Question 1

The primary dimensions in Wiggins's circumplex model are love and

Accepted Answer

A) hate. 
B) dominance. 
C) interpersonal behavior. 
D) neuroticism. 
A) hate. 
B) dominance. 
C) interpersonal behavior. 
D) neuroticism.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of the view that traits are descriptive summaries?

Accepted Answer

A) Eysenck's theory 
B) Theoretical scale construction 
C) The act frequency approach 
D) The sociosexual orientation scale 
A) Eysenck's theory 
B) Theoretical scale construction 
C) The act frequency approach 
D) The sociosexual orientation scale

Question 3

Fu is an excessive worrier, who always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.His friends report that Fu has very low self-esteem and is moody much of the time.Fu is demonstrating behaviors related to Eysenck's dimension of

Accepted Answer

A) introversion. 
B) quarrelsomeness. 
C) psychoticism. 
D) neuroticism. 
A) introversion. 
B) quarrelsomeness. 
C) psychoticism. 
D) neuroticism.

Question 4

The concept of _____ holds that items near one another in a circumplex are positively correlated.

Accepted Answer

A) adjacency 
B) bipolarity 
C) orthogonality 
D) factor loadings 
A) adjacency 
B) bipolarity 
C) orthogonality 
D) factor loadings

Question 5

Cattell believed that the true factors of personality were

Accepted Answer

A) based primarily in human biology. 
B) found across different sources of data. 
C) arranged in a circumplex. 
D) found only in the natural language. 
A) based primarily in human biology. 
B) found across different sources of data. 
C) arranged in a circumplex. 
D) found only in the natural language.

Question 6

The dispositional domain deals with personality problems

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A) through psychoanalysis. 
B) through cognitive therapy. 
C) by examining important similarities and differences between people. 
D) by altering reward and punishment contingencies. 
A) through psychoanalysis. 
B) through cognitive therapy. 
C) by examining important similarities and differences between people. 
D) by altering reward and punishment contingencies.

Question 7

Roberto is interested in studying the trait of empathy using the act frequency approach.He asks each of the participants in this phase of his study to write down several behaviors highly empathetic people might perform.Roberto collects a pool of 251 empathetic acts.This is called the act _____ procedure of the act frequency approach.

Accepted Answer

A) nominalization 
B) nomenclature 
C) nomination 
D) nomothetic 
A) nominalization 
B) nomenclature 
C) nomination 
D) nomothetic

Question 8

A person who is good natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of

Accepted Answer

A) surgency. 
B) agreeableness. 
C) conscientiousness. 
D) emotional stability. 
A) surgency. 
B) agreeableness. 
C) conscientiousness. 
D) emotional stability.

Question 9

In the five-factor model, the fifth factor is NOT called

Accepted Answer

A) intellect. 
B) openness. 
C) openness-intellect. 
D) surgency. 
A) intellect. 
B) openness. 
C) openness-intellect. 
D) surgency.

Question 10

If a trait-descriptive word is found in only one or two languages the word

Accepted Answer

A) will probably be imported by other languages. 
B) will probably be important to a universal personality taxonomy. 
C) will probably not be included in a universal personality taxonomy. 
D) is probably known only to personality psychologists. 
A) will probably be imported by other languages. 
B) will probably be important to a universal personality taxonomy. 
C) will probably not be included in a universal personality taxonomy. 
D) is probably known only to personality psychologists.

Question 11

The lexical approach assumes that

Accepted Answer

A) the lexicon is an unchanging catalog of human traits. 
B) humans invented words to describe all of the important personality traits. 
C) statistical techniques, like factor analysis, are poor ways of discovering important personality traits. 
D) new words in the lexicon are better at describing personality traits than old words. 
A) the lexicon is an unchanging catalog of human traits. 
B) humans invented words to describe all of the important personality traits. 
C) statistical techniques, like factor analysis, are poor ways of discovering important personality traits. 
D) new words in the lexicon are better at describing personality traits than old words.

Question 12

Eysenck put the most important traits at

Accepted Answer

A) the top of his hierarchy. 
B) the bottom of his hierarchy. 
C) an intermediate level in his hierarchy. 
D) the third level of his hierarchy. 
A) the top of his hierarchy. 
B) the bottom of his hierarchy. 
C) an intermediate level in his hierarchy. 
D) the third level of his hierarchy.

Question 13

When Cattell used factor analysis to reduce the number of trait descriptive adjectives in his pool, he was combining the _____ approaches.

Accepted Answer

A) lexical and statistical 
B) theoretical and statistical 
C) act frequency and statistical 
D) theoretical and act frequency 
A) lexical and statistical 
B) theoretical and statistical 
C) act frequency and statistical 
D) theoretical and act frequency

Question 14

Which taxonomy was developed by identifying traits that were thought to be heritable and thought to have biological substrates?

Accepted Answer

A) PEN model 
B) Cattell's taxonomy of 16 traits 
C) The Leary circumplex 
D) The five factor model 
A) PEN model 
B) Cattell's taxonomy of 16 traits 
C) The Leary circumplex 
D) The five factor model

Question 15

Factor analysis can be applied to

Accepted Answer

A) adjective ratings. 
B) a true/false questionnaire. 
C) self-ratings on personality relevant statements. 
D) all of these choices. 
A) adjective ratings. 
B) a true/false questionnaire. 
C) self-ratings on personality relevant statements. 
D) all of these choices.

