PSYCHOLOGY CLASS-XII ASSIGNMENT- 2 SELF AND PERSONALITY

Q1) Differentiate between:

a) Personal and social Identity
b) Self as a subject and an object
Q2) What are the various types of self? Explain with the help of examples.
Q3) “Reema is a 17 yrs old girl who is obese and is not able to have a control over her diet.”
What tips would you give her to monitor her behavior for self control?
Q4) What is are the variations that exist between the western and the Indian cultural perspective about self?
Q5) “ Personality characterizes individuals as they appear in most circumstances”. Justify by explaining its
characteristics in detail.
Q6) How does the Indian concept of Ayurveda classify people and their Personality?
Q7) “Ravi is a 25 yrs old youth who possesses high motivation, lacks patience, feels short of time & is always pressured
by work”.
a) Which type of personality do you think Ravi is possessing?
b) What are the other types of personality that may exist?
c) Name the psychologists who have given these types of Personality?
Q8) How are traits different from types? Give examples.
Q9) Using Allport’s theory, Identify the various types of traits in the given situation. Explain them in detail.
“Supriya is a very warm and friendly girl who is often known as the FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE of the class. She
is a very traditional girl who always prefers to wear Indian or ethnic clothes. She hates the western culture especially
the trend of going to parties and discotheque.”
Q10) Explain Paul Coasta’s and Robert Mc Crae’s personality theory?
Q11) “According to Freud ,structural elements of personality reside in the unconscious as forces and can be inferred from
the way people behave” Justify
Q12) Name the psychologists who who worked with freud but later separated and developed their own theories?
Q13) Explain the Psychosexual development theory given by freud?
Q!4) “Rahima is a7yrs old girl who lives in an orphanage. She is very clear with the abstract concepts like Religion, god,
unity and oneness without anyone’s guidance or teaching.”
a) Which personality theory do you think relates to such experiences?
b) Name the psychologist who gave this theory?
c) Explain the theory and its concepts in detail?
Q15 Distinguish between the Source and surface traits given by Raymond Cattell? Give examples.
Q16) Identify and define the Defense mechanisms given below:
a) “A student having a strong desire to cheat in the exam, is not able to do so because of the strong revolt by the
conscious within. So he suspects that the other classmates might be cheating.
b) A boy who was reared to believe that sex is evil and dirty may become anxious every time sexual feelings surge to
the surface. So in order to defend against the anxiety, he joined the groups against sex in media.
c) A tense father who had troubles in office gave a harsh beating to the child who was watching T.V. The father gave
the excuse that he was acting for the child’s good.
d) A weak student going for a movie just one day before the exams gives the excuse of “need to relax” to do the
exam well.
Q17) “Psychodynamic theories have faced a lot of challenges and criticism from the Neo and Postfreudians”. Explain the
se criticisms by picking up examples from the Freudian theory.
Q18) How is Horney’s theory different from that of freud’s .
Q19) what are the common characteristics of Humanistic theories?
Q20) Differentiate between Oedipus and Electra complex?
Q21) How does Rosenweig’s P-F study & draw –a – man test helps a psychologist to know more about the person.
Q22) Name any 5 disorders that can be diagnosed with the help of MMPI.
Q23) “A healthy person not only adjusts to the society but also has a quest to know oneself deeply”. Explain in the context
of Humanistic approach.
Q24) Varied types of Projective techniques have been developed for Personality testing but still they are similar in many
ways”. Justify the statement.
Q25) Give a detailed description of the following tests:
a) 16 P.F Questionnaire
b) The Rorschach Inkblot test
c) Sentence Completion Test
Q26) “A clinical psychologist wants to understand the client’s relationship with his family members and home visitors”.
a) Which assessment technique would the psychologist use to gain more information about the client?
b) Give reasons in support of your answers.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q1) ___________ refers to the attributes of a person that makes him different from the others
a) Social identity b) Familial identity c) Personal identity
Q2) Goals and ideas that are considered important and worthwhile to achieve is known as_____________.
a) Character b) Disposition c) Trait d) Values
Q3) The way we perceive ideas and ourselves we hold about our competencies is called__________.
a) Self Esteem b) Self Efficacy c) Self Regulation d) Self Concept
Q4) The tendency of a person to react to given situation in a particular way is called ____________.
a) Temperament b) Trait c) Character d) Disposition
Q6) The value judgment of one’s own value or worth is called___________.
a) Self regulation b) Self Concept c) Self Esteem d) Self Efficacy
Q7) Cattell applied a statistical technique called________ to find the various types of traits.
Q8) ____________ guna includes intensive activity, desire for self gratification and envy for others.
a) Tamas guna b) Rajas Guna c) Sattva Guna
Q9) _______________ refers to rewarding behavior’s that have pleasant outcome.
a) Self Instruction b) Self Control c) Self Regulation d) Self Reinforcement
Q10) Type C and D personality was suggested by_____________.
a) Binet b) Sternberg c) Morris d) Friedman
Q11) ________________ approach focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ
in consistent and stable ways
a) Interactional approach b) Type approach c) Trait approach
Q12) Freud used___________ method in which a person is asked to openly share all the thoughts and ideas that comes to
the client’s mind.
a) Dream interpretation b) Free association c) Word Association d) Freudian Slip
Q13) Eysenck proposed a third dimension called_____________.
a) Extraversion b) Psychotism c) Neuroticism
Q14)_____________ works on the pleasure principle.
a) Superego b) Conscious c) Subconscious d) Id
Q15) ____________ proposed important typology by grouping people into Extraverts and Introverts
Q16) Freud said that _________ is energized by life and death instinct. a) Id b) Ego c) Super Ego
Q17) The way of reducing anxiety by distorting reality is called_____________ .
a) Libido b) Psychoanalysisc) Defense Mechanisms
Q18) Analytical Psychology was developed by___________ .
a) Sigmund Freud b) Raymond Catell c) Carl Jung d) Gordon Allport
Q19) When parent’s behavior towards a child is discouraging or indifferent, a feeling of _________ results.
a) Free floating anxiety b) Basic anxiety c) Generalized anxiety
Q20) The theory of instrumental conditioning was developed by___________ .
a) Albert Bandura b) B.F. Skinner c) Ivan Pavlov d) Wolfgang Kohler
Q21) According to Adler, every individual suffers from the feeling of inadequacy and guilt known as __________
a) Identity Crisis b) Basic anxiety c) Inferiority Complex d) Regression
Q22) Maslow has given a detailed account of psychologically healthy person in terms of their attainment
of_____________.
a) Self Esteem b) Self Regulation c) Self Actualization d) Self Reinforcement
Q23) ____________ is a tendency of the subject to agree with the items irrespective of their content.
a) Social Desirability b) Acquiescence c) Halo Effect d) Situational Stress Test
Q24) _____________ was developed to assess the unconscious motives and feelings
a) Self report Measures b) Psychometric Testing c) Behavioral Analysis d) Projective Techniques