Question 1

Using the electroencephalograph (EEG), researchers have found higher activation in the left hemisphere is associated with

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A)  smiling. 
B)  negative mood. 
C)  greater reactions to films that elicit fear. 
D)  feelings of disgust. 
A)  smiling. 
B)  negative mood. 
C)  greater reactions to films that elicit fear. 
D)  feelings of disgust.

Question 2

Eysenck argued that extraverts and introverts differ only in their behavior and not in their physiological makeup.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A psychologist purchases an electroencephalograph (EEG) for use in his research. The psychologist is interested in measuring

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A)  intelligence. 
B)  muscle tension. 
C)  heart rate. 
D)  brain-wave activity. 
A)  intelligence. 
B)  muscle tension. 
C)  heart rate. 
D)  brain-wave activity.

Question 4

To get higher grades and better evaluations from teachers, students should

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A)  have a temperament that matches the teacher's expectations. 
B)  match their interests to the teacher's interests and focus. 
C)  have a temperament that leads to strong attention to details. 
D)  have a temperament that supports moral values. 
A)  have a temperament that matches the teacher's expectations. 
B)  match their interests to the teacher's interests and focus. 
C)  have a temperament that leads to strong attention to details. 
D)  have a temperament that supports moral values.

Question 5

According to the "goodness of fit" model, educators should ask which question?

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A)  What temperament characteristics contribute to better school performance? 
B)  How can we change temperament in problem children? 
C)  How can we control problem behaviors in children with certain temperaments? 
D)  What kind of environment and procedures are most conducive to learning for this student? 
A)  What temperament characteristics contribute to better school performance? 
B)  How can we change temperament in problem children? 
C)  How can we control problem behaviors in children with certain temperaments? 
D)  What kind of environment and procedures are most conducive to learning for this student?

Question 6

According to a popular model of temperament forwarded by Buss and Plomin, how many general temperaments are there?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three 
B)  Four 
C)  Eight 
D)  Sixteen 
A)  Three 
B)  Four 
C)  Eight 
D)  Sixteen

Question 7

Cross-cultural research on Eysenck's model of personality tends to find

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A)  patterns similar to those found in America but only in European countries. 
B)  extraversion-introversion scores vary considerably depending on the child-rearing practices in the culture. 
C)  the same three dimensions of personality across cultures. 
D)  evidence to support a biological basis for extraversion-introversion, but not the other dimensions in the model. 
A)  patterns similar to those found in America but only in European countries. 
B)  extraversion-introversion scores vary considerably depending on the child-rearing practices in the culture. 
C)  the same three dimensions of personality across cultures. 
D)  evidence to support a biological basis for extraversion-introversion, but not the other dimensions in the model.

Question 8

A five-year-old boy is controlled and gentle. He is reluctant to play with new children and hesitates when entering new situations. Temperament researchers would probably identify this child as

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A)  shy. 
B)  inhibited. 
C)  introverted. 
D)  low in sociability. 
A)  shy. 
B)  inhibited. 
C)  introverted. 
D)  low in sociability.

Question 9

Some psychologists argue that we should utilize different learning procedures to meet the needs of each student's temperament. This approach is based on which model?

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A)  Eysenck's model of personality 
B)  The five-factor model 
C)  The "goodness of fit" model 
D)  Evolutionary personality model 
A)  Eysenck's model of personality 
B)  The five-factor model 
C)  The "goodness of fit" model 
D)  Evolutionary personality model

Question 10

According to evolutionary personality theory, anxiety is

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A)  the result of natural selection. 
B)  a positive emotion. 
C)  no longer useful to human beings. 
D)  learned. 
A)  the result of natural selection. 
B)  a positive emotion. 
C)  no longer useful to human beings. 
D)  learned.

Question 11

A man tends to have strong reactions to emotional events. He becomes overly excited and panics when facing even mild stress, and takes a long time to recover from these experiences. Eysenck might say this man is high on which personality dimension?

