Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:

Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Meenakshi is ten years old. The psychologist assessed her intellect and her mental age was found to be twelve years. Based on the normal curve, she is considered to be on the extreme side of the curve.

IQ scores are distributed in the population in such a way that the scores of most people tend to fall in the middle range of the distribution. The frequency distribution for the IQ scores tends to approximate a bell shaped curve.

Meenakshi is also extraverted and enjoys being with people. She has the ability to understand the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people. She also believes strongly in non violence and her entire life is guided by this value. Her friends call her Gandhian due to these traits. Further, they believe that she has developed these traits because of the culture in which she grew up.

When Meenakshi's friends state that Meenakshi's culture has played an important role in the development of her personality, it reflects which of the following perspective of personality ?

Options:

Biological

Psychodynamic

Cultural

Humanistic

Correct Answer:

Cultural

Explanation:
Cultural Approach: This approach attempts to understand personality in relation to the features of the ecological and cultural environment.