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ROLDAN A. CARPISANO, RSW , LPT , MSSW PhD. ( C )

government who was suspended

1. The terrorist who hi-jacked that due to malversation of public
airplane that purposely crashed funds reasoned out
towards the twin towers in New that he should not be penalized
York in the 9/11 incident is for his act because their Division
considered as what forms of Head is also doing the same
suicide? crime and even on a larger scale.
a. Anomic What type of rationalization is he
b. Altruistic utilizing?
c. Egoistic a. Denial of the victim
d. Mechanistic b. Appear to the higher
loyalties
2. This theory of deviance argued c. Condemnation of the
that criminal behavior is learned condemners
in the same way that all the other d. Denial of injury
behaviors are learned is called?
a. Social integration 7. The state or situation which some
b. Social deregulation sectors of the population are
c. Social regulation unable to participate and
d. Differential association contribute to the development
process.
3. The techniques and strategies for a. Manipulation
regulating behavior in society is b. Marginality
called? c. Maturation
a. Group processes d. Motivation
b. Social control
c. Structure 8. A behavioral pattern of
d. Acculturation compulsive substance use,
securing of its supply and a high
4. A single-mother who resorts to tendency to relapse after
prostitution to be able to provide withdrawal.
for their needs such as sending a. Adaptation
them to school is considered as b. Adjustment
what type adaptation according to c. Addiction
Merton? d. Ageism
a. Ritualism
b. Retreatism 9. Failure to conform to customary
c. Innovation norms of society.
d. Rebellion a. Decentralization
(devolution)
5. According to Merton, mental b. Deviation
illness, drug addiction and c. Displacement
alcoholism may be forms of d. Devolution
social_____________.
a. Ritualism 10. The utilization of other persons
b. Retreatism for selfish ends.
c. Innovation a. Emotional disturbance
d. Rebellion b. Empathy
c. Empowerment
6. A rank-and-file employee in one d. Exploitation
of the line agencies of the
11. This perspective of deviance 16. Homosexuals, rapists, swindlers,
focus on the consciousness and drug addicts manifest psychiatric
the mind of the individual as disorders classified as:
opposed to the institutions from a. psychotic
where the norms come from? b. psychoneurotic
a. Structural functional c. sociopathic or antisocial
b. Symbolic interactionism d. pathologically sexual
c. Power-conflict
d. Chicago 17. These are severe mental
diseases resulting from
12. According to Merton's Strain disintegration of the personality.
theory, this is the type of a. psychoses
adaptation utilized by individuals b. neuroses
who rejects both the cultural c. anti-social behaviors
goals and institutionalized but at d. none of the above
the same time seeks to redefine
new values for the society. 18. These are the temperaments of
a. Ritualism SOMATOTONIA.
b. Retreatism a. Assertive and vigorous
c. Rebellion b. Energetic
d. Innovation c. Love privacy
d. All of these except c
13. This perspective of deviance
posits that deviation are not 19. What is the physique of a person
deviant by nature but are caused with CEREBRATONIA
when institutions arbitrarily temperament?
institute particular prescriptions or a. Endomorphy
proscriptions b. Ectomorphy
a. Symbolic-interactionism c. Mesomorphy
b. Structural-functionalism d. None of these
c. Chicago
d. Conflict 20. According to Merton, this is an
adaptation wherein the goals
14. An unemployed husband who or/and means are replaced by
resorted to snatching bags was other goals and/or means. If he
caught by the police. The man acts within the means to fulfilling
explained that he was already a goal, he does so for reasons
desperate because his wife is in that have nothing to do with the
the hospital and was declared by goals of the society as a whole.
the doctors to be in critical He is playing his own game.
condition hence need to undergo a. Ritualism
operation. What type of b. Rebellion
rationalization is this? c. Innovation
a. Denial of victim d. Retreatism
b. Denial of injury
c. Denial of responsibility 21. An adaptation according to
d. Appeal to higher loyalties Merton that is the typical
successful hardworking person
15. A person who shows personality who both accepts the goals of the
disorganizations when confronted society and has the means for
with trying situations and obtaining those goals. This is an
difficulties of life. example of NON - anomie.
