Question 1

Which personality trait is generally stronger in middle-aged people than in teenagers?

Accepted Answer

A) Extraversion 
B) Conscientiousness 
C) Openness to experience 
D) Neuroticism 
A) Extraversion 
B) Conscientiousness 
C) Openness to experience 
D) Neuroticism

Question 2

What is meant by conscientiousness?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-discipline and striving for achievement 
B) Enjoying the company of other people 
C) Feeling trust and compassion toward other people 
D) Ability to restrain any feeling of anxiety or hostility 
A) Self-discipline and striving for achievement 
B) Enjoying the company of other people 
C) Feeling trust and compassion toward other people 
D) Ability to restrain any feeling of anxiety or hostility

Question 3

If you trust other people and feel compassion toward them,you are high in what trait?

Accepted Answer

A) Openness 
B) Extraversion 
C) Emotional stability 
D) Agreeableness 
A) Openness 
B) Extraversion 
C) Emotional stability 
D) Agreeableness

Question 4

Do any personality traits correlate significantly with job success?

Accepted Answer

A) No, none of them correlates significantly for more than a few jobs. 
B) Agreeableness and conscientiousness correlate significantly for a wide variety of jobs. 
C) Openness to experience correlates significantly for a wide variety of jobs. 
D) Extreme extraversion is a powerful predictor of success on almost any job. 
A) No, none of them correlates significantly for more than a few jobs. 
B) Agreeableness and conscientiousness correlate significantly for a wide variety of jobs. 
C) Openness to experience correlates significantly for a wide variety of jobs. 
D) Extreme extraversion is a powerful predictor of success on almost any job.

Question 5

According to Freud,the superego is the part of your personality that does what?

Accepted Answer

A) Tells you what not to do 
B) Seeks immediate gratification 
C) Makes the final decision about what to do 
D) Strives for a feeling of superiority 
A) Tells you what not to do 
B) Seeks immediate gratification 
C) Makes the final decision about what to do 
D) Strives for a feeling of superiority

Question 6

Someone with a strong belief in a just world would agree with which of these statements?​

Accepted Answer

A) People usually get what they deserve. 
B) ​Most of the difference between success and failure depends on opportunity. 
C) ​Hard work is wasted if you don't have a little luck. 
D) ​Misfortune comes from being at the wrong place or at the wrong time. 
A) People usually get what they deserve. 
B) ​Most of the difference between success and failure depends on opportunity. 
C) ​Hard work is wasted if you don't have a little luck. 
D) ​Misfortune comes from being at the wrong place or at the wrong time.

Question 7

Which term refers to a temporary activation of a behavioral tendency?​

Accepted Answer

A) Idiographic 
B) ​Nomothetic 
C) ​Trait 
D) ​State 
A) Idiographic 
B) ​Nomothetic 
C) ​Trait 
D) ​State

Question 8

How did researchers select questions for the MMPI?

Accepted Answer

A) They conducted surveys of psychiatrists and psychologists. 
B) They studied the theories of Freud, Jung, Adler, and Rogers. 
C) They compared the answers given by different types of people. 
D) They asked mental patients to write the questions. 
A) They conducted surveys of psychiatrists and psychologists. 
B) They studied the theories of Freud, Jung, Adler, and Rogers. 
C) They compared the answers given by different types of people. 
D) They asked mental patients to write the questions.

Question 9

​What is a common criticism of Freud's theory of psychosexual stages?

Accepted Answer

A) Different children go through the stages in different orders. 
B) ​His theory applies only to disorders and says nothing about normal development. 
C) ​His theory is difficult or impossible to test. 
D) ​The theory makes different predictions for girls than for boys. 
A) Different children go through the stages in different orders. 
B) ​His theory applies only to disorders and says nothing about normal development. 
C) ​His theory is difficult or impossible to test. 
D) ​The theory makes different predictions for girls than for boys.

Question 10

Why is it sometimes hard to interpret test scores suggesting "low self-esteem"?

Accepted Answer

A) The questionnaires might be measuring something else. 
B) Self-esteem fluctuates greatly from one day to the next. 
C) The competitive nature of schools can lead to low self-esteem. 
D) Self-esteem does not correlate highly with productivity. 
A) The questionnaires might be measuring something else. 
B) Self-esteem fluctuates greatly from one day to the next. 
C) The competitive nature of schools can lead to low self-esteem. 
D) Self-esteem does not correlate highly with productivity.

Question 11

According to Carl Jung,what elements compose the collective unconscious?

Accepted Answer

A) Thoughts and impulses that the person repressed because they were painful 
B) Symbols and images that have always been part of human experience 
C) Visual and auditory stimuli that were too brief or weak to perceive 
D) Procedural memories established early in life 
A) Thoughts and impulses that the person repressed because they were painful 
B) Symbols and images that have always been part of human experience 
C) Visual and auditory stimuli that were too brief or weak to perceive 
D) Procedural memories established early in life

Question 12

How would we classify a personality test that asks children to use puppets to tell a story?​

Accepted Answer

A) Objective 
B) ​Projective 
C) ​Neurological 
D) ​Adlerian 
A) Objective 
B) ​Projective 
C) ​Neurological 
D) ​Adlerian

Question 13

What do implicit personality tests try to accomplish?​

Accepted Answer

A) They try to measure personality aspects that you do not describe openly. 
B) ​They try to predict the ways in which your personality will change in future years. 
C) ​They try to identify unique or unusual personality types. 
D) ​They try to relate personality to brain activity. 
A) They try to measure personality aspects that you do not describe openly. 
B) ​They try to predict the ways in which your personality will change in future years. 
C) ​They try to identify unique or unusual personality types. 
D) ​They try to relate personality to brain activity.

