MCQ Bank
A cluster of traits exhibited by a person who enjoys life and who “generally does things for his or her own sake, rather than in order to achieve some later external goal” is called:
- A) Autotelic personality
- B) Introvert personality
- C) Spiritual personality
- D) Extrovert personality
“I thanked God for things occurring in my life” is a sample item of Thanksgiving subscale of the ___________.
- A) Social Desirability Scale
- B) Gratitude, Resentment, and Appreciation Test
- C) Gratitude Questionnaire
- D) Multidimensional Prayer Inventory
Psychological side of faith and spirituality is known as:
- A) Blind faith
- B) Extrinsic faith
- C) Sturdy faith
- D) Intrinsic faith
Ames and Samuel have defined ________ as the search for meaning and purpose in one’s life.
- A) Wisdom
- B) Self-efficacy
- C) Hope
- D) Spirituality
Which of the following was used to measure the universalistic and spiritual orientation of near death experiences?
- A) Extrinsic religious scale
- B) Spiritual Transcendence Scale
- C) Religious Beliefs Inventory
- D) Revised intrinsic religious scale
“Helping others is usually a waste of time” is a sample item of:
- A) Helping Attitude Scale
- B) Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire
- C) Self Report Altruism Scale
- D) Ethical Behavior Rating Scale
British psychiatrist John Bowlby proposed that attachment is_______________.
- A) Part of human being’s genetic heritage
- B) Part of many species’ genetic heritage
- C) Not part of any species’ genetic heritage
- D) Only a learned response
Thanksgiving Self Report Subscale is a _________ point response scale.
- A) Nine
- B) Three
- C) Seven
- D) Five
Spiritual Transcendence Scale was developed by:
- A) Rehman
- B) Thomas Hobbes
- C) McPherson
- D) Piedmont
A person may have come through a major medical crisis or problem and discovers benefits in that experience, the person is:
- A) Gratitude finding
- B) Wisdom
- C) Benefit finding
- D) Courage
Who worked exclusively on attachment styles?
- A) Aaron Beck
- B) Jean Piaget
- C) John Bowlby
- D) Erik Erikson
Ames and Samuels (1999) defined spirituality as:
- A) Search for psychological behavior
- B) Political organization of society
- C) Culture and norms
- D) Search for meaning and purpose in one’s life
Which of the following is an emotional response to the perceived plight of another person?
- A) Apathy
- B) Empathy
- C) Altruism
- D) Egoism
Which one of the following explanation of altruism suggests that it is a selfless act?
- A) Empathy altruism hypothesis
- B) Decision model
- C) Arousal cost-reward model
- D) Negative state relief model
Which of the following scale is used for Muslims?
- A) Religious Beliefs inventory
- B) Spiritual Transcendence Scale
- C) Rehman’s Religious Sclae
- D) Spiritual Well-Being Scale
“I have so much in life to be thankful for” is a sample item of:
- A) Multidimensional Prayer Inventory
- B) Gratitude Questionnaire
- C) Social Desirability Scale
- D) Gratitude and Appreciation Test
What did Genia conclude in his research on religiosity?
- A) People get closer to death and tend to look more towards God as they mature
- B) More religious students feel less lonesome and more close to God
- C) Religion causes satisfaction to increase positive impact with age
- D) Intrinsic faith was related to a positive psycho-spiritual view on life
Which of the following orientation is defined as using religion for one’s own benefit and for social reward in respect to spiritual well-being, by Genia?
- A) Inherent
- B) Extrinsic
- C) Central
- D) Intrinsic
Initial findings of “Helping Attitude Scale” show that _________ have more positive attitudes about helping.
- A) Doctors
- B) Women
- C) College students
- D) Men
What did Markides maintain in his research on religiosity?
- A) More religious students feel less lonesome and more close to God
- B) Intrinsic faith was related to a positive psycho-spiritual view on life
- C) Religion causes satisfaction to increase positive impact with age
- D) People get closer to death and tend to look more towards God ad they mature