a. psychotic a. Rebellion
b. psychoneurotic b. Innovation
c. neurotic c. Ritualism
d. all of the above d. Conformity
22. This adaptation according to
Merton pertains to a person who
has accepted the goals of the
society but does not have the
ability to attain those goals. This
person, then, creates a new way
of obtaining the same goals by
different means. This is the most
typical anomie.
a. Rebellion
b. Retreatism
c. Innovation
d. Ritualism
23. This theory explains the
occurrence of deviance but is
largely applicable to delinquency,
youth crime and suicide. The
theory asserts that deviance is
learned in the same way as
conformity is learned in the
process of socialization, whereby
one acquire norms, social roles
and self-concept.
a. Conflict Theory
b. Control Theory
c. Conform Theory
d. Socialization Theory
24. This focuses on the
heterogeneous nature of society
and differential distribution of
political and social power.
Groups, which have vested
interest and possesses power
work for rules and laws,
particularly those that serve their
own interests, to be passed to the
exclusion of others.
a. Conflict Theory
b. Control Theory
c. Structural Control theory
d. None of the choices
25. These are important to the
welfare of the people and their
cherished values. They are based
on ethical and moral values,
which are strongly held and
emphasized
a. Laws
b. Mores
c. Folkways
d. Norms
26. A person who exhibits a behavior
pattern of anxiety, inner tensions,
restlessness, inadequacy, lack of
concentration and abnormal fears
when confronted with trying
situations and difficulties in life.
a. psychotic
b. psychoneurotic
c. sociopath
d. alcoholics
27. Conflict is always characterized
by physical violence. This
statement is...?
a. True
b. False
c. Sometimes true,
sometimes false
d. None of the choices
28. These are closely related to
emotional tensions, insecurity
and feelings of inadequacy, self-
centeredness and display of
exaggerated symptoms.
a. Gastro-intestinal and other
metabolic diseases
b. Cardio-vascular diseases
c. Skin conditions and bone
deformities
d. None of the above
29. It produces self-consciousness,
loneliness, feelings of shame and
rejection by others because of
their contagious nature.
a. Gastro-intestinal and other
metabolic diseases
b. Cardio-vascular diseases
c. Venereal disease
d. Skin conditions and bone
deformities
30. These diseases produce
characteristic behaviour patterns
because of their threat to life,
inability to continue working,
unfulfilled ambitions, and their
accompanying pain and suffering.
a. Venereal disease
b. Gastro-intestinal and other
metabolic diseases
c. Cardio-vascular diseases
d. Cancer and other diseases
like tuberculosis and other
injuries
31. A theory that sees society as built
upon order, interrelation, and
 balance among parts as a means
of maintaining the smooth
functioning of the whole.
a. Conflict theory
b. Symbolic Interactionism
Theory
c. Structural-Functionalist
Theory
d. Interactionist Theory
32. It sees social change as rapid,
continuous, and inevitable as
groups seek to replace each
other In the social hierarchy.
a. Conflict theory
b. Structural-Functionalist
Theory
c. Symbolic Interactionism
Theory
d. Interactionist Theory
33. This theory is based primarily on
the works and ideas of George
Mead and Charles Cooley. The
basic idea of this theory is that
personality is a result of the
interaction between individuals
mediated by symbols or in
particular language.
a. Interactionist Approach
b. Symbolic Interactionism
c. Personality Interaction
Theory
d. Symbolic Personality
34. This focuses on the
heterogeneous nature of society
and differential distribution of
political and social power.
Groups, which have vested
interest and possess power work
for rules and laws, particularly
those that serve their own
interests, to be passed to the
exclusion of others.
a. Conflict Theory
b. Control Theory
c. Structural Control theory
d. None of the above
35. This theory sees the highly
industrialized core nations as
transferring only those narrow
capabilities it serves them to
deliver.
a. Dependency
b. World Systems
c. Modernization
d. Conflict
36. An array of physiological devices
that function as foil against
danger to the self.