Question 14

At first,Freud argued that the cause of neurosis was childhood sexual abuse.What did his later theory emphasize?​

Accepted Answer

A) Inadequate positive reinforcement 
B) ​Imbalances among neurotransmitters in the brain 
C) ​Childhood sexual fantasies 
D) ​Failure to achieve self-actualization 
A) Inadequate positive reinforcement 
B) ​Imbalances among neurotransmitters in the brain 
C) ​Childhood sexual fantasies 
D) ​Failure to achieve self-actualization

Question 15

When questionnaire scores indicate that a woman has "low self-esteem," what else might they mean?

Accepted Answer

A) She has fluctuating moods. 
B) She is a college student. 
C) She has high goals. 
D) She is low in conscientiousness. 
A) She has fluctuating moods. 
B) She is a college student. 
C) She has high goals. 
D) She is low in conscientiousness.

Question 16

In Freud's theory,what is a boy experiencing if he develops a sexual interest in his mother?​

Accepted Answer

A) Schizophrenia 
B) ​An Oedipus complex 
C) ​Collective unconscious 
D) ​Reaction formation 
A) Schizophrenia 
B) ​An Oedipus complex 
C) ​Collective unconscious 
D) ​Reaction formation

Question 17

How consistent is personality as people grow older?

Accepted Answer

A) Personality fluctuates substantially between one assessment and the next, at all ages. 
B) Personality is fairly consistent in youth and becomes more and more consistent with age. 
C) Personality is highly consistent in young people but becomes less consistent later. 
D) Personality is highly consistent and equally consistent at all ages. 
A) Personality fluctuates substantially between one assessment and the next, at all ages. 
B) Personality is fairly consistent in youth and becomes more and more consistent with age. 
C) Personality is highly consistent in young people but becomes less consistent later. 
D) Personality is highly consistent and equally consistent at all ages.

Question 18

Which of these did Carl Rogers believe?

Accepted Answer

A) If left to their own devices, people are greedy and selfish. 
B) Each individual's personality is a battlefield between competing forces. 
C) People are basically good, and naturally strive for excellence. 
D) Psychologists can derive a single set of principles that apply to all people. 
A) If left to their own devices, people are greedy and selfish. 
B) Each individual's personality is a battlefield between competing forces. 
C) People are basically good, and naturally strive for excellence. 
D) Psychologists can derive a single set of principles that apply to all people.

Question 19

The Big Five personality model led to which personality test?​

Accepted Answer

A) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 
B) ​MMPI 
C) ​Rorschach inkblots 
D) ​NEO PI-R 
A) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 
B) ​MMPI 
C) ​Rorschach inkblots 
D) ​NEO PI-R

Question 20

​According to Alfred Adler,which of these leads to excessive anxieties?

Accepted Answer

A) Following immature goals in life 
B) ​Repressed memories of traumatic experiences 
C) ​Conflict between the id and the superego 
D) ​Classically conditioned responses to stimuli associated with pain 
A) Following immature goals in life 
B) ​Repressed memories of traumatic experiences 
C) ​Conflict between the id and the superego 
D) ​Classically conditioned responses to stimuli associated with pain

Exam 14: Personalitypersonality

Which personality trait is generally stronger in middle-aged people than in teenagers?

What is meant by conscientiousness?

If you trust other people and feel compassion toward them,you are high in what trait?

Do any personality traits correlate significantly with job success?

According to Freud,the superego is the part of your personality that does what?

Someone with a strong belief in a just world would agree with which of these statements?​

Which term refers to a temporary activation of a behavioral tendency?​

How did researchers select questions for the MMPI?

​What is a common criticism of Freud's theory of psychosexual stages?

Why is it sometimes hard to interpret test scores suggesting "low self-esteem"?

According to Carl Jung,what elements compose the collective unconscious?

How would we classify a personality test that asks children to use puppets to tell a story?​

What do implicit personality tests try to accomplish?​

At first,Freud argued that the cause of neurosis was childhood sexual abuse.What did his later theory emphasize?​

When questionnaire scores indicate that a woman has "low self-esteem," what else might they mean?

In Freud's theory,what is a boy experiencing if he develops a sexual interest in his mother?​

How consistent is personality as people grow older?

Which of these did Carl Rogers believe?

The Big Five personality model led to which personality test?​

​According to Alfred Adler,which of these leads to excessive anxieties?

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Someone with a strong belief in a just world would agree with which of these statements?

Which term refers to a temporary activation of a behavioral tendency?

What is a common criticism of Freud's theory of psychosexual stages?

How would we classify a personality test that asks children to use puppets to tell a story?

What do implicit personality tests try to accomplish?

At first,Freud argued that the cause of neurosis was childhood sexual abuse.What did his later theory emphasize?

In Freud's theory,what is a boy experiencing if he develops a sexual interest in his mother?

The Big Five personality model led to which personality test?

According to Alfred Adler,which of these leads to excessive anxieties?