UNDERSTANING THE SELF

The first step in understanding others is to begin by getting an understanding of ___.

• A. Basic cognitive psychology

• B. Basic Human behavior

• Yourself

• D. Human relation principle

It is the total characteristics and qualities of a person both known and unknown to others and oneself

• A. Identity

• B. Self

• C.Personal Volition

• D. Pesonality

The inclination of a person to form and construct a specific identity that will set him or her apart from others.

• A.Personality Development Factor

• B.Person-Volition Factor

• C. Environmental Factor

• D. Social Factor

Which one or more of the following is true about self-concept?

• A. We base it on the ways others react and respond to us.

• B. Our experiences are critical to our self-concept.

• C. Self-concept is not affected by other person.

• D.The things we like or dislike are not part of our self-concept.

Does a person's self-concept typically change, or does it mostly stay the same?

• A. The self-concept remains constant for most people most of the time.

• B. The self-concept is usually malleable, depending on a person's current situation and depending on what other people are nearby.

• C. It depends on the person: some people have only one self-concept, and other people have multiple different self-concepts.

• D. Cannot be determined.

Based from the Johari window, these are the personalities that only the person has knowledge of and are not known to others

• A.Open

• B. blind

• C.hidden

• D. unknown

Cris Pipata is working on a research project that studies the beliefs, cognition and knowledge that her friends have about themselves. What is her project focused on?

• A. self awareness

• B.self concept

• C. self esteem

• D.self image

Which of the following is not true about self identity?

• A. Self identity is the global understanding of a person about themselves.

• B. Self identity includes awareness of other persons skills and abilities.

• C. Self identity is not restricted to the present but includes the past and future selves.

• D. Self identity is composed of self-assessments like personality attributes and physical attributes.

Which of the following statements best describes a person that possesses conscientiousness?

• A. A person that has a broad range of interests, curious, and willing to try out even the most unusual ideas.

• B. A person that gains energy when exposed to the external world and prefers to be with a crowd than being alone.

• C. A person that is generous and does not hesitate to compromise personal interests with others

• D. A person that is self disciplined, dutiful, and prefers planned behavior

Andy Lim is constantly worried and has lots of anxiety about his grades, even when they are doing well

• A. conscientiousness

• B. aggreeableness

• C. extraversion

• D. neuroticism