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Test I. Modified True or False. Write True if the statement is true and False if the statement is false. If
the statement is false, you explain why it is so.
1. Personality comes from the term persona which originally refers to the mask being worn by
the soldiers during war.
2. Projection is a defence mechanism where person tries to overcome his weakness or lacking
by excelling in a certain field.
3. One basis of personality is the body build, so that it if is mesomorphic, one will have a big
tummy and has a tendency to dominate others.
4. Phobia, like aquaphobia, is a form of psychosis that is incurable.
5. While neurosis is a physical ailment, psychosis is a mental aberration which still allows an
individual to live a normal and productive life.
6. Based on Maslows hierarchy of needs, a persons physiological needs come next to his need
for esteem.
7. Fugue is one form of neuro-psychosis where a person suffers from amnesia for a long period
of time.
8. The JOHARI window tells us that the widest pane, in order for a person to live a healthy life,
must be the blind spot where only he and none others knows about himself.
9. Adjustment or defence mechanisms provide solution to ones problems.
10. Psychosomatic ailment is a bodily or physiological pain that is caused by abuse and
carelessness like excessive drinking or smoking.
11. Compared to psychotic, a neurotic person is able to manage his life well and can still live a
normal life.
12. Suppression is a type of neurosis where a person tries to forget things in the past.
13. Persons abundant with black bile are considered choleric and are very warm individuals.
14. Both neurosis and psychosis are psychological disturbances that affect mans life, only that
psychosis is in the milder form compared to neurosis.
15. One form of escapism from the harshness of life is through fantasy where we think of a
beautiful life in a perfect world.
Test II. Matching Type. Match Column A with column B. Write the letter only.
A
1.
Sublimation
2.
Rationalization
3.
Repression
4.
Displacement
5.
Identification
6.
Suppression
7.
Compensation
8.
Fantasy
9.
Projection
Test III. Multiple Choices. Choose the best answer of the items below. Write only the letter.
1. The way to understand the behaviour of a person is by
a. Asking his friends about him
c. Look at his Facebook profile
b. Getting to know his background
d. Reading his diary
2. If Marlon is suffering from hydrophobia, then he is a
a. Psychotic
c. Lunatic
b. Neurotic
d. Psychologically disturbed
8. The part of the self that thinks always of goodness, morality, and the like is the
a. Superego
c. Ego
b. Conscience
d. Spiritual side of the person
9. The consciousness of our self is like that of an iceberg where only a small portion of it is
protruding above the water. According to Freud, consciousness contains
a. the conscious part.
c. the subconscious part.
b. the unconscious part.
d. All
10. Dina feels that she has been denying her kids quality time because of her work, and she feels
guilty for this. Granting that she will resort to reaction formation to appease herself, Dina most
probably will
a. buy toys for her kids.
c. cook delicious food for her kids.
b. spend more time with her kids.
d. she will pray for her kids.
Test IV. Essay.
1. Explain the saying What I am today is just a product or result of my past.
2. Given that who and what we are today is simply the result caused by our past experiences,
can we then have an excuse that we can do nothing of our behaviour today because our past
has determined how we will behave today? Why or why not?
3. Differentiate a person who suffers from neurosis from a person suffering from psychosis.
That is all!