What term describes “the totality of behaviour of an individual with a given tendency system interacting with a sequence of situations”?
Correct answer B. Personality
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Personality MCQs
Personality MCQs cover how sociologists explain the formation of the self and personality through socialisation, culture, group experience and interaction with others. They help sociology students, CSS and PMS aspirants and lecturer test candidates. Each question shows its correct answer instantly, so you can test your recall of key thinkers and concepts.
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According to Sorokin, differences between groups are mainly influenced by differences in what?
Correct answer A. Physical environment
Within which group are a person’s basic personality characteristics formed?
Correct answer A. Family
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Cooley’s idea of the looking-glass self holds that the self is discovered through what?
Correct answer B. Reactions of others
Through socialisation, what does an individual internalise?
Correct answer B. Cultural norms
Mead argued that each person is shaped by the expectations they believe society holds of them. What did he call this?
Correct answer C. Generalised other
Freud split the self into three parts: the id, the superego and which other?
Correct answer B. Ego
Which part of the self is conscious and rational?
Correct answer B. Ego
Who coined the phrase looking-glass self to stress that the self arises from social interaction with others?
Correct answer D. Charles Horton Cooley
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Jean Piaget found that newborns have no looking-glass self, yet in what way are they strongly oriented?
Correct answer C. Self-centred
What is the third age of the life course said to involve?
Correct answer C. Active non-work and independence after retirement
Social constructionism examines the processes that create and maintain what?
Correct answer D. Social reality
According to Piaget’s account as presented by Giddens, at which stage do children master abstract logical notions, grasp causality and recognise false reasoning?
Correct answer B. Concrete operational stage
What is authority that comes from an individual’s personality or personal appeal called?
Correct answer D. Charismatic authority
Once the self has formed, how is it best described?
Correct answer C. Proactive
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Biological inheritance, physical environment, culture and group experience all influence the development of what?
Correct answer C. Personality
Most of the time we all try to be a modal personality. What does a modal personality represent?
Correct answer B. Most of the cultural traits
Which reference group matters most to young people in their mid-teens?
Correct answer B. Peer group
How many steps make up Cooley’s looking-glass self process?
Correct answer B. Three
What do wallflowers come to believe about themselves early in life?
Correct answer A. They cannot make conversation
About Personality MCQs
Questions in this set focus on the social roots of personality. You will meet Charles Horton Cooley's looking-glass self, in which people see themselves through others' reactions, and George Herbert Mead's distinction between significant others and the generalised other. Other items cover the factors that shape personality, such as biological inheritance, physical environment, culture and group experience, the role of the family in forming basic traits, charismatic leadership and the medicalisation of life experiences. These ideas are standard in sociology optional papers and lecturer tests.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Cooley's looking-glass self?
The looking-glass self is Charles Horton Cooley's idea that we form our self-image by imagining how others see and judge us. We picture how we appear to others, imagine their judgement, and develop feelings such as pride or shame in response. The self is therefore a social product.
What is the difference between significant others and the generalised other?
George Herbert Mead used significant others for specific people, such as parents, whose views strongly shape a child. The generalised other is the broader set of attitudes and expectations of society as a whole, which a person learns to take into account as they mature.
How many Personality MCQs are on MCQs360?
MCQs360 has 31 Personality MCQs in its sociology section. They are free to practise with no sign-up, and each one shows its answer instantly, so you can revise Cooley, Mead and socialisation theory efficiently. Try to name the thinker behind each concept before checking the answer.
Last reviewed October 2026