Republic of the Philippines

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Sta. Maria Campus
Sta. Maria, Pangasinan

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
1ST SEMESTER S.Y. 2019-2020

Name:______________________________ Date:_________________
Year and Section:_____________________ Score:________________

I. IDENTIFICATION
Directions: Identify what is asked for each item. Write the answer on the space provided before
the number.

________________1. This factor/determinant of personality has the most significant impact on

early personality development because it selects, interprets and dispenses the culture which
generally prescribes and limits what a person can be taught.
________________2. It is an aspect of personality where people who score high on this trait
value getting along with others.
________________3. According to Carl Jung, this type of person is one who is more conscious
of his inner world than his environment which indicates that he focuses on his own fantasies,
ambitions and feelings.
________________4. This theory is a view that explains personality in terms of conscious and
unconscious forces, such as unconscious desires and beliefs.
________________5. It refers to the development of the organized pattern of behaviors and
attitudes that makes a person distinctive.
________________6. On Gordon Allport’s ‘Trait Theory’, such of these traits’ examples are
Christ-like, Freudian, and Machiavellian.
________________7. It is being described as a characteristic way of thinking, feeling, and
behaving.
________________8. What matters to this component of personality is the immediate
gratification of all its desires, wants and needs.
________________9. A person who is lacking in empathy, cruel, loner, aggressive and
troublesome is high in ______________.
________________10. One of the views of this theory is that people are striving for self-
determination and self-realization.

II. TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Write DO if the statement is true, otherwise DONT if it is false.
_____1. Based on ‘Trait Theory’, trait can be thought of as a relatively stable characteristic that
causes individuals to behave in certain ways.
_____2. Phlegmatic humor represents an optimistic character.
_____3. The culture largely determines attributes toward independence, aggression,
competition, and cooperation.
_____4. According to Carl Rogers, the sixteen personality traits are the source of all human
personality.
_____5. If the superego overpowered the ego, the person becomes so harsh and judgmental to
himself and to others’ actions.
_____6. Introversion refers to people who are sociable, talkative, friendly, and optimistic.
_____7. Melancholic humor represents a depressed character.
_____8. The development of personality stops at the stage of adolescence.
_____9. Psychoticism is one of the traits of ‘The Big 5’ model of personality.
_____10. In Rogers’s view, the self-concept includes all the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs
people have about themselves.
_____11. The ‘outgoing’ personality is under the extrovert type of attitude.
_____12. Self-efficacy describes confidence in one’s ability to accomplish things.
_____13. Anxiety is one of the facets of neuroticism.
_____14. When there is a discrepancy between the person’s self-concept and the reality, it is
termed as ‘congruence’.
_____15. The ego is responsible for instincts and pleasure-seeking.

III. ENUMERATION

1-5. Determinants of Personality

6-10. Aspects of Personality
11-15. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(Note: In order and # 11 is the first stage)

IV. ESSAY (10 points)

1. Explain or justify.
“Personality is what makes a person a unique person.”

PREPARED BY:

KAREN N. BOSTON
Instructor 1

REVIEWED AND EVALUATED BY:

FLORITA C. BALANSAY WILFREDO N. ANCHETA

Chair, BEED Department Dean, College of Teacher Education