Accepted Answer

A)  Extraversion 
B)  Neuroticism 
C)  Psychoticism 
D)  Emotionality 
A)  Extraversion 
B)  Neuroticism 
C)  Psychoticism 
D)  Emotionality

Question 12

Researchers have examined cerebral asymmetry in depressed people. The results of this research suggests that

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A)  some people may be born with a greater likelihood to become depressed than others. 
B)  our experiences are less important in determining depression than our inherited tendencies. 
C)  whether a person develops a depression-prone brain activity pattern depends on experiences during the first few years of life. 
D)  there is relatively little psychologists can do for depressed people if the depression has a biological component. 
A)  some people may be born with a greater likelihood to become depressed than others. 
B)  our experiences are less important in determining depression than our inherited tendencies. 
C)  whether a person develops a depression-prone brain activity pattern depends on experiences during the first few years of life. 
D)  there is relatively little psychologists can do for depressed people if the depression has a biological component.

Question 13

Describe how two children, one inhibited and the other uninhibited, would respond to their first day of kindergarten. Specify a likely example of anxiety to novelty. In your example, discuss Thomas and Chess's nine temperament dimensions.

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Question 14

Compared to theorists from a past "generation" of psychology, personality psychologists today generally are more likely to acknowledge that

Accepted Answer

A)  the personalities of newborns resemble a "blank slate." 
B)  personality cannot be separated from our biology. 
C)  all people have similar biological functioning, such as nearly identical brain-wave activity. 
D)  differences in adult personality are a result of different learning histories. 
A)  the personalities of newborns resemble a "blank slate." 
B)  personality cannot be separated from our biology. 
C)  all people have similar biological functioning, such as nearly identical brain-wave activity. 
D)  differences in adult personality are a result of different learning histories.

Question 15

Trina is slow to warm up to a new task. Rather than jumping right into a new assignment, she spends a great deal of time getting prepared and trying to understand the entire project. Because of her temperament, Trina usually falls behind the other students in her third-grade class. According to the goodness of fit model, Trina's teacher should

Accepted Answer

A)  work with Trina to overcome her slow-to-warm-up style. 
B)  adapt her teaching to meet Trina's style of learning. 
C)  give Trina less work to do, even if this means Trina learns less than the other students. 
D)  allow Trina to take the work home with her to finish it all. 
A)  work with Trina to overcome her slow-to-warm-up style. 
B)  adapt her teaching to meet Trina's style of learning. 
C)  give Trina less work to do, even if this means Trina learns less than the other students. 
D)  allow Trina to take the work home with her to finish it all.

Question 16

In Eysenck's model of personality, which of the following is correct about the dimension of extraversion introversion?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is an example of a habitual response. 
B)  It is the opposite of neuroticism. 
C)  It is one of two basic personality dimensions. 
D)  It is one of five basic personality dimensions. 
A)  It is an example of a habitual response. 
B)  It is the opposite of neuroticism. 
C)  It is one of two basic personality dimensions. 
D)  It is one of five basic personality dimensions.

Question 17

Many generations ago, our ancestors were more likely to survive if they lived in groups than if they tried to live by themselves. This argument is used by advocates of evolutionary personality theory to explain

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of strangers. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  anxiety. 
A)  fear of strangers. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  anxiety.

Question 18

According to the text, the growing acceptance of the several biological influences on personality is

Accepted Answer

A)  a reflection of the decline of psychoanalysis in academic psychology. 
B)  partly due to a return to the notion of the blank slate. 
C)  a reflection of behaviorism's decline in academic psychology. 
D)  due to computer technology of the late twentieth century. 
A)  a reflection of the decline of psychoanalysis in academic psychology. 
B)  partly due to a return to the notion of the blank slate. 
C)  a reflection of behaviorism's decline in academic psychology. 
D)  due to computer technology of the late twentieth century.

Question 19

Which of the following physiological measures have not been used to study arousal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Heart rate 
B)  Respiration 
C)  Galvanic skin responses 
D)  Body temperature 
A)  Heart rate 
B)  Respiration 
C)  Galvanic skin responses 
D)  Body temperature

Question 20

A psychologist shows participants films designed to make them either happy or sad. She measures the participants' brain activity levels with an electroencephalograph (EEG) during the films. This psychologist is probably conducting research on

Accepted Answer

A)  cerebral asymmetry. 
B)  brain damage. 
C)  temperament. 
D)  classical conditioning. 
A)  cerebral asymmetry. 
B)  brain damage. 
C)  temperament. 
D)  classical conditioning.

Using the electroencephalograph (EEG), researchers have found higher activation in the left hemisphere is associated with

Eysenck argued that extraverts and introverts differ only in their behavior and not in their physiological makeup.