Question 16

The "frequency" part of the "act frequency approach" represents how often an individual performs a behavior in a period of time.This element of the act frequency approach is assessed by act _____ ratings.

Accepted Answer

A) nomination 
B) performance 
C) occurrence 
D) repetition 
A) nomination 
B) performance 
C) occurrence 
D) repetition

Question 17

The _____ identifies how much of a trait a person has by counting relevant behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) circumplex model 
B) act frequency approach 
C) rational approach to scale construction 
D) theoretical approach to scale construction 
A) circumplex model 
B) act frequency approach 
C) rational approach to scale construction 
D) theoretical approach to scale construction

Question 18

Eysenck's taxonomy has been criticized on which one of these issues?

Accepted Answer

A) The traits in Eysenck's model are not heritable in the population. 
B) Eysenck failed to include some important personality traits in his model. 
C) Eysenck did not take the physiological substrates of traits into consideration in his model. 
D) There is a dispute about whether or not personality traits are arranged hierarchically. 
A) The traits in Eysenck's model are not heritable in the population. 
B) Eysenck failed to include some important personality traits in his model. 
C) Eysenck did not take the physiological substrates of traits into consideration in his model. 
D) There is a dispute about whether or not personality traits are arranged hierarchically.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of Wiggins's circumplex model of personality?

Accepted Answer

A) The relationship of each and every other trait is specified in the model. 
B) There is an explicit definition of the nature of interpersonal behavior. 
C) It alerts researchers to gaps in knowledge about some interpersonal behaviors. 
D) The relationships between traits can be traced to biological-based traits. 
A) The relationship of each and every other trait is specified in the model. 
B) There is an explicit definition of the nature of interpersonal behavior. 
C) It alerts researchers to gaps in knowledge about some interpersonal behaviors. 
D) The relationships between traits can be traced to biological-based traits.

Question 20

Which of the following psychologists was born in England, moved to America, and used factor analysis to identify major traits?

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary 
A) Cattell 
B) Wiggins 
C) Eysenck 
D) Leary

The primary dimensions in Wiggins's circumplex model are love and

Which of the following is an example of the view that traits are descriptive summaries?

Fu is an excessive worrier, who always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.His friends report that Fu has very low self-esteem and is moody much of the time.Fu is demonstrating behaviors related to Eysenck's dimension of

The concept of _____ holds that items near one another in a circumplex are positively correlated.

Cattell believed that the true factors of personality were

The dispositional domain deals with personality problems

A person who is good natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of

In the five-factor model, the fifth factor is NOT called

If a trait-descriptive word is found in only one or two languages the word

The lexical approach assumes that

Eysenck put the most important traits at

When Cattell used factor analysis to reduce the number of trait descriptive adjectives in his pool, he was combining the _____ approaches.

Which taxonomy was developed by identifying traits that were thought to be heritable and thought to have biological substrates?

Factor analysis can be applied to

The "frequency" part of the "act frequency approach" represents how often an individual performs a behavior in a period of time.This element of the act frequency approach is assessed by act _____ ratings.

The _____ identifies how much of a trait a person has by counting relevant behaviors.

Eysenck's taxonomy has been criticized on which one of these issues?

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of Wiggins's circumplex model of personality?

Which of the following psychologists was born in England, moved to America, and used factor analysis to identify major traits?

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex, Gender, and Personality

Culture and Personality

Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

Disorders of Personality

Summary and Future Directions

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Exam 3: Traits and Trait Taxonomies

The primary dimensions in Wiggins's circumplex model are love and

Which of the following is an example of the view that traits are descriptive summaries?

Fu is an excessive worrier, who always seems tense and has trouble sleeping.His friends report that Fu has very low self-esteem and is moody much of the time.Fu is demonstrating behaviors related to Eysenck's dimension of

The concept of _____ holds that items near one another in a circumplex are positively correlated.

Cattell believed that the true factors of personality were

The dispositional domain deals with personality problems

A person who is good natured and cooperative would score high on the trait of

In the five-factor model, the fifth factor is NOT called

If a trait-descriptive word is found in only one or two languages the word

The lexical approach assumes that

Eysenck put the most important traits at

When Cattell used factor analysis to reduce the number of trait descriptive adjectives in his pool, he was combining the _____ approaches.

Which taxonomy was developed by identifying traits that were thought to be heritable and thought to have biological substrates?

Factor analysis can be applied to

The "frequency" part of the "act frequency approach" represents how often an individual performs a behavior in a period of time.This element of the act frequency approach is assessed by act _____ ratings.

The _____ identifies how much of a trait a person has by counting relevant behaviors.

Eysenck's taxonomy has been criticized on which one of these issues?

Which of the following is NOT a clear advantage of Wiggins's circumplex model of personality?

Which of the following psychologists was born in England, moved to America, and used factor analysis to identify major traits?

Introduction to Personality Psychology

Personality Assessment, Measurement, and Research Design

Theoretical and Measurement Issues in Trait Psychology

Personality Dispositions Over Time: Stability, Coherence, and Change

Genetics and Personality

Physiological Approaches to Personality

Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches to Personality

Psychoanalytic Approaches: Contemporary Issues

Motives and Personality

Cognitive Topics in Personality

Emotion and Personality

Approaches to the Self

Personality and Social Interaction

Sex, Gender, and Personality

Culture and Personality

Stress, Coping, Adjustment, and Health

Disorders of Personality

Summary and Future Directions

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