A. Discrimination
B. Defence mechanism
C. Differential diagnosis
D. Drug abuse
37. The stage at which the individual
experience identity versus role
confusion is
A. Old age
B. Adolescene
C. Latency
D. None of the above
38. A process, emphasized Ivan Pavlov,
in which a previously neutral stimulus
becomes capable of eliciting a response
because of its association with a
stimulus that automatically produces the
same or a similar response.
A. Classical conditioning
B. Behavior modification
C. Operant conditioning
D. Stimulus - response theory
39. The basic conflict faced by people in
their middle age or adulthood (35-60) is:
A. Trust vs mistrust
B. Integrity vs despair
C. Generativity vs stagnation
D. Intimacy vs isolation
40. The principle of object permanence
is the main feature of this stage .
A. Sensorimotor
B. Formal operations
C. Pre- operational
D. Concrete
41. The state of strain that may be
physical or psychological is called?
A. Stress
B. Worry
C. Fatigue
D. Discomfort
42. The release and freeing of emotion
through talking about one's problems is
called?
A. Upliftment
B. Elation
C. Catharsis
D. Praxis
43. A psychological injury.
A. Stigma
B. Conflict
C. Trauma
D. Disability
44. It refers to the individual or the - concept the individual would most like
collective manifestation of the person's to possess.
sensuality, capacity for intimacy, his/her A. Ego Freud
sexual identity, reproduction capability B. Proprium
and interpersonal influence. C. Ideal self
A. Sexuality properties that D. Individuality
distinguishes organisms on the 52. Which of the following is NOT
basis of their reproductive role included in the deficiency needs of
B. Genital sexuality Maslow ?
C. Abnormal sexuality A. Esteem needs
D. Human sexuality B. Belongingness and love
45. It refers to the unconscious, C. Safety needs
intensified feelings of being insignificant, D. Self-actualization
insecure or unable to cope with life. 53. While Freud's theory of personality
A. Superiority complex development is characterized a
B. Insecurity psychosexual , Erikson's model is
C. Inferiority complex regarded as
D. Martyr complex A. Humanistic
46. In Freudian thought, this refers to B. Psychosocial
psychological functioning based on the C. Behaviorist
pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of D. Bio-social
pain . 54. Competition of a son with father for
A. Ethica principle mother's love is called ?
B. Moral principle A. Identification
C. Reality principle B. Electra complex
D. Pleasure principle C. Oedipal complex
47. The psychoanalytic term for the D. Rivalry
energy associated first with the life 55. A process in which behavior are
instincts and later and with the sexual shaped through the use of secondary
instincts. reinforces .
A. Stamina A . Behavior modification
B. Vigor B. Shaping
C. Viagra C. Token economy
D. Libido D. Extinction
48. The part of the psyche whose 56. Any situation , development or event
principle role is to mediate between that possess an obstacle to the person's
instincual demands and the conditions important life goal that is extremely
imposed by the objective world. difficult.
A. Id A. Composition
B. Ego B. Claustrophobia
C. Superego C. Conscientization
D. Mind D. Crisis
49. Hostile behavior intended to inflict 57. The process of making the most of
harm upon others. one's capabilities leading to excellence .
A. Aggression A. Self -determination
B. Repression B. Self -concept
C. Regression C. Self- actualization
D. Oppression D. Self - awareness
50. According to Piaget , egocentrism is 58. Erikson has considered the
a chracteristics of this stage development of a sense of industry as a
A. Formal operation crucial theme of late childhood, without
B. Concrete operation this child develops
C. Pre-operational A. Feeble-mindedness
D. Sensorimotor B. Feelings of inferiority and
51. A key concept in Carl Roger's superiority
thoery of personality, it refers to the self C. Fixation
D. Family disorganization
59. Roger's concept expressing the
need for warmth , liking respect and
acceptance from others.
A. Need for belongingness
B. The proprium
C. Need for cognitive
understanding
D. Need for positive regard
60. It is also known as the third force
psychology , its emphasis is on the
experiencing person, creativity and the
dignity and enhancement of the people .
