1. ................ refers to the individual differences as well as an individual’s pattern of
responding to the environment.
Correct : B. temperament
2. Sociability constitute which one of the five factor dimension
Correct : C. agreeableness
3. The sub facets of extraversion include the following except................
Correct : D. trust
4. Spirituality is a good example for................
Correct : A. transcendence
5. When faced with a decision in an uncertain situation, ................ person tries to look at
the problem from all angles and never jump to conclusions.
Correct : D. open-minded
6. John Bowlby was closely related to ..............
Correct : D. attachment theory
7. Which one of the following belongs to the 24 character strengths of VIA classification
system
Correct : C. hope
8. .......... directs organisms toward situations and experiences that potentially may yield
pleasure and reward
Correct : D. approach oriented bfs
9. ‘Architecture of sustainable happiness’ was proposed by ..........
Correct : B. lyubomirsky and colleagues
10. In the ABC analysis of the attributional retraining program ‘A’ stands for ..........
Correct : A. adversity
11. When two partners take a positive view of their relationship that their partners are better than others, their love is stronger than other’s love, and that they have more control over the outcome of their relationship than others and so are less likely to
separate; they are said to show ..........
Correct : B. illusion collusion
12. 16PF was proposed by ..........
Correct : D. cattell
13. Each one of the big five factors include .......... sub facets.
Correct : B. six
14. The virtue that affirms the ‘look before you leap’ dictum of everyday wisdom.
Correct : D. temperance
15. ........... refers to receptivity to novel ideas, fantasies, feelings and values.
Correct : B. openness to experience
16. Greater persistence will occurs after the withdrawal of ...........
Correct : B. intermittent reinforcement
17. .......... involves accurate self-perception and acceptance of one’s strengths and accomplishments and imperfections and failures, coupled with a greater focus on the
value of all people and things than on the self.
Correct : B. humility
18. Negative affect is a component of the ..........
Correct : A. withdrawal oriented bis
19. To Diener subjective well-being = positive affect + ..........
Correct : D. general life satisfaction
20. One’s tendency to think that he is more competent and better liked than others and
describe himself primarily in positive terms is an example for ..........
Correct : C. positive illusion
21. Select among the following the one that has not a proponent of trait theory of
personality.
Correct : B. alfred adler
22. The VIA was coordinated by ...........
Correct : C. peterson & seligman
23. A person with a strong love of learning is ........... motivated to master new skills,
topics, and bodies of knowledge.
Correct : B. intrinsically
24. A person who has the strength of appreciation in response to skill experiences ...........
Correct : A. admiration
25. ............. is referred as the goal directed thinking in which a person has the perceived
capacity to find routes to directed goals.
Correct : B. hope
26. The dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to show consistent patterns of
thoughts, feelings, and actions are called as ...........
Correct : D. trait
27. The VIA classification system of six virtues include all the following except ..........
Correct : A. curiosity
28. .......... has been conceptualized as an expert knowledge system associated with an
advanced stage of cognitive and personality development.
Correct : A. wisdom
29. The aesthetics facet belongs to which one of the big five personality trait?
Correct : D. openness to experience
30. A global expectation that the future will bring a bounty of good things and scarcity of
bad things is ..........
Correct : B. dispositional optimism
31. Which one of the following is not a dimension of big five personality?
Correct : A. psychoticism
32. The virtue which represents our capacity for sympathy, empathy, compassion and
love in our relationship with others.
Correct : C. humanity
33. .......... is thankfulness to a deity or to the universe for specific things or for the
experience of existence.
Correct : B. transpersonal gratitude
34. Seligman and Peterson have conceptualized optimism as ............
Correct : C. an explanatory style
35. The opposite end of the agreeableness continuum is ............
Correct : A. antagonism
36. Each virtue is defined by a set of .......... strengths that represent the ingredients,
expressions and potential means of developing the virtue.
Correct : B. character
37. ............. is the capacity to accurately recognize the psychological states of self and
others, and manage our own psychological states and social situations effectively.
Correct : C. social intelligence
38. The ability to understand feelings in the self and others, and to use these feelings as
informational guides for thinking and action
Correct : C. emotional intelligence
39. ............ involves not acknowledging the existence or meaning of threatening or
stressful events in the external world.
Correct : D. denial
40. ............ refers to people’s level of discipline, self-control and organization
Correct : C. conscientiousness
41. The virtue that provide the strength to control excesses and restrain impulses which
may harm the self and others.
Correct : A. temperance
42. An individual’s capacity to produce novel and useful ideas.
Correct : C. creativity
43. Teamwork belongs to the virtue of ..............
Correct : A. justice
44. .............. involves registering, attending to, and deciphering emotional messages as
they are expressed in facial expressions, voice tone, or cultural artefacts.
Correct : B. emotional perception
45. ‘People who experience flow in daily life tend to very happy’. This proposal
constitute which type of happiness theory?
Correct : A. process/activity theories
46. An organized set of beliefs that allows to anticipate situations in which negative information is likely to be received about the self and then to develop strategies for
dealing with these is ....................