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This set of Personality Psychology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Personality Psychology Set 3

Q1 | Freud believed that at each psychosexual stage a different part of the body becomes
  • id-fixated.
  • archetypical.
  • an erogenous zone.
  • a source for modeling.
Q2 | Self-actualization refers to
  • a tendency that causes human personality problems.
  • what it is that makes certain men and women famous.
  • anyone who is making full use of his or her potentials.
  • the requirements necessary for becoming famous, academically distinguished, or rich.
Q3 | The term personality refers to
  • the hereditary aspects of one\s emotional nature.
  • unique and enduring behavior patterns.
  • favorable and unfavorable personal characteristics.
  • charisma, character, or temperament.
Q4 | __________ theories stress private, subjective experience and personal growth.
  • trait
  • humanistic
  • behavioristic
  • psychodynamic
Q5 | During the first year of life, the child is said to go through the __________ stage.
  • oral
  • anal
  • genital
  • phallic
Q6 | Critics of psychoanalytic personality theory note its failure to
  • be able to predict future behavior.
  • provide a role for biological instincts in personality development.
  • explain psychological events after they have occurr
Q7 | Learning sex-appropriate behavior is greatly influenced by
  • self-reinforcement and resolution of unconscious conflicts.
  • identification and imitation.
  • toilet training and early feeding contacts.
  • valuing and self-regard.