Class 12 Self and Personality worksheet

Sample questions

Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.

Section A · multiple choice

1. 1.

   A person’s belief that they have the ability a situation demands is called:

   1. self-concept
   2. self-regulation
   3. self-esteem
   4. self-efficacy

   Answer

   (d) self-efficacy

2. 2.

   Kabir has no memory at all of an embarrassing moment on stage, though friends recall it. Which defence mechanism is this, in Freud’s terms?

   1. denial
   2. reaction formation
   3. repression
   4. rationalisation

   Answer

   (c) repression

3. 3.

   Dev wants to eat the whole box of sweets right now. Which part of personality, in Freud’s theory, is at work?

   1. superego
   2. ego
   3. id
   4. archetype

   Answer

   (c) id

Section B · short answer

1. 4.

   Distinguish between personal identity and social identity.

   Answer

   Personal identity: attributes that make a person different from others (name, qualities, abilities). Social identity: aspects that link a person to social or cultural groups.

2. 5.

   Name the defence mechanism in each case. (a) Dev, not picked for the team, says the team was not worth joining anyway. (b) Kabir dislikes a classmate but insists it is the classmate who dislikes them.

   Answer

   (a) rationalisation (b) projection

Section C · long answer

1. 6.

   Explain the Big Five factors of personality.

   Answer

   Openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism (versus emotional stability) and conscientiousness, identified by Costa and McCrae.

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