An Individual with a schizotypal personality disorder will usually exhibit which of the following characteristics?
Eccentric behaviour marked by odd patterns of thinking and communication
Often exhibit unusual ideas of reference
Discomfort with close personal relationships
All of the answers
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of individuals with paranoid personality disorder?
Avoidance of close relationships
Often feel that they have been deeply and irreversibly betrayed by others
Are often spontaneously aggressive towards others
Avoidance of public spaces
Narcissistic personality disorder is also closely associated with antisocial personality disorder (APD). Which of the following is NOT a way in narcissistic individuals will regularly act:
Self-motivated
Withdrawn
Aggressive
Deceitful
During the Rorschach test you would be presented with a series of images. Which of the following statements is true?
Ink blots are only printed in black and grey ink
Ink blots are printed in either black or black and red ink
Ink blots are printed in black and grey; black; grey and red; or pastel colours
Ink blots are printed in either black or pastel colours
Which kind of validity or reliability does not match the description that follows it?
Re-test reliability: people get similar scores when they do a test on different occasions.
Discriminant validity: a test of one personality characteristic does not correlate with tests that measure different characteristics.
Convergent validity: people get similar scores on a test when different people administer it to them.
Internal consistency: the items in the test all correlate with one another
A series of pictures that typically depict people are shown to people who are taking the?
TAT
MMPI-2
Rorschach test
WAIS IV
"Funny, caring, 40-year old males, loves gardening. Seeks slim, honest, reliable female. Must enjoy Opera" In the above 'lonely hearts' advertisement, according to Allport's trait theory, which of the following is true?
Only primary traits are presented
Cardinal, primary and secondary traits are presented
No cardinal traits are presented
No secondary traits are presented
Consider Costa and McCrae’s five-factor theory and complete the blanks in the following sentence: An example of high pole neuroticism would be and an example of low pole neuroticism would be
Creative, shallow
Worried, secure
Talkative , quiet
Organised, careless
Eysenck’s theory predicts that in a difficult or taxing task…(
introverts would perform better than extroverts
Introverts would fall asleep and not finish the task
Introverts and extroverts would perform equally well.
Extroverts would perform better than introverts
In Psychoanalytic theory, is the defence mechanism that involves expressing feelings towards a person who is less threatening than the person who is the true target
Regression
Displacement
Projection
Rationalisation
According to Freud, Displacement, Sublimation and Projection are all forms of
Psychosocial stage of development
Defense mechanism
Psychosexual stage of development
Neurotic need
Which of the following influence your self-image?
Phenomenology
Phonology
Physiology
Phrenology
What are the deficiency motives, according to Maslow?
Basic needs
Nutritional needs
B-motives
Superior needs
What is the correct order (starting with the most basic) of Maslow’s hierarchy needs?
Belongingness and love; safety; physiological; esteem
Belongingness and love; physiological; safety; esteem
Safety; belongingness and love; esteem; physiological
Physiological; safety; belongingness and love; esteem
: According to Hans Eysenck, impulsive thrill seekers would be called
Neurotics
Schizophrenics
Extreme extroverts
Psychotics
Raymond Cattell's measurement of personality instrument was called the;
18PF
14PF
26PF
16PF
According to Eysenck, extroverts are
Naturally under aroused
Stimulus hungry
Approaching
According to Jungian theory, there are two attitudes for perceiving the world and one’s relationship to it. These relationships are which ONE of the following
Introvert and extrovert
Self and shadow
Thinking and intuition
Psyche and persona
According to Adler, the one dynamic force behind a person’s activity is
The striving for success or superiority
Feelings of superiority
Organ dialect
Organ inferiorities
Some people like looking at clouds and figuring out what the shapes remind them of. This is similar to which psychological test?
Thematic Apperception Test
SLR-90
Bob looks at ten cards that show symmetrical designs. First, he free associates to the cards, and then he tells which characteristics of the design contributed to his impressions of them. Bob is taking the test.
Shaun is taking a personality test in which he is shown a series of simple scenes. He is supposed to tell a story about what is happening in each scene and to suggest what the characters are feeling. The test Shaun is taking is the
Neuroticism Extroversion Openess Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R)
Draw a man test
Minnesota Multiple Personality Inventory
Formal personality assessment is not uncommon in work psychology and the personality measures used must satisfy psychometric criteria to be acceptable. Which of the following is not one of these criteria?
Does not create adverse impact
Reliability
Validity
Can be completed electronically for ease of standardisation
The MMPI-2 and the NEO-PI-R are examples of
Subjective tests
Clinical interviews
Objective tests
Projective tests
According to Freud, flying over rooftops in a dream symbolises
Lack of power in controlling your own circumstances
An inflated Ego
That you have gained a new and different perspectives on things
That you are anxious about career climbing
People who score high on the Neuroticism (N) scale are
Egocentric, aggresive and hostile
Vulnerable to illness even when they experience little stress
Suffering from a psychological disorder
Emotionally overreactive
What do Eysenck's three supertraits measure?
Intelligence, neuroticism, psychoticism
Intelligence, extraversion, neuroticism
Extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism
Sociability, intelligence, psychoticism
Horney strongly disagreed with Freud about
Free association
The nature of the unconscious
Penis envy
The importance of the superego
Which is the odd one out?
Low self-esteem
Creative
Impersonal
Impulsive
A trait that dominates a personality so much that it influences nearly everything a person does is a
Global trait
Central trait
Cardinal trait
Specific trait
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is the first step that must be taken to ensure, for example, a fresher student’s productivity?
She must make friends so that she has the feeling of being part of a community
She must find somewhere suitable to live
She must learn the rules of social conduct in her new cultural context
She must be allowed the freedom to express her ideas
The most striking gender difference among the personality disorders appears in __________ personality disorder, where men are five times more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder than are females
Schizotypal
Narcissistic
Obsessive Compulsive
Antisocial
Choose the answer below that contains an odd-eccentric personality disorder listed next to (a), a dramatic-emotional personality disorder listed next to (b), and an anxious-fearful personality disorder listed next to (c).
Schizoid personality disorder; (b) dependent personality disorder; (c) obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder; (b) dependent personality disorder; (c) schizoid personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder; (b) borderline personality disorder; (c) dependent personality disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder;(b) paranoid personality disorder;(c) avoidant personality disorder.
Which of the following are considered to be the main features of avoidant personality disorder?
Persistent social inhibition
Feelings of inadequacy
Hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
In the context of Rorschach scoring, which does not belong?
Popularity
Determinants
Concepts
Form
The NEO-PI-R was developed to assess
The Big 5
Allport's traits
Eysenck's three factor theory
Intelligence
Tom and Sally have been dating for two years. Sally breaks up with Tom because he cheated on her with Betty. Sally tells her friend Kelly about Tom, but she tells her without showing any emotion. Tom continues to call Sally and treat her as he did when they were going out. Betty, who did not know about Sally, tells Tom that she is glad that he feels guilty for hurting Sally. She also tells him that it will take a long time to get over the guilt.
Betty is using ___________ as a defense mechanism. (Answer is C)
Repression
Denial
Isolation
The defence mechanism known as involves attributing ones own undesirable feelings to other people
Which complex is associated with the work of Alfred Adler?
Inferiority complex
Validity complex
Superiority complex
Development complex
According to Carl Jung, a person who is conventional and highly influenced by the expectations of others would be described as
Introverted sensing
Extraverted feeling
Introverted thinking
Extraverted intuition