Self and Personality · Class 12 Psychology · Chapter 2
🧠 Self and Personality
CBSE Class 12 Humanities & Commerce · Psychology · Chapter 1
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| 90% | Freud's structure of personality + defence mechanisms — id/ego/superego with pleasure/reality/morality principles + 3 named defence mechanisms with examples. | 5 MARKS |
| 80% | Big Five (OCEAN) model — Name all 5 with high-low descriptors; stress they are continua (trait, not type). | 5 MARKS |
| 70% | Projective techniques (Rorschach + TAT) — Define projection + ambiguity; Rorschach = 10 inkblots; TAT = story cards. | 5 MARKS |
| 75% | Self-concept vs self-esteem vs self-efficacy — Description vs value-judgement vs task-belief (Bandura). Add self-regulation. | 3 MARKS |
| 55% | Indian Triguna approach to personality — Sattva (purity/balance), Rajas (activity/desire), Tamas (inertia/dullness). | 3 MARKS |