A. Behaviorism
B. Psycho-social theory
C. Psychoanalytic theory
D. Humanistic theory
61. Roger's identified this as the
conditions under which a person will
experience positive regard
A. Condition for self-regard
B. Conditios for self-esteem
C. Facilitating conditions
D. Conditions of worth
62. It is the highest level og hierarchy of
needs which can be reached only if the
proceeding need levels have been
adequately satisfied
A. Actualizing tendency
B. Aesthetic need
C. Self -actualization
D. All of the above
63. "You have to encode or mentally
represent what it is you intended to
learn" pertains to what process of
observational learning?
A. Attentional process
B. Retention process
C . Motivational process
D. Reproduction process
64. "You have to look or hear a model to
learn something new", The preceding
statement corresponds to what process
of observational learning?
A. Attentional process
B. Retentional process
C. Motivational process
D. Reproduction process , it
should be production not
reproduction
65. Child when scolded for or accused
of some misdeed says it was not him
who did it but some other child often an
imaginary one. This is possibly an
example of:
A. Projection
B. Displacement
C. Identification
D. Regression
66. A woman is forced to undertake a
restrictive diet; she becomes interested
in painting and does a number of still life
pictures , most of which include fruit.
A. Projection
B. Sublimation
C. Reaction formation
D. Splitting
67. A man ,unable to accept that he has
competitive or hostile feelings about an
acquaintance , says , " He doesn't like
me ."
A. Projection
B. Sublimation
C. Reaction formation
D. Splitting
68. A married woman who is disturbed
by feeling attracted to one of his
husband's friends treats him rudely
A. Displacement
B. Projection
C. Splitting
D. Reaction foramation
69. When asked to recommend a friend
for a job, a man makes derogatory
comments which prevent the friend's
getting the position; a few days later,the
man drops in to see his friend and
brings him a small gift.
A. Resistance
B. Splitting
C. Suppression
D. Undoing
70. Avoiding emotions by focusing on
thoughts and abstractions
A. Rationalization
B. Intellectualization
C. Somalization
D. a & b
71. Freud believed that personality was
typified by
A. a delicate balance of power
among the three
personality structures.
B. a lack of struggle among the
three personality structures in the
healthy individual
C. a lack of struggle among the
three personality structures in the
unhealthy individual
D. a state of struggle among
the three personality structures in which
the id gets caught
In the middle
72. Psychologists who believe that
people grow and develop throughout
their lives and that people are inherently C. Salivation existed in dogs
good are as an unlearned reflex
A. psychoanalysts D. Dogs salivated if and only if
B. radical behaviorists they were given a
C. social learning theorists Reward.
D. humanists 79. In operant conditioning, the
73. A psychiatrist who explains reinforcer occurs _______ the response,
pathological behavior as a conflict and in classical conditioning, it occurs
between underlying psychological forces _______.
is using the______ model. A. After; before
A. psychoanalytic. B. Before: after
C. medical C. Before; before
B. behavioral. D. After; after
D. humanistic
74. According to behaviorists, 80. When you are first learning golf, you
A. hostile, generous or may hit one or two great shots in an
destructive impulses arise in the entire round. You are being reinforced
unconscious on what kind of partial reinforcement
B. personality is acquired schedule?
through conditioning and observational
learning A. Fixed interval
C. personality is strongly B. Fixed ratio
influenced by one’s self-image C. Variable ratio
D. personality develops from D. Variable interval
initial feelings of inferiority
75. We each have a perception of our 81. Your niece has a temper tantrum in
own personality traits. This perception the store when she is shopping. If you
strongly influences our behavior. buy her a toy you are
Psychologists call this perception
A. self-evaluation A. Being practical.
B. inner concept B. Being kind
C. self-concept C. Encouraging more
D. self-esteem tantrums
76. In Adler’s view, the main striving of D. Discouraging more
personality is for destructive behaviors
A. dominance
B. sophistication 82. Negative reinforcement ________
C. instincts responding;
D. superiority punishment _______ responding.
77. I am in my late forties. If I do not
reach out to others, especially to young A. Increases; increases
people, Erikson says I will experience B. Decreases; decreases
A. Shame C. Increases; decreases
B. Isolation D. Decreases; increases
C. Stagnation
D. Guilt 83. Alder believed that organ inferiorities
78. Which of the following best
describes the unusual events that A. Cause superiority
occurred in Pavlov’s laboratory leading personalities
him to the discovery of classical B. Cause inferiority
conditioning? personalities
A. Dogs salivated after meat C. Bestow meaning and
powder was placed in purpose on all
their mouths behavior.
