ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

MIDTERM EXAMINATION in UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
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I. Multiple Choice:
Read the statements. Select the best answer.
Put the letter of your choice before the number.
(Ex. A 1. Use the red color font)

1. According to William James, this is the sum of all that man can call his.
A. Body image B. Identity C. Self D. Self-esteem
2. This is the way through which we make sense of the world and our environment.
A. Body B. Body image C. Identity D. Self
3. It refers to the person’s perception of the level of attractiveness of his/her body or
it can be somebody’s own impression of how his or her body looks.
A. Beauty B. Body image C. Physical appearance D. Self-esteem
4. It is generally defined as the shared patterns of thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and
habits in both material and symbolic realms.
A. Culture B. Language C. Self-concept D. Values
5. It is used to describe a person’s overall sense-worth of personal value.
A. Self-concept B. Self-confidence C. Self-esteem D. Self
6. It is the phase which is driven by the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen in
both men and women.
A. Love B. Lust C. Infatuation D. Sex
7. It is the awareness and feeling about your own body and other people’s bodies,
especially the body of a sexual partner.
A. Sexuality B. Sexuality intimacy C. Sensuality D. Sex
8. It refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions
to men, women or both sexes.
A. Sexual orientation B. Gender C. Sexuality D. sex
9. It is a behavior that may produce pleasure that often culminates in orgasm in
females and in males.
A. Sexuality B. Sexual intercourse C. Lust D. Sex
10. This is a part of yourself which involves your sexual development and how
people’s sexual activity, beliefs, misconceptions and unlimited access from the
internet on sex can influence your own sexual behaviors and responses.
A. Sexuality B. sexual self C. Forbidden self D. Sex
11. The concrete dimensions of the body, it is the tangible aspect of the person
which can be directly observed and examined.
A. Body image C. Puberty
B. Physical self D. Self Understanding
12. Is the individual’s cognitive representation of the self which consist of the
substance and the content of self-conceptions.
A. Body image C. Puberty
B. Physical self D. Self understanding
13. Is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that
triggers the rapid physical changes that occur in the adolescent stage.
A. Body image C. Puberty
B. Physical self D. Self Understanding
14. The way one sees himself/herself or the way he/she imagines how he/she looks.
A. Body image C. Puberty
B. Physical self D. Self Understanding
15. It explains that since one’s internal state is difficult to interpret, people can infer their
inner states by observing their own behavior.
A. Personal identity C. Self-perception theory
B. Self –concept D. Self-reflection
16. Is a cognitive representation of self-knowledge which includes the sum total of all
beliefs that people have about themselves.
A. Personal identity C. Self-perception theory
B. Self –concept D. Self-reflection
17. This includes aspects of life that he was born into like family, nationality, gender,
physical traits as well as the choices he makes.
A. Personal identity C. Self-perception theory
B. Self –concept D. Self-reflection
18. Is the process by which one observes and examines one’s internal state after
behaving in a certain way.
A. Identity C. Social identity
B. Introspection D. Social comparison
19. A process of comparing oneself with others in order to evaluate one’s own abilities
and opinions . A. Identity C. Social identity
B. Introspection D. Social comparison
20. Is a measure of the person’s self-worth based on some personal or social standard.
A. Self-concept C. Self-perception theory
B. Self –esteem D. Self-reflection
21. Is consistent and appropriately responds to the infant’s needs promote positive self-
concept. A. Caregiving C. Self-identity
B. Glass self D. Sense of self
22. Is continuously shaped through ongoing interaction with others or with significant
relationship partners. A. Caregiving C. Self-identity
B. Glass self D. Sense of self
23. The self-image is shaped and reflected from the social world.
A. Caregiving C. Self-identity
B. Glass self D. Sense of self
24. According to Bowlby, people learn about their value and lovability when they
experience how their mothers or care givers care for them and respond to their needs.
A. Attachments C. Self-identity
B. Caregiving D. Social comparison
25. The total characteristics or qualities of a person both known and unknown to others
but known to oneself. A. Body image C. Self-image
B. Identity D. Self
26. A way of making sense of some aspect or part of self-concept.
A. Body image C. Self-image
B. Identity D. Self
27. Is defined as social system that is characterized by the shared meanings that are
attributed to people and events by its members.
A. Beauty B. Culture C. Image D. Self
28.The quality of being physically attractive or the qualities in a person or a thing that
give pleasure to the senses or the mind.
A. Beauty B. Culture C. Image D. Self
29. A tendency to interpret the world in terms of European or Anglo-American values
and experiences. A. Beauty C. Eurocentrism
B. Colorism D. Self
30. As the prejudicial or preferential treatment of same-race people based solely on the
color of the skin. A. Beauty C. Eurocentrism
B. Colorism D. Self
31. The master endocrine glands that controls growth and regulates the functions of all
other endocrine glands, including the gonads.
A. Pituitary glands C. Sweat glands
B. Sexual glands D. Thyroid glands
32. An egocentric state where the individual imagines and believes that many people
are actively listening to or watching him or her.
A. Body image C. Spotlight effect
B. Imaginary audience D. Self-image
33. The belief that others are paying more attention to the person’s appearance and
behavior than they are. A. Body image C. Spotlight effect
B. Imaginary audience D. Self-image
34. It belongs to an individual level analysis which includes self-esteem, self-states, self-
efficiency. A. Identity C. Both A and B
B. Self D. Social identity theory
35. It is used to describe the power of the environment in shaping human behavior.
A. Self image B. Self C. Social behaviorism D. None of the above
36. A dimension of personality that is made up of the individual’s self-awareness and
self-image. A. Self image C. Social behaviorism
B. Self D. Both A and B
37. Is defined as how one thinks about himself or herself as asexual individual.
A. Human sexuality C. Sexual
B. Selfhood D. Sexual selfhood
38. The child experiences sexual attraction the opposite sex parents.
A. Electra complex C. Phallic stage
B. Oedipus complex D. Sexual attraction
39. It refers to the characteristics of people as males or females.
A. Female B. Gender C. Gender role D. Masculine
40. Are the persons who do not experience sexual desires or attraction to either sex.
A. Asexual B. Hypersexual C. Sexual D. None of the above
41. It is characterized by intensification of the changes begun during the excitement
phase. A. Orgasm B. Plateau C. Resolution
42. In this phase of the body returns to its non-excited state.
A. Orgasm B. Plateau C. Resolution
43. Is the person’s sense of morality. A. Ego B. Id C. Superego
44. The principle whose role is to restrict the demands of the id.
A. Pleasure principle B. Moral principle C. Reality principle
45. It includes sexual orientation, his ability to manage sexual feelings.
A. Identity B. Physical identity C. Sexual Identity
46. The energy and attention is focused on one particular person.
A. Attachment phase B. Attraction phase C. Lust phase
47. It is a feeling of security, comfort and emotional union.
A. Attachment phase B. Attraction phase C. Lust phase
48. It is the decision to maintain the relationship through good times and bad times.
A. Commitment B. Intimacy C. Passion
49. The persons shows his love without expecting to received the same in return.
A. Agape B. Eros C. Ludus D. Mania
50. Passion, intimacy, and commitment.
A. Compassionate love C. Fatuous love
B. Consummate love D. All of the above

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”

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