MPC 003 PREVIOUS QUESTIONS

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Here are the most repeated questions from all MPC-003 (Personality: Theories and Assessment) exam papers (2020 – 2024, both June & December sessions), arranged in their original section-wise order:

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CLICK HERE FOR   MPC 003 QUESTIONS ✅   SECTION A 1-3   SECTION A  4-6  SECTION A 7-11   SECTION B 1-5     SECTION B 6-11     SECTION C

1. Compare Type and Trait approaches to personality. Describe Guilford’s trait theory.

2. Explain Cattell’s trait theory of personality.

3. Explain Rogers’ / Carl Rogers’ Humanistic theory of personality.

4. Explain Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory / stages of psychosexual development. 

5. Discuss Pavlov’s (or Skinner’s) learning / behavioural theory of personality.

6. Explain the Five-Factor / Big Five model of personality.

7. Define and discuss the meaning, purpose, and methods of personality assessment.

8. Explain the characteristics, assumptions, advantages and limitations of behavioural assessment.

9. Discuss biological / physiological / environmental factors influencing personality development.

10. Explain Allport’s concepts – functional autonomy and mature personality / proprium development.

  11.Explain the concept of Interview as a method of personality assessment. Discuss its types, uses, advantages and limitation

SECTION B – 6 Marks Each (Short Essay Questions)

1. Environmental / psychological factors affecting personality development.

2. Freud’s stages of psychosexual development.

3. Carl Rogers’ theory of personality.

4. Reliability and validity in psychological testing.

5. Classification of projective techniques / ink-blot tests (TAT, CAT, Rorschach).

6. Self-system and self-efficacy (Bandura).

7. Principles of classical conditioning / schedules of reinforcement.

8. Concept of Eysenck’s hierarchical taxonomy / dimensions of personality.

9. Characteristics of traits (Allport).

10. Strengths, weaknesses and methods to overcome limitations of self-report tests.

11. Purpose and types of the case-study method.

 🟨 SECTION C – 3 Marks Each (Numbered Questions)

1. Neurotic needs (Karen Horney).

2. Reciprocal determinism.

3. Introverts vs Extroverts.

4. Nomothetic vs Idiographic approach.

5. MMPI-2 / NEO-Personality Inventory.

6. Functional autonomy / mature personality.

7. Defense mechanisms.

8. Generalisation and discrimination (conditioning).

9. Vicarious / observational learning.

10. Personality inventories / assessment methods.

 CLICK HERE FOR   MPC 003 QUESTIONS ✅   SECTION A 1-3   SECTION A  4-6  SECTION A 7-11   SECTION B 1-5     SECTION B 6-11     SECTION C