A psychologist purchases an electroencephalograph (EEG) for use in his research. The psychologist is interested in measuring

To get higher grades and better evaluations from teachers, students should

According to the "goodness of fit" model, educators should ask which question?

According to a popular model of temperament forwarded by Buss and Plomin, how many general temperaments are there?

Cross-cultural research on Eysenck's model of personality tends to find

A five-year-old boy is controlled and gentle. He is reluctant to play with new children and hesitates when entering new situations. Temperament researchers would probably identify this child as

Some psychologists argue that we should utilize different learning procedures to meet the needs of each student's temperament. This approach is based on which model?

According to evolutionary personality theory, anxiety is

A man tends to have strong reactions to emotional events. He becomes overly excited and panics when facing even mild stress, and takes a long time to recover from these experiences. Eysenck might say this man is high on which personality dimension?

Researchers have examined cerebral asymmetry in depressed people. The results of this research suggests that

Describe how two children, one inhibited and the other uninhibited, would respond to their first day of kindergarten. Specify a likely example of anxiety to novelty. In your example, discuss Thomas and Chess's nine temperament dimensions.

Compared to theorists from a past "generation" of psychology, personality psychologists today generally are more likely to acknowledge that

In Eysenck's model of personality, which of the following is correct about the dimension of extraversion introversion?

Many generations ago, our ancestors were more likely to survive if they lived in groups than if they tried to live by themselves. This argument is used by advocates of evolutionary personality theory to explain

According to the text, the growing acceptance of the several biological influences on personality is

Which of the following physiological measures have not been used to study arousal?

A psychologist shows participants films designed to make them either happy or sad. She measures the participants' brain activity levels with an electroencephalograph (EEG) during the films. This psychologist is probably conducting research on

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The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

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Exam 9: The Biological Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

Using the electroencephalograph (EEG), researchers have found higher activation in the left hemisphere is associated with

Eysenck argued that extraverts and introverts differ only in their behavior and not in their physiological makeup.

A psychologist purchases an electroencephalograph (EEG) for use in his research. The psychologist is interested in measuring

To get higher grades and better evaluations from teachers, students should

According to the "goodness of fit" model, educators should ask which question?

According to a popular model of temperament forwarded by Buss and Plomin, how many general temperaments are there?

Cross-cultural research on Eysenck's model of personality tends to find

A five-year-old boy is controlled and gentle. He is reluctant to play with new children and hesitates when entering new situations. Temperament researchers would probably identify this child as

Some psychologists argue that we should utilize different learning procedures to meet the needs of each student's temperament. This approach is based on which model?

According to evolutionary personality theory, anxiety is

A man tends to have strong reactions to emotional events. He becomes overly excited and panics when facing even mild stress, and takes a long time to recover from these experiences. Eysenck might say this man is high on which personality dimension?

Researchers have examined cerebral asymmetry in depressed people. The results of this research suggests that

Describe how two children, one inhibited and the other uninhibited, would respond to their first day of kindergarten. Specify a likely example of anxiety to novelty. In your example, discuss Thomas and Chess's nine temperament dimensions.

Compared to theorists from a past "generation" of psychology, personality psychologists today generally are more likely to acknowledge that

In Eysenck's model of personality, which of the following is correct about the dimension of extraversion introversion?

Many generations ago, our ancestors were more likely to survive if they lived in groups than if they tried to live by themselves. This argument is used by advocates of evolutionary personality theory to explain

According to the text, the growing acceptance of the several biological influences on personality is

Which of the following physiological measures have not been used to study arousal?

A psychologist shows participants films designed to make them either happy or sad. She measures the participants' brain activity levels with an electroencephalograph (EEG) during the films. This psychologist is probably conducting research on

What Is Personality

Personality Research Methods

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Freudian Approach: Relevant Research

The Psychoanalytic Approach: Neo-Freudian Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Neo-Freudian Theories: Relevant Research

The Trait Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Trait Approach: Relevant Research

The Biological Approach: Relevant Research

The Humanistic Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Humanistic Approach: Relevant Research

The Behavioralsocial Learning Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Behavioral Social Learning Approach: Relevant Research

The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

The Cognitive Approach: Relevant Research Appendix: Your Personality Glossary

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