........
  • withdrawal oriented bis
  • approach oriented bis
  • withdrawal oriented bfs
  • approach oriented bfs
Q19 | To Diener subjective well-being = positive affect + ..........
  • psychological well-being
  • negative affect
  • happiness
  • general life satisfaction
Q20 | One’s tendency to think that he is more competent and better liked than others anddescribe himself primarily in positive terms is an example for ..........
  • optimism
  • hope
  • positive illusion
  • positive affectivity
Q21 | Select among the following the one that has not a proponent of trait theory ofpersonality.
  • raymond cattell
  • alfred adler
  • hans eysenck
  • gordon allport
Q22 | The VIA was coordinated by ...........
  • smith & worthington
  • schmutte & ryff
  • peterson & seligman
  • costa & mccrae
Q23 | A person with a strong love of learning is ........... motivated to master new skills,topics, and bodies of knowledge.
  • extrinsically
  • intrinsically
  • directly
  • indirectly
Q24 | A person who has the strength of appreciation in response to skill experiences ...........
  • admiration
  • moral elevation
  • joy
  • flow
Q25 | ............. is referred as the goal directed thinking in which a person has the perceivedcapacity to find routes to directed goals.
  • motivation
  • hope
  • need
  • optimism