Organisational Behaviour MCQs [set-5]
Chapter: Personality
101. Which range best targets the number of "Central Traits" that have been
identified?
A. 5-8
B. 5-200
C. 17,000-18,000
D. 19,000-20,000
Answer: A
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102. Which of the following examples is most likely to have a negative correlation?
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A. Number of hours spent studying and test scores
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B. Amount of violent television viewed and number of aggressive acts committed
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C. How many times the subject smiles per day and their unhappiness level
D. Weight and height
Answer: C q M
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103. he Ancient Greeks hypothesized
characteristics. The four
characteristics are
A. irritability, optimism, pessimism, calmness
B. calmness, depression, pessimism, irritability
C. depression, irritability, pessimism, optimism
D. irritability, depression, optimism, calmness
Answer: D
104. Sheldon proposed three different types of traits. The traits that would best
describe a football
player would be:
A. mesomorph
B. endomorph
C. ectomorph
D. actinomorphy
Answer: A
105. Which of the following would be an example of a correlational strategy of
academic research?
A. testing a hypothesis with an experimental group
B. having a group fill out questionnaires
C. using the scientific method
D. a clinician diagnosing his/her patient
Answer: B
106. If you had a correlation of positive one, the related items would be:
A. completely unrelated
B. moderately correlated
C. very highly correlated
D. identical
Answer: D
107. In analyzing data, measurements are sometimes categorical, for example
"smiles" or "frowns". This type of measurement is called
A. qualitative measurement
B. quantitative measurement
C. reliability
D. validity
Answer: A
108. If you say that a movie is really good and you like it you would also assume
that your best friend would like it. What implicit personality theory is this?
A. stereotype
B. perceived similarity
C. Halo effect
D. observer bias
Answer: B
109. From the Big Five personality dimensions, behaviours such as speaking
fluently, displaying
ambition, and exhibiting a high degree of intelligence is
A. Agreeableness
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B. Openness
C. Extraversion
D. Conscientiousness
Answer: D
110. Psychologists seek to understand Robs personality through his thoughts,
beliefs and their impact
on his behavior in certain situations. This is known as the
A. trait approach
B. humanistic approach
C. cognitive approach
D. psychoanalytic approach
Answer: C
111. Devin's personality is researched through 3 factors: extraversion, neuroticism
and psychoticism. This personality trait model is called
A. Eysenck's Trait Model
B. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
C. Smith Model
D. Cattell's Sixteen factor Model
Answer: A
112. What type of personality focuses on how people adapt to everyday life and
intervenes to improve
the lives of individuals through therapy?
A. Academic psychology
B. Clinical Psychology
C. Practical Psychology
D. Applied Psychology
Answer: B
113. Which of the following would be a phenomenological approach to the study of
personality?
A. emphasize subject's feelings
B. emphasize subject's thoughts
C. emphasize the meaning that people ascribe to events, not simply the objective events
themselves
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D. All of the above
Answer: D
114. What is the trait approach to personality?
A. Assumes that people are motivated by unconscious emotional conflicts
B. Assumes that each individual has stable personality characteristics
C. Assumes that people?s thoughts and beliefs are central to personality
D. Assumes that people have an innate tendency to become self-actualized
Answer: B
115. William Sheldon suggested that body build was associated with personality
traits. Which one best
describes a person whos sensitive and intellectual?
A. conservative
B. neurotic
C. endomorph
D. ectomorph
Answer: D
116. Natali . What is the difference between nomothetic and idiographic
approaches to personality?
A. nomothetic approaches seek to find generalized laws of behaviour that help us classify people
in terms of their similarities, while idiographic approaches seek to find what makes people unique
B. nomothetic approaches view only the differences between people, while ideographic
approaches seek to find similarities
C. ideographic approaches try to categorize people, while nomothetic approaches don’t
D. None of them
Answer: A
117. D What is one of the main assumptions of the trait approach to personality?
A. traits are not very stable across the lifespan and are therefore weak predictors of personality
B. traits stay relatively stable across the lifespan
C. traits change drastically around the age of 6 years, which has to be taken into account when
predicting personality
D. None of them
Answer: A
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118. Which of the following is NOT given as a criticism of the Type A/B personality
theory?
A. most of the research on Type A personality is purely correlational
B. there is a lack of cross-cultural research
C. the questionnaires that claim to measure Type A personality have poor internal reliability
scores
D. None of them
Answer: C
119. What is meant by ‘interactionism’ in personality psychology?
A. the view that the interaction between people shapes their personalities
B. the view that there is reciprocal interaction between personality, situations and the environment
C. the view that children should interact with other children as much as possible to shape a
personality that will benefit them in their later lives
D. None of them
Answer: B
120. There are ———- trait dimensions did Cattell propose?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 16
D. 117
Answer: C
121. Which of the following are the aim of behavioural genetics is to learn about:
A. the possibility of eradicating behavioural problems in children
B. the ability of animals to learn the language
C. the extent to which geneticists can modify people’s behaviour
D. the genetic and environmental influences on human behaviour
Answer: D
122. Which of the following characteristics describe someone who, according to
Maslow, is selfactualized?
A. creativity
B. confidence
C. Spontaneity
D. all of the above
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Answer: D
123. Which of the following is not a defence mechanism?
A. ingratiation
B. regression
C. projection
D. Sublimation
Answer: A
124. The MMPI is used to measure:
A. leadership potential
B. the Big Five traits
C. personality and psychological disorders
D. unconscious drives
Answer: C
125. Which of the following would NOT be useful to a behavioural geneticist?
A. case studies
B. family studies
C. adoption studies
D. twin studies
Answer: A
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