B. Dogs sometimes salivated D. Stimulate feelings of
before meat powder inferiority
was placed in their mouths.
84. Adler held that people are 91. Determinants of human behavior
continually pushed by the need to EXCEPT one:
overcome inferiority feelings and pulled A. Heredity
by the desire for B. Environment
A. Love C. Social Functioning
C. Unity with all humanity D. Culture
B. Social interest 92. Ne-Yo Zep generally obeys his
D. Completion parents, is a good student in school
85. According to Jung, art, religion, and a good member of his
myths, and drama are important to community. He believes in doing
individual functioning because they what is right and is concerned of the
A. Facilitate conscious reaction of his parents, friends,
development teachers and people in the
B. Are symbols that appeal to community, thus, he refrains from
basic archetypes. doing negative activities that would
C. Provide the means for ruin his good reputation. What theory
achieving control over a hostile in deviant behavior could explain Ne-
environment Yo Zep’s behavior?
D. Transmit specific information a. Social control
for solving developmental tasks. b. Social learning
86. Rogers is most properly associated c. Labeling
with d. Cultural transmission
A. nondirective counseling
B. client- centered therapy 93.They tend to be rigid, with well-
C. rational-emotive theraphy defined roles.
D. behavior modification a. Open families
87. Healthy people evaluate their b. Enmeshed families
experiences as good or bad according c. Closed families
to which criterion? d. Random families
A. the self-actualizing tendency 94.The boundaries between some or all
B. perceived self of the members are undifferentiated,
C. reflected appraisal of others permeable and fluid
D. the actualizing tendency a. Enmeshed families
88. A discrepancy between the self- b. Healthy family
concept and the ideal self, results in c. Open families
A. ego defense mechanisms. d. None of the above
B. subception
C. the person of tomorrow 95.The boundary among family
D. incongruence members is neither too rigid nor too
89. An unawareness of a discrepancy diffuse
between self and experience leads to a. Closed families
A. psychological health b. Enmeshed families
B. anxiety c. Open families
C. threat d. Healthy family
D. vulnerability
96.It has to do with human interaction
90. Which statement is most consistent having to do with mutual aid or alliance
with Roger’s concept of humanity? of persons seeking for common goal or
A. People have a natural reward.
tendency to move toward actualization a. competition
B. People move inevitably b. cooperation
toward self-actualization c. accommodation
C. People move inevitably d. socialization
toward self-actualization 97.It is a form of emotionalized and
D. People are free to become violent opposition in which major
what they will. concern is to overcome the opponent a
means of securing a given goal or a. Persistent avoidance of
reward. memories, thoughts,
a. cooperation feelings, or external
b. conflict reminders associated with
c. competition the traumatic event(s)
d. none of the above lasting for more than one
98.Refers to a process of conscious month.
efforts of men or women to develop a b. Exposure to serious injury,
working arrangements among sexual violence, or
themselves so as to suspend conflict threatened or actual death
and make their relationships more lasting more than one
tolerable month.
a. cooperation c. The presence of
b. accommodation memories, dreams, or
c. assimilation dissociated reactions that
d. amalgamation are involuntary, intrusive,
distressing, and recurrent
99.Known as a cultural fusion-a blending lasting for more than one
of values, attitudes and beliefs. month.
a. assimilation d. Negative, distorted, or
b. accommodation exaggerated, beliefs,
c. amalgamation cognitions, or moods
d. acculturation associated with the
100.Which of these statements does not traumatic event that lasts
describe accurate criteria for PTSD, as for more than one month.
described by the